Last Updated on: 3rd May 2017, 10:39 am
This cell phones and emergency services study will probably be our only post for the day, but hey, it’s something.
Here are the study details.
Researchers at the Neil Squire Society in cooperation with the Canadian Association of the Deaf, the Canadian National Institute for the Blind and the Manitoba League of Persons with Disabilities are conducting a study to look at how emergency calls and emergency disaster alerts on cellular phones can be made more accessible.
The goal of this project is to get input from actual cell phone users on how the next generation of emergency services should be designed to ensure accessibility before they are released. Your feedback will be used to make industry and government aware of the unique needs of persons with disabilities.
We are currently looking for people who are blind, people who are deaf and people with mobility impairment. People with blindness or deafness that currently use a cell phone or have used a cell phone in the past are preferred. Also, we are looking for people with a mobility impairment that prevents them from using cell phones because of limited hand control. Anyone interested will have a choice of attending a focus group or completing a brief survey.
The focus groups will be held at locations in Vancouver , Winnipeg and Ottawa . The focus groups will typically last 2 hours and consist of 6 to 8 people. There will be a brief presentation and an open question and answer session.
To learn more about this research and your eligibility, please contact:
Neil Squire Society
EMAIL:
research@neilsquire.ca
Toll Free Telephone: 1-877-673-4636
Address: Suite 220 – 2250 Boundary Rd.
Burnaby , British Columbia
Canada V5M 3Z3Principal Researcher
Dr. Gary Birch, PhD, P.Eng.
Neil Squire Society
Executive Director and Director of Research & Development
I have no idea why the contact link goes to Accessibility News’s contact page, but the research folks’ contact info is below that.
So, if interested, you know what to do.