[Blind-rollers] New Employment Research Study

[AgapeDEW at aol.com]

Dear Ms. Silverman;
I am currently a second year student at Pennsylvania College of Technology  
in the human services field.  This is my second degree.  I am in  
wheelchair and am legally blind.  I have nursing certificate program  degree.  
 
I have had such difficulty with a few issues on campus, I was wondering if  
you or your professor can help me figure out how to navigate around these  
problems.  I know its not your area you are studying but when I got your  
email, I felt so happy to hear of a doctoral student with visual impairments  
getting her doctorate.  I am having issues with adaptability in the  
classroom in two areas.  One is a computer course which uses the computer  screen 
projected onto power point and I cannot see the prompts the teacher is  
having us follow because I cannot see the screen.  I dropped the class last  
semester and am learning the computer skills on my own but I must take this  
class before graduation. Also, in the area of college level math, how do  
visually impaired get around not seeing the problems? I do have JAWS on my  
computer but again, I can't remember what it says to set up a table in my  mind.  
I have been avoiding the maths until next semester.  
I would appreciate any input your have.  
Debbie Wells
570-435-0878 Phone
_Agapedew at aol.com_ (mailto:Agapedew at aol.com)  
 
 
In a message dated 4/2/2013 4:11:41 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
silvermanresearch7 at gmail.com writes:

Dear  list,
My name is Arielle Silverman, and I am a doctoral student  in
psychology at the University of Colorado at Boulder. My advisor,  Dr.
Geoffrey Cohen, and I are conducting an online study  investigating
blind and visually impaired adults’ experiences with  preparing for and
getting employment. We are looking for legally blind  adults over the
age of 18 who live in the United States and who are  currently seeking
employment, as well as high school and college seniors  and graduate
students who plan to graduate in May or August 2013, to  participate in
our study.
This study consists of three phases, which you  will complete entirely
online. During the first phase, you will answer some  questions about
your background, attitudes and personal experiences, and  will write a
short essay about a personally significant event. This session  will
last for about 45 minutes. Then, you will be asked to fill out a  brief
questionnaire every night for the next seven days, describing  your
experiences and things you did during the day. Each of these  should
take about 10 minutes. Finally, about a month from now, you will  fill
out another online survey similar to the first one, which should  take
about half an hour. In exchange for your participation, you  will
receive three $10 gift certificates to a merchant of your  choice
(either Amazon.com, Itunes.com, Olive Garden Restaurant, or  AMC
Theaters), one for each phase of the study.
To be eligible to  participate, you must be:
(1) a legally blind adult aged 18 or older living  in the United
States; and either
(2) currently seeking a long-term job,  or
(3) a student planning to graduate by August 2013 and then planning  to
seek employment after graduation. High school, college and  graduate
students are all eligible, as long as you intend to seek  employment
immediately after graduating.

To complete the first part  of the study and receive your first $10
gift certificate, please go  to:
http://ucsas.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_1OdonrYSXxrepfL
Or, if you  would prefer, you may email me at
Arielle.silverman at colorado.edu
To  request a text version of the initial survey.
If you are not eligible to  participate yourself, I would appreciate if
you could forward this  announcement to anyone you know who is eligible
and might be  interested.
If you have any questions before, during or after the study,  feel free
to contact me at
Arielle.silverman at colorado.edu
You may  also contact Dr. Geoffrey Cohen at
Cohen.geoff at gmail.com

Thank you  in advance for your participation in our  research.

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