Objective: To validate the Southampton Needs Assessment Questionnaire

(SNAQ) for use with disabled people during face-to-face interviews. Design: The SNAQ was designed to be used in a cross-sectional survey of disabled people with a physical disability with a follow-up study one year later. Content and criterion validity was examined using 32 disabled people who took part in the pilot study. Construct validity and internal reliability was ex-amined using data from 93 disabled people who took part in the main survey. Responsiveness of the questionnaire was evaluated using the data gathered during a follow-up study of 77 people had taken part in the original study. Outcome measures: The OPCS Disability Severity Scales (OPCS) and the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) were used to measure level of disability of participants, the Nottingham Health Profile (NHP) and the UK version of the SF-36 to examine perceived health status. Participants: People with a primary physical disability, aged 16–65, randomly selected from two disability registers in southern England. Main results: Content and criterion validity were established. Construc