[Correspondence] Views on the upcoming Lancet Commission on disability and health – Authors' reply

Chairing a Lancet Commission is a daunting challenge.1 Our task is particularly great as we are leading the first Commission focused on disability, and it should encompass the experience of 1·3 billion people with disabilities globally.2 We will need to present the overall health inequalities experienced by people with disabilities, the solutions required to reduce those gaps, the economic case for addressing this inequity, and consider why the topic is not yet a global priority. At the same time, we must recognise that people with disabilities are an enormously diverse group, including people with different impairment types, ages, sexes, geographies, etc.