[Blindtlk] Urgent request for assistance.

Thu Nov 13 05:33:25 UTC 2014

Urgent request for assistance.

Greetings. 

My name is Justin Williams, and I am requesting your assistance for a
research study for my statistics class.  Below is a questionnaire related to
the accessibility of restaurants through the perceptions of individuals with
visible or noticeable disabilities.  

Please read the informed consent page below for more information on the
study. 

The survey will take about ten minutes of your time.

Please send your responses in ASAP so that I may begin compiling the data.

Thanks,

Justin.

INFORMED CONSENT FORM

CLASSROOM RESEARCH Perceptions of Restaurant Accessibility.

You are invited to participate in a study that will determine the
accessibility of restaurants through the eyes of the customers with visible
or noticeable disabilities who frequent them. In addition, this study is
being conducted to fulfill the requirements of a class in Rehabilitation 702
Research Statistics.  The study is conducted by Justin H. Williams. Results
will be used to determine the accessibility of restaurants through the eyes
of the customers with visible disabilities who frequent them, and to receive
a grade in the course. Justin H. Williams can be reached at 803-467-8322 or
at  <mailto:justin.williams2 at gmail.com> justin.williams2 at gmail.comand   this
project is supervised by the course instructor, Dr. Robert Dawson,
Rehabilitation Counseling Department, University of South Carolina,
Columbia, SC 29212   <mailto:Robert.Dawson at uscmed.sc.edu>
Robert.Dawson at uscmed.sc.edu  or 803-434-8263.  Participation in this study
should take about 10 minutes of your time. Participation will involve
responding to 16 questions about restaurant accessibility through the
perceptions of persons with visible or noticeable disabilities.
Participation in this project is strictly voluntary. The risks associated
with this project are minimal. If, however, you experience discomfort you
may discontinue the interview at any time. We respect your right to choose
not to answer any questions that may make you feel uncomfortable. Refusal to
participate or withdrawal from participation will involve no penalty or loss
of benefits to which you are otherwise entitled.

Your responses will be identified through email, but only the researcher
will have access to the data, and the emails will be destroyed upon
completion of the research.  If you have any concerns or complaints about
how you were treated during the study, please contact Robert Dawson, Class
Instructor, at 803-434-8263, or write Rehabilitation Counseling Program,
3555 Harden Street Ext, Suite B-18, Columbia, SC 29203.

You may keep this page for your records. Please sign the next page if you
understand and agree to the above. If you do not understand any part of the
above statement, please ask the researcher any questions you have.

I have read and understood the foregoing descriptions of the study called
Perceptions of restaurant accessibility.  I have asked for and received a
satisfactory explanation of any language that I did not fully understand. I
agree to participate in this study, and I understand that I may withdraw my
consent at any time. I have received a copy of this consent form, and upon
Receival of your emailed response, it will be considered that you have given
your consent for the study.

Before you begin, please answer the question below by answering yes or no

Is the nature of your disability so that it is noticed by others?

The following statements have to do with your experience when going out to
eat in a restaurant. For each of the statements given below, please mark the
one response that best represents your experience by placing an x before the
answer. 

1.  When I go out to a restaurant to eat, restaurant employees treat me as
well as they treat others who do not have a visible or noticeable
disability. 

Strongly disagree  

Disagree  

Neutral  

Agree  

Strongly agree  

2. Compared to patrons with no visible or noticeable disability, I am seated
at a table in a reasonable amount of time. 

Strongly disagree  

Disagree  

Neutral  

Agree  

Strongly agree  

3. Compared to patrons with no visible or noticeable disability, I am given
a reasonable amount of time to enjoy my meal

Strongly disagree  

Disagree  

Neutral  

Agree  

Strongly agree  

4. Sometimes the restaurant hostess seats another individual or group before
me when I should have been the next party seated. 

Strongly disagree  

Disagree  

Neutral  

Agree  

Strongly agree  

5. The waiter or waitress places the bill of payment near me as routinely as
they would any other patron who does not have a visible or noticeable
disability. 

Strongly disagree  

Disagree 
Neutral  

Agree  

Strongly agree  

6. The physical area such as seating or tables are less accessible to me. 

Strongly disagree  

Disagree  

Neutral  

Agree  

Strongly agree  

7.  I have problems accessing and/or using the restroom facilities of the
restaurants. 

Strongly disagree  

Disagree  

Neutral  

Agree  

Strongly agree

For each of the statements, please indicate how often you experience the
situation presented. 

8. When you enter a restaurant and you are with friends, family, coworkers
etc., how often are you the first person in your party to be greeted by the
restaurant hostess? 

Never 

Seldom 

Quite often 

Very often 

Always 

9. When you enter a restaurant and you are with friends, family, coworkers
etc., how often do you feel ignored by the restaurant employees? 

Never 

Seldom 

Quite often 

Very often 

Always 

10. When you are being seated in a restaurant, how often does the restaurant
hostess ask you where you would like to be seated? 

Never 

Seldom 

Quite often 

Very often 

Always 

11. When you are being seated in a restaurant, how often are you seated near
the restroom?

Never 

Seldom 

Quite often 

Very often 

Always 

12. When you are being seated in a restaurant, how often are you seated at a
table close to the entrance of the restaurant? 

Never 

Seldom 

Quite often 

Very often 

Always 

13. When you are being seated in a restaurant, how often are you seated in a
pleasant location, such as near a window or where there is a nice view? 

Never 

Seldom 

Quite often 

Very often 

Always 

14. How often does the waiter or waitress directly address you for your food
and drink order? 

Never 

Seldom 

Quite often 

Very often 

Always 

15. When you go out to eat, how often do you feel welcome in the restaurant?

Never 

Seldom 

Quite often 

Very often 

Always 

16.  When you go out to eat, how often is the restaurant's menu accessible
to you?

Never 

Seldom 

Quite often 

Very often 

Always