Most up to date text books cost allot of money, most researchers buy some of them when the information is essential to the research, even though they sigh, as the give the money over at the bookshops cash desk.
Many researchers of people with impairments do not value their victims (subjects) information highly enough. Disabled people knowledge and time is not valued. If it paid for at a reasonable rate) the subject is more likely to feel valued and be prepared to give more thoughtful responses. Remember if you pay peanuts or less you get ...............
Its not like breathing it is paying for the knowledge of experience which cannot be obtained in those expensive books.
Trying telling them at the supermarket, that you give your free time to some social work researcher, so they should give you cheaper food.
Disabled people live in poverty. It is about time that changed. It is about time our community was valued.
Keith
On Mon, 7 Apr 2003 10:29:16 0100 , "Smith, Glenn" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Paid for their time ? Can't people do things without payment even if they
>are poor -
often the student will be poorer then the participant as was the
>case in my PhD...I really don't believe in payments in research and that is
>not to ignore peoples poverty...what do others think ?
>
>Glenn
>
>Dr Glenn Smith,
>Research Fellow,
%3
--
War makes people ill.
___________________________________________________
What is the most abundant metal on earth?
Find out at postmaster.co.uk
http://www.postmaster.co.uk/cgi-bin/meme/quiz.pl?id=214
________________End of message______________________
Archives and tools for the Disability-Research Discussion List
are now located at:
www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html
You can JOIN or LEAVE the list from this web page.
|