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Subject: Please Complete Betts Award Disability Leadership Survey
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Please Complete Betts Award Disability Leadership Survey
Jessica M. Roche, [log in to unmask], writes: "Please circulate.
The Henry B. Betts Award is a $50,000 prize established to promote
social
change and reward extraordinary individuals whose lifework has improved
the quality of life for people with physical disabilities. This survey
is
designed to collect data from the disability community and its leading
advocates on universal access and social attitudes. Tabulated responses
will be used as a communications tool for education and public
information purposes. Please answer the following questions and return
your completed survey by e-mail to [log in to unmask] or by fax to
312/335-0984 by February 15. Thank you in advance for your time and
participation. You are helping the mainstream media and its audiences
better understand current issues.
Personal Profile
What is your name?
age?
gender?
marital status?
How many children do you have?
Do you have one or more physical disabilities?
If you answered yes to the above question, what type(s) (i.e. hearing
impairment or loss of mobility)?
How long have you lived with the above conditions?
What is the level of your completed education?
What is your occupation (please indicate full- or part-time)?
How long have you been employed in your current position?
Before receiving this survey were you familiar with the Betts Award?
How did you learn about the award (please be as specific as you can)?
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
1.What aspect of your life has been most profoundly impacted by the ADA?
Do you feel that is true for most people with disabilities?
2.Do you think the ADA will ever be fully implemented?
If not, in what way(s)?
Social Change & Attitudes
3.Do you consider yourself an activist within the disability community?
4.When you first became an advocate for people with disabilities, what
was your number one long-term goal?
5.What are your goals/priorities now?
6.What do you think your goals will be in 5 years?
7.As a person involved in the disability community, what are your most
pressing concerns, over the next 10 years, in research,
rehabilitation,
technology, universal design, and changing social attitudes?
8.What would you like to see happen next (your more immediate
concerns)?
9.What is the current trend as observed from your knowledge base?
10.According to the Center on Disability Statistics of the National
Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, the rate of
disability increases with age, after the age of 25. How have you
been able to cope with the aging process?
Please be as specific as you can, within your own set of
circumstances.
For example, what is your perspective as a parent, war veteran,
and/or
a professional?
11.Among both men and women with disabilities 25 years or older,
one-third are 65 or older. There are 2.2 million Americans with
disabilities age 55 and over. What are the trends you notice among
your peers?
Universal Access
12.What is the greatest architectural barrier you face in daily life?
13.What major improvements have you seen in the last ten/twenty years?
14.Do you think universal access will ever be the norm in the U.S.?
15.What would you like to see tackled next?
16.In the past decade or two, there has been an explosion of mainstream
products (gadgets, both high- and low-tech) targeted toward aging
baby boomers, promoting universal access. Which one(s) have you
found the most useful?
17.Did you see these products in the disability community as prototypes
before they were launched in the mainstream?
18.What gadgets or tools would you like to see developed next?
Health Care and Medicine
19.Do you have health care insurance?
If so, what type of plan do you use?
20.Have you ever experience discrimination when seeking treatment from
a health care professional?
21.Do you utilize attendants of any kind?
If so, does he/she live with you?
Is he/she related to you?
22.Which rehabilitation hospital do you think is the leading facility
in the nation?
Additional Comments
Please include any additional comments you would like to share.
Jessica M. Roche
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Please return your completed survey by e-mail to [log in to unmask]
Or fax to 312/335-0984 by February 15.
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Fred Fay
Chair, Justice For All
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