[Rehab] Recruiting Blind Orientation and Mobility Instructors for a Research Study

[David Andrews]

>
>Hi All,
>Please see a message below from our good friend and colleague Jonathan Lazar.
>
>
>Dear NFB community members,
>
>
>Our research team, led by Professor Niklas Elmqvist at University of 
>Maryland, College Park, aims to improve information accessibility 
>for blind individuals through design and evaluation of interactive 
>systems that represent data in the form of sound. We are designing 
>an interactive tool to support data analysis using sound. We are 
>interested in insights from Orientation and Mobility (O&M) training 
>that we may effectively use in our design process.
>
>
>We are recruiting blind professional Orientation and Mobility 
>experts as participants in this research. You also need to be 18 
>years of age or older.
>
>
>We are interested in your instructional background, specifically 
>your training of blind individuals, how blind individuals rely on 
>sound for creating mental maps of the environment, and how blind 
>individuals use auditory interfaces in activities of daily living. 
>The interview will in total take approximately 60 minutes. The 
>entire interview will be audio recorded. No personal data will be 
>collected (other than for tax purposes) and all data will be anonymized.
>
>
>Participants will be paid a $100 Amazon Gift Card for their time and 
>efforts. Interview sessions will be conducted over the phone, or 
>online using a video conferencing tool of your choice (e.g., Skype, 
>Zoom, or Google Hangouts).
>
>
>To sign up, please send an email to Pramod Chundury 
>(<mailto:pchundur at umd.edu>pchundur at umd.edu) with your preferred 
>appointment date and time. After receiving your email, we will reply 
>to confirm your appointment, and provide details about the study.
>
>
>Best regards,
>
>
>Dr. Niklas Elmqvist (<mailto:elm at umd.edu>elm at umd.edu) and Dr. 
>Jonathan Lazar (<mailto:jlazar at umd.edu>jlazar at umd.edu)
>
>
>
>Ronza Othman, President
>National Federation of the Blind of Maryland
>443-426-4110
>Pronouns: she, her, hers
>
>The National Federation of the Blind of Maryland knows that 
>blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. 
>Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low 
>expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. 
>You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.
>


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