The Great Lakes ADA Center is conducting a research to identify emerging practices to support disability inclusion in the context of the pandemic. They are looking for members of disability employee resource or affinity groups, and diversity and inclusion professionals to interview. Participation includes a 30-40 minute interview via a web-based platform where participants will be asked about their work experiences, success stories, and resources to support disability inclusion in the workplace. 

 Findings will be disseminated widely through the center and various disability and business-related networks. All responses will remain confidential and anonymous, with all shared results being de-identified. For more information contact: Courtney Mullin, Research Assistant, Great Lakes ADA Center at cmulli4@uic.edu.

This year is the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)!

• Adults, 18 and over, with any type of disability, mental or physical health condition are encouraged to participate
• The survey should take about 20 minutes to complete
• Responses are anonymous

T-Mobile is  developing a new television service and has begun to implement accessibility features for the individuals with visual disabilities.   They are interested in understanding how people with a visual impairment access television.  The questions relate to finding out what this population likes and dislikes about currently available accessibility features.  What features are most critical to them while accessing television?  What improvements would they like to see?  What features are perfect as is?

They are in search of respondents who are over 18 and have a visual disability such as low vision, or are blind, regardless of if they currently watch television or use accessibility features.

Those who complete the 15 min survey will receive an electronic $15 Amazon Gift Card for their time.

This is a test link to the survey.  This link is the exact survey but you can play around on it all you like without the results being recorded as a true respondent.

https://layer3tv.getfeedback.com/preview/aYik1VlQ

If you would like your opinions on the matter recorded and become eligible for the Amazon Gift Card, this is the true survey link:

https://layer3tv.getfeedback.com/r/aYik1VlQ

Citizen Network is working with the European SKILLS project to identify the extent to which self-directed support is being adopted in different countries around the world.  They are now seeking to identify people around the world who would like to help us map progress on self-directed support in their own country. 

Learn more and complete the questionnaire

The National Center for Mobility Management (NCMM) is seeking input from state and local stakeholders to inform the future of transportation coordination. Your feedback will help to shape the Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility (CCAM) federal interagency work group plan and focus areas by identifying promising practices, barriers, and challenges around coordinated transportation.

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Transportation is consistently identified as a top concern for older adults and people with disabilities. Survival Coalition wants to hear how your transportation options—or lack of options—impact your life.

Take our short survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2018SurvivalCoalitionTransportationSurvey

The results of this survey will be used by Survival Coalition to inform policymakers on how Wisconsin can improve transportation for older adults and people with disabilities.  Please share this survey with your family, friends, and others interested in improving transportation for older adults and people with disabilities, and encourage them to take this survey by July 30^th, 2018.

New Wisconsin Employer Survey on Employees & Caregiving

The Wisconsin Women’s Council (appointed by the Governor and the State Legislature) in partnership with the Wisconsin Family and Caregiver Support Alliance is looking for employers of all sizes to participate in a first annual survey on caregiving.  We seek to better understand the challenges employers experience as they address the needs of employees with caregiving responsibilities.  The intent of this survey is to improve information and other resources available to Wisconsin employers as they supportcaregivers on the job.

Survey Link:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WICaregiving 

The survey will take less than 10 minutes to complete.  Deadline to participate: May 31

For purposes of this survey, caregiving is defined as support provided to a family member (beyond typical care for a minor child) who may be an older adult or person with a disability. Individual survey responses will remain confidential.  Survey results will be shared with participating employers.

About Us

• Wisconsin Women’s Council: http://womenscouncil.wi.gov/
• Wisconsin Family and Caregiver Support Alliance: http://wisconsincaregiver.org/alliance

If you have questions about the survey contact Christine Lidbury, Executive Director, Wisconsin Women’s Council Christine.Lidbury@wisconsin.gov  or Lisa Pugh, Co-chair, Wisconsin Family and Caregiver Support Alliance: Pugh@thearc.org.

Thank you for your participation.

The Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) Standards Committee on Air Travel is looking for input and concerns from the disability, veterans and caregiver communities regarding the problems with air travel for passengers with disabilities in order to set revised and updated standards for wheelchair handling, labeling, storage, airline and airline contractor training.

If you use a wheelchair or scooter, or are a caregiver/family member of someone who uses a wheelchair or scooter, we would appreciate you taking a few minutes to answer the following survey regarding your experiences with air travel. We would appreciate if you could complete the survey by Monday, February 12.

Commercial Flight Experiences Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/792HG6D

If you have any questions, feel free to contact:

Kathy Hooyenga

Assistive Technology Unit
University of Illinois at Chicago
hooyenga@uic.edu