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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The below research participant solicitation is being provided for informational purposes only. The National Federation of the Blind has no involvement in this research, but we believe that it may contribute
to our research mission.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Hello everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">We are working on a research project that attempts to gather evidence on the preference between identity-first and person-first language by and for disabled people. As part of this project, we're conducting
an anonymous</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><a href="https://tr.cloudmagic.com/h/v6/link-track/1.0/1638750837761963-9d5c51cb-d9fa-47df-3841-a51e30d91b04/1638750821/4d12e637b8831f3527f4300cba1ee84c/656c9a8626fc55ea459171139a9d5b06/844fea63adfa40d52f5747c568bced63?redirect_uri=https://bit.ly/disability-language-survey"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">
</span></a><a href="https://tr.cloudmagic.com/h/v6/link-track/1.0/1638750837761963-9d5c51cb-d9fa-47df-3841-a51e30d91b04/1638750821/4d12e637b8831f3527f4300cba1ee84c/656c9a8626fc55ea459171139a9d5b06/844fea63adfa40d52f5747c568bced63?redirect_uri=https://bit.ly/disability-language-survey"><span style="color:#1155CC">survey</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">
(</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><a href="https://bit.ly/disability-language-survey"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://bit.ly/disability-language-survey</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">) that should take about 5 minutes to fill out.
We would like to invite all individuals with disabilities 18 years or older to take part in the survey. There are no other eligibility criteria. We'd be grateful to anyone who takes part in the survey. Individuals can feel free to broadly share it with others.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Ather Sharif (he/him)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Ph.D. Student | Human-Computer Interaction, Accessibility, Visualization, and Personalization<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">University of Washington, Seattle<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">267.788.0898 (c)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><a href="mailto:ather@cs.washington.edu">ather@cs.washington.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><a href="http://athersharif.me/"><span style="color:#1155CC">athersharif.me</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> |
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</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><a href="https://twitter.com/athersharif"><span style="color:#DA97FF">@</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/athersharif"><span style="color:#1155CC">athersharif</span></a></span><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1155CC"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Lou Ann Blake, J.D.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Director of Research Programs, Blindness Initiatives<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">410-659-9314, extension 2221 |
<a href="mailto:lblake@nfb.org"><span style="color:windowtext">lblake@nfb.org</span></a>
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