[PABS] FW: COVID & College Students with Disabilities

[Simon Bonenfant]

Good evening all, 

Please find the note below sent to me by a person seeking participants to
complete a survey from Penn State University. While I do not know this
person, it does look to be correct information and not a scam so I'm passing
it on as requested. 

Thank you. 

Simon. 

 

 

From: Spencer, David Brett <dbs21 at psu.edu> 
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2022 11:08 AM
To: sbonenfant2 at gmail.com
Subject: COVID & College Students with Disabilities

 

Dear President Bonenfant:

 

I hope this note finds you and your members doing as well as can be during
these difficult times.  My name is Brett Spencer, I'm a librarian at Penn
State Berks near Reading, PA collaborating with rehabilitation and human
services faculty here as part of a newly formed research group (the
Anti-Ableism Research Team).  We are conducting a study of college students
with disabilities and their experiences during the COVID crisis.  Since
students with disabilities have been hit disproportionately hard by the
pandemic, we hope to give them a space for their voices.  All the members of
our research team either have disabilities or have immediate family members
with disabilities. 

 

We would be thrilled to have the voices of students you in your Association
be part of the study.  As we view students with disabilities as lived
experience experts, we can offer gift cards for their valuable time.  I am
therefore writing to ask: would you be willing to share the study
announcement under my web signature below with your members?  

 

Best Wishes for Good Health,

Brett Spencer

Reference Librarian

Thun Library

PO Box 7009

Tulpehocken Road

Penn State Berks

Reading, PA  19610-6009

Phone: 610-396-6261

Email: dbs21 at psu.edu <mailto:dbs21 at psu.edu> 

____________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________

Subject Line: Opportunity to Participate in a Survey PLUS AMAZON GIFT CARD
PRIZES!!

 

Dear Students: 

 

We would like to hear from you!

 

If you are a college student who identifies as having any type of disability
(sensory, physical, developmental, mental health), we would like to hear
from you! We are conducting a study on the emotional and educational impact
of COVID-19 on students with disabilities.  We hope that the results of our
study will help us all advocate for safer, more accessible conditions on our
campuses.

 

Survey respondents will be entered into a random drawing to win a $50 Amazon
gift card (5 offered) and all focus group participants will be provided $20
Amazon gift cards to thank you for your valuable time.  

 

This study has been approved as exempt by the PSU IRB (Study ID #00017435).
Participants with questions can contact the principal investigator, Deniz
Aydemir-Doke at dxa227 at psu.edu <mailto:dxa227 at psu.edu> .  

 

Please follow the link below to complete a survey, which should take
approximately 15 minutes of your time. You will also have the additional
option to select a zoom focus group to participate in.

 

Study Link: https://pennstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6rmBa7TPs5tCXEa

 

Thank you for considering!

Brett Spencer

Reference Librarian

Thun Library

PO Box 7009

Tulpehocken Road

Penn State Berks

Reading, PA  19610-6009

Phone: 610-396-6261

Email: dbs21 at psu.edu <mailto:dbs21 at psu.edu> 

Library News: https://sites.psu.edu/thunlibrary/

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