SURVEY ON BARRIERS TO RECEIVING SUPPORTS TO COMMUNICATE
Disability Voices United and Disability Rights California are leading a project called the Communication Disabilities Access Network (CDAN). The project explores the various problems that people with disabilities face when trying to access communication supports. We want to know the problems you are facing so that we can develop informational materials and advocacy efforts to break down the barriers. Last year, CDAN began gathering information about the experiences of some groups of people with disabilities. This year, we are expanding the project to include all Californians with disabilities who need support to communicate.
For this survey, "communication supports" means all aspects of a communications system that helps a person with a disability communicate. This could include Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) and assistive technologies (AT).
Communication supports could be equipment, such as a letterboard, iPad, smart phone, DynaVox, JAWS, and PECs. It also consists of services, such as sign language interpreters and communication partners. It can also include communication methods, such as gestures, sign language, braille, facilitated communication, Rapid Prompting Method, and others. This survey also covers the need for assessments, training, and ongoing supervision.
There are three versions of this survey:
1) For people with disabilities who need communication supports
2) For family members of a person with a disability who needs communication supports, and
3) For professionals (direct care providers, agency service providers, speech therapists, educators, etc.) who serve people with disabilities who need communication supports
Click on the correct link below to take the survey.
