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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'>Shara Winton<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'>President, National federation of the Blind of Massachusetts<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'><a href="http://www.nfbma.org/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.nfbma.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'><a href="mailto:sharawinton@gmail.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>sharawinton@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'>617-304-0347<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Lamont-Manfre, Marisha <MARISHA.LAMONT-MANFRE@UCDENVER.EDU> <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 5, 2026 10:56 AM<br><b>To:</b> Lamont-Manfre, Marisha <MARISHA.LAMONT-MANFRE@UCDENVER.EDU><br><b>Subject:</b> Study Request: Support for students with disabilities in higher education<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='margin-right:-1.0pt;margin-bottom:8.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-right:-1.0pt;margin-bottom:8.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>I am reaching out to ask if you can share a survey with individuals at your organization. I am a doctoral candidate researching practices in disability services. I am comparing how staff and students feel about common practices, what disability models are present, and how supportive each practice and service is to a student’s education.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-right:-1.0pt;margin-bottom:8.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>I have identified your organization as one that may be able to share the survey with individuals who attended a college or university in the United States between 2012 and now. If you are willing to share the survey link, I am asking for participants who have worked with disability services staff for at least a semester. Participation is voluntary and results will be confidential. The survey should take about 15 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-right:-1.0pt;margin-bottom:8.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>For participants, possible discomforts or risks include possible feelings of discomfort or anxiety recalling information about their experience in higher education. There may be risks the researchers have not thought of.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-right:-1.0pt;margin-bottom:8.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>I will not collect any identifying information (like your name, IP address, etc.). Participants will have an opportunity to provide an email address to me if they would like to discuss their experiences further in an interview, but that is voluntary and is in a separate form. The data will be kept in a secure location on a password-protected computer. Only I will have access to the data.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-right:-1.0pt;margin-bottom:8.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Participants have a choice about being in this study. They do not have to be in this study if they do not want to be. They can exit the survey at any time.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-right:-1.0pt;margin-bottom:8.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>If you have questions, you can email Marisha Lamont-Manfre at <a href="mailto:Marisha.Lamont-Manfre@ucdenver.edu" title="Marisha.Lamont-Manfre@ucdenver.edu">Marisha.Lamont-Manfre@ucdenver.edu</a>. You can email and ask questions at any time.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-right:-1.0pt;margin-bottom:8.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Participants may have questions about your rights as someone in this study. If there are questions, participants can call the COMIRB (the responsible Institutional Review Board). Their number is (303) 724-1055.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-right:-1.0pt;margin-bottom:8.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Participants can access the survey through this link: </span><u><span style='color:#467886'><a href="https://ucdenver.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eyvikmeKf8UrojA"><span style='color:#467886'>Student Survey Link</span></a></span></u><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-right:-1.0pt;margin-bottom:8.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>I request your assistance in sharing this survey with possible participants. Thank you again for your assistance in this project.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Thanks, <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Marisha Lamont-Manfre<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>