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Suggestions please! Inclusive camera equipment for people with impairments.
Hello everyone, I'm Arshad Asaaf, a Street photographer currently studying Industrial design at Loughborough University, United Kingdom. I'm currently working on my final year dissertation. The brief is to create inclusive camera equipment for people with impairments. It will be really helpful if any of you can give me…
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Prosthesis Embodiment PhD study (University of Salford) ending today - seeking final participants
Hi everyone, For any upper-limb prosthesis users my final PhD research study has been re-opened and extended until the end of today (sorry for short notice - been busy all this week at 2 prosthetics conferences back-to-back!). As this is the final study for my PhD, and linking back to a large interviews study I conducted…
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Help us test the Scope website - survey 3 of 3
Hello again. I am testing some potential changes to the Scope website to make our advice and support articles even easier to find. Here is the 3rd and final survey of the 3 I am running: Survey 3 It should take about 5-10 minutes. Thank you again for your help! Neil
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Help us test the Scope website - survey 2 of 3
Good morning! I am testing some potential changes to the Scope website to make our advice and support articles even easier to find. Here is the 2nd survey of 3 I am running: Survey 2 It should take about 5-10 minutes. I will post the 3rd and final survey later this week. The first one is here if you're very keen. You can…
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Research Participation
Hello, My name is Amy Best, I am currently a MPhil Student at Aberystwyth
University conducting research into the psychology of amputees who have
returned to the world of competitive sport and I’m currently in the process of
recruiting participants. It is hoped that this research will not only further
the knowledge in this…
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Help us test the new Scope website
Hello again everyone! I am testing some potential changes to the Scope website to make our advice and support articles even easier to find. Here is the first survey of 3 I am going to run over the next few days: Survey 1 It should take about 5-10 minutes. I will post the other 2 surveys later this week. You can take as…
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Your experiences in accessing cervical screening (smear test) - can you help Jo's Trust?
Jo's Trust want to know about your experiences in accessing cervical screening (smear test), as well as what provisions are available to you to enable you to access screening. Over one in four women don't take up their cervical screening invitation with attendance at an all time low. For disabled women there can be…
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How accessible is the beauty and hair salon industry?
Having recently visited a hair salon, I observed a wheelchair user who was unable to have her hair washed in the basins in her wheelchair. I watched on as two hairdressers drag lifted this lady out of her wheelchair to put her onto their seat so she could have her hair washed. This made me think, where is the fairness,…
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Help for Research!
Hi everyone! After consistently seeing accessibility problems for family members when on holidays, we have a vision of opening a fully accessible holiday park in the UK. I need your help gathering some research on holiday park requirements for a client who is hoping to open a fully accessible one in the UK! The survey…
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fibromyalgia
fibromyalgia can you claim pip for fibromyalgia now
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Opinions on prototype of wheelchair reversing mirror/phone holder
A few months ago I set about designing a prodcut to help wheelchair users in their day-to-day lives. I asked Scope members for some guidance and ideas. The feedback was so useful! An issue identified in the disscussion was that of reversing in confined space and that of general storage. The most obvious solution to the…
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Hi, my name is RescueDogTV!
Hi! I work for a TV production company and we are making an
exciting new prime time Ch4 programme in partnership with Wood Green
Animal Charity. We are looking for people who are seriously thinking about rehoming a rescue dog. With a multi-camera rig format, we want to explore the relationships
and interactions between…
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Bed Table for People with Limited Mobility
Hi all! Some of you may have seen my previous discussions where I asked for feedback on models of the bed table for people who have limited mobility and must be seated most of the time which I have designed for my Design and Technology GCSE- thank you to those who contributed, your feedback was very valuable. I now have…
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Research on Strengths in Autism, Chance to Win £50 Voucher
I am on a research team at the University of Wolverhampton
(UK), and I am conducting an online study testing whether people with autism
may have a strength when it comes to recognizing cartoon and animal emotions.
All participants have a chance to win a £50 Amazon gift card (this can be used
on the US Amazon as well). If…
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Study on wheelchair accessibility - 5 min questionnaire!! please :)
Hi all! I was curious as to whether anyone would be interested in filling out a quick questionnaire for a study on wheelchair accessibility in Newcastle upon Tyne city centre. Anyone who lives in or are familiar with the area are welcome to complete it It would be greatly appreciated!! Many thanks, Ash…
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Parents of children with Cerebral Palsy
Hello, I am a third year student in Sport Sciences. My supervisor Dr Li (cc) has led a group of research investigating various aspects of locomotion of children with cerebral palsy, and my project is part of this larger ongoing investigation. My study project focuses the amount of advice parents/guardians of children with…
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Hi, we are Fashunned- a magazine brand we're creating about disabled fashion for our final project
Hello! We are fashunned, A fashion magazine for the disabled. This magazine is our final project for our degree. We would love to have your input during the formation of our first issue which will be published in the summer of next year. We are currently working on a survey to help us acquire knowledge about the disabled…
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Scandal of some ATU's
I have recently been reading about the terrible scandal of how some people with Learning Disabilities have been forcibly kept in ATU's , sometimes for many years in awful conditions. Apparently, the NHS spent £477.4 million in 2016, with families saying some places costing upto a scandalous £13,000 per week. Allegedly,…
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Parents of children with Cerebral Palsy
Hello, I am a third year student in Sport Sciences. My supervisor Dr Li (cc) has led a group of research investigating various aspects of locomotion of children with cerebral palsy, and my project is part of this larger ongoing investigation. My study project focuses the amount of advice parents/guardians of children with…
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I need your feedback!
I have been making a phone holder/reversing mirror prototype over the past months as part of my DT coursework. This idea was bourne of discussions on this forum where reversing in tight spaces and storage were identified as issues. I would greatly appreciate all feedback and comments - both positive and negative! The box…
