<html class="apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Thank you so much for sending this, Jess! I took the survey and was fairly impressed. This is a very important topic and dear to my heart.<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Thank you for all you do, </span><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">JJ Aragon </span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Member \u2014 National Federation of the Blind of Greeley </span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Phone: 720-350-3999 </span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." \u2014 Albus Dumbledore </span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Aug 3, 2026, at 4:48\u202fPM, Jessica Beecham via Colorado-Talk <colorado-talk@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff<div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Arya Boris</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:aboris@widener.edu">aboris@widener.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Aug 3, 2026 at 4:42\u202fPM<br>Subject: PhD Dissertation Research Participation - Disabled Sexuality Education<br>To: <a href="mailto:jbbeecham@gmail.com">jbbeecham@gmail.com</a> <<a href="mailto:jbbeecham@gmail.com">jbbeecham@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br>
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Hello National Federation of the Blind of Colorado,</div>
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My name is Arya Boris, and I am a disabled doctoral candidate at Widener University in the Human Sexuality program. I am writing to you to ask if you could please assist me in my data collection by sharing the study information.</div>
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The purpose of my research is to investigate disabled people\u2019s perspectives on the sexuality education they recall receiving. Specifically, I hope to gain an understanding of what disabled people learned and how helpful they felt the instruction was across
a collection of 14 topics. Disabled people are frequently excluded from participating in sexuality education research. Or the data is limited to one type of disability as opposed to creating a picture of the disability community. The disability advocacy phrase,
\u201cNothing about us without us,\u201d is important in my perspective of inclusion within my research.</div>
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The Widener University I.R.B. has approved this study (Protocol #925). Participants may take the survey on their own or with the help of an aid. Only disabled adults who have been disabled since before they were 19 years of age, were born after 1989, were homeschooled
for less than half of their K-12 experience, and lived in the United States when they learned about sexuality education may take this survey.</div>
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Would you be willing to share my survey with any participants who may be eligible? I have included a recruitment flyer and email text to help you share the information with the disabled people your organization serves. You can also read the email text to potential
participants aloud if sharing electronically is not an option.</div>
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<b style="font-family:Garamond,Georgia,serif">Email text to forward to potential participants:</b></div>
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Hello!</div>
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My name is Arya Boris, and I am a doctoral candidate at Widener University in the Human Sexuality program. I am writing to invite you to be a part of my research.</div>
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You can do this by taking a survey. It is your choice if you take the survey. You do not have to finish the survey if you do not want to. You can ask an aid to help you answer the survey if you need it. The survey will take you between 10 and 20 minutes. You
can take a break and come back to it at any time. All of your information will be anonymous. If you want, you can enter a raffle to win a $25 gift card as a thank you for filling out the survey.</div>
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My research looks at what sexuality education disabled people were taught before they became adults. I will ask you what you remember learning about. Then you will tell me how helpful that information was to you. Also, you will tell me where else you learned
about this information.</div>
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I am disabled. I am physically, psychologically, and cognitively disabled. I have had some of my disabilities since I was a child.</div>
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I do this research to see how disabled people feel about the sexuality education they got. Usually, disabled people do not get to tell people how they feel about what they are taught. I want to change that. I want to give all disabled people the chance to be
a part of making learning better for disabled students.</div>
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You can be a part of this study if you are a disabled adult and became disabled before you turned 19. You must have grown up in the United States. You cannot have been homeschooled for more than half of your learning. You must be born in 1990 or later.</div>
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<span style="font-family:Garamond,Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">If you want to take the survey, you can access it through this link:
</span><span style="font-family:Garamond,Georgia,serif;color:blue"><a href="http://bit.ly/DisabledSexEduSurvey" id="m_3788295144076807675OWAf57f2ab8-214f-b3da-63b7-693ac4ce6113" title="http://bit.ly/DisabledSexEduSurvey" target="_blank" style="font-family:Garamond,Georgia,serif"><u style="font-family:Garamond,Georgia,serif">disability sexuality education survey</u></a></span><span style="font-family:Garamond,Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">.</span></div>
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If you have any questions about this study, you can contact me at <a href="mailto:aboris@widener.edu" target="_blank" style="font-family:Garamond,Georgia,serif">aboris@widener.edu</a>. You can also contact my faculty advisor, Dr. Pamela Lannutti, at <a href="mailto:pjlannutti@widener.edu" target="_blank" style="font-family:Garamond,Georgia,serif">pjlannutti@widener.edu</a>.</div>
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Sincerely,</div>
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Arya Boris, M.E.d.</div>
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Thank you for your time.</div>
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Sincerely,</div>
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<i style="font-family:Garamond,Georgia,serif">Arya Boris, M.E.d. P.h.D. Candidate</i></div>
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