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Peter,

You say “I am sure any recommendations are welcome but also wonder, would it be more helpful to send them in private?” I'm grappling with this too. I'm trained in geography. My answer is.....

Yes, no, maybe...

What is our responsibility to knowledge creation?
What is our responsibility as researchers to each other?
What is our responsibility as disabled people who are asked to participate in poorly conceived or executed research all the time?
What is our responsibility as researchers to the “truth” that poor research may relate?
What is our responsibility to our colleagues and students in disability studies doing poor work?
What is our responsibility to disability studies and how others respect it?
I don't think our protocols for judging the interpretation of this kind of online survey has caught up with the reality of how the format impacts the results.

Solutions?.........

Encourage people to send DRAFT or PILOT studies to us for comment?
Have an opt in system of peer review available before a participation request goes out?
Be critical but a but “softer”?
Look at who is doing the work? Who sent it to the list?

· Were this a paper survey, I could scan it. Perhaps we need to display ALL the questions first BEFORE the answering starts?

This case? Without looking at the work.........

It comes forwarded to us from a trusted scholar. We should be able to assume quality.
The authors are a funded team whose work we should expect is good and others will believe.
It is APPLIED research which actually could impact lives.
The request is not for comment, just participation.

This case? AFTER looking at the work.........

I think Nancy was KIND!

· I barely got past the intro and first question which created 2 new labels or acronyms no one needs (PRM or whatever). Now I'm a “person with reduced mobility” (PRM)?

· Question 2 is unanswerable for me. I stopped there. I live 5 blocks from the center of a town of 25,000 people in one of the most rural counties in California 200 miles from a larger town. I can't begin to guess which I should choose.

2. In what kind of area do you reside?

City centre

Urban

Suburban

Rural

· Were this a paper survey, I could scan ahead to see if there are other questions that might mitigate how my answer might be misconstrued. Perhaps we need to display ALL the questions first BEFORE the answering starts?

Devva Kasnitz, PhD

Spring 2018 -- Kate Welling Distinguished Scholar in Disability Studies, Miami University, Oxford, OH

Adj Professor, City University of New York—School of Professional Studies—Disability Studies

Executive Director, Society for Disability Studies, PO BOX 5570, Eureka CA 95502

From: The Disability-Research Discussion List <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Péter Füzesi
Sent: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 2:08 PM
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Subject: Re: [DISABILITY-RESEARCH] Mapping of Accessible Transport for Persons with Reduced Mobility: Survey on travel information requirements

I am sure any recommendations are welcome but also wonder, would it be more helpful to send them in private?

On Tue, 6 Nov 2018 at 20:34, Nancy Hansen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Hi,
I just completed the survey. It is very poorly written unclear, verbose and makes a lot of assumptions that don’t apply and they assume transport users are local.
Best,
Nancy
Nancy E Hansen, PhD
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Nancy Hansen, Roy Hanes and Diane Driedger (Eds). Untold Stories: A Canadian Disability History Reader. CSPI
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From: The Disability-Research Discussion List <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Mark Priestley
Sent: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 11:04 AM
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Subject: Mapping of Accessible Transport for Persons with Reduced Mobility: Survey on travel information requirements
Importance: High
Please pass this survey link on to any disabled travelers and travel companions who may be interested in it. The principal focus is the EU, but the project team would be interested to receive responses from any country.
On Behalf Of Bryan Matthews
Sent: 06 November 2018 09:39
Subject: [cds] Mapping of Accessible Transport for Persons with Reduced Mobility: Survey on travel information requirements
Hi
I am part of a team, commissioned by DG MOVE at the European Commission to conduct a study entitled Mapping of Accessible Transport for Persons with Reduced Mobility. The project is aiming to enhance travel information services for disabled people and others with reduced mobility.
We have developed a survey, designed to better-understand travel information requirements amongst persons with reduced mobility, and are very keen to hear from disabled people, persons with reduced mobility (PRM) and those who accompany disabled people and PRM when travelling. This survey will then provide the evidence on which we will base our proposed enhancements to current travel information provision.
We would appreciate your help in disseminating this survey through your networks to persons with reduced mobility and those who accompany PRM when travelling. The survey will take approximately 15 minutes and it is available in English, Portuguese and Dutch.
If there are any difficulties with the format, please let us know so that we can make alternative arrangements to complete the survey. Any enquiries can be sent to [log in to unmask], or you can reach us by phone at +31 79 3222364.
Please click this link to start the survey: https://2018-mapping-prm.questionpro.com/
Thank you very much in advance!
On behalf of the research team,
With kind regards,
Bryan
Bryan Matthews CMCILT
Lecturer (Teaching and Scholarship)
Institute for Transport Studies and Centre for Disability Studies
University of Leeds
LS2 9JT
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 113 3435341
Please note, my normal working days are Mon-Thurs
Chair, ITS-UK Inclusive Mobility Interest Group
Member, Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee
Recent Articles and Presentations
Matthews B (2016) Mobility Benefits and the Benefits of Mobility: What can welfare economics tell us about the economics of welfare? Presented at the Lancaster Disability Studies Conference, Lancaster, September 2016.
Matthews B (2015) Sharing Some Thoughts on Shared Space and the Equality Act, PTRC Training News, available at:
http://www.ptrc-training.co.uk/News/TabId/1522/ArtMID/6886/ArticleID/7368/Sharing-Some-Thoughts-on-Shared-Space-and-the-Equality-Act.aspx
Edwards SJ, Partington D, Matthews B, and Blythe P (2015) Technology to support independent travel in the UK, MUNICIPAL ENGINEER (PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS) V168 pp140-149
Szczerbinska-Speakman K, Matthews B (2014) Retrofitting an accessible highway: a user-led approach, MUNICIPAL ENGINEER (PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS) V167 pp207-213.

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