Hi folks! I'm doing a project for my diversity class on social etiquette and people with physical disabilities. As usual, I've procrastinated a bit, and my first plan -- to interview friends in the disability community in my area -- is falling through, because of people's (understandably) busy schedules. But since a big part of our grade comes from creativity in presentation, I'm going with plan B: IChat video interviews, which I'll record and then use iMovie to cut into a nice little quirky yet semi-educational presentation.
If you're willing to participate, I'll basically be asking you about your experiences, in general (or, if there's a specific one you want to focus on, that's cool too), meeting people for the first time in business/school/civic contexts (basically anything except friends, dating, etc). Has anyone ever said anything you've found to be particularly offensive? Do you generally find there to be an air of awkwardness? If so, how do you diffuse it, or what could the other/non-disabled person do to diffuse it? If the person wants to ask you questions about your use of a chair/cane/braces/etc, do you feel that's appropriate? How do you handle it? What could the non-disabled person do to make the experience generally better for you? And so forth. I anticipate the interviews to last 10-15 minutes.
This is a really low-key thing, not some big dissertation project, but it's still a pretty important part of my grade.... so if you're reading this, have a video-capable Mac (or PC, I suppose, but I don't know why you'd be reading this in that case...
) and are willing to spend 10 minutes talking about yourself, you'd make me one *very* happy gimp-girl!
Oh, and if you don't have a disability but are nevertheless intrigued, I'm also looking for some of you, too! I'd ask you some of the same things, from the other perspective. You don't have to necessarily have had a lot of interaction with people with disabilities.
If you can help, respond here or send me a PM. I'll check back regularly, as I'd like to complete the interviews in the next two days.
Thank you!!! ::batting my eyelashes::
If you're willing to participate, I'll basically be asking you about your experiences, in general (or, if there's a specific one you want to focus on, that's cool too), meeting people for the first time in business/school/civic contexts (basically anything except friends, dating, etc). Has anyone ever said anything you've found to be particularly offensive? Do you generally find there to be an air of awkwardness? If so, how do you diffuse it, or what could the other/non-disabled person do to diffuse it? If the person wants to ask you questions about your use of a chair/cane/braces/etc, do you feel that's appropriate? How do you handle it? What could the non-disabled person do to make the experience generally better for you? And so forth. I anticipate the interviews to last 10-15 minutes.
This is a really low-key thing, not some big dissertation project, but it's still a pretty important part of my grade.... so if you're reading this, have a video-capable Mac (or PC, I suppose, but I don't know why you'd be reading this in that case...
) and are willing to spend 10 minutes talking about yourself, you'd make me one *very* happy gimp-girl!Oh, and if you don't have a disability but are nevertheless intrigued, I'm also looking for some of you, too! I'd ask you some of the same things, from the other perspective. You don't have to necessarily have had a lot of interaction with people with disabilities.
If you can help, respond here or send me a PM. I'll check back regularly, as I'd like to complete the interviews in the next two days.
Thank you!!! ::batting my eyelashes::
