Impact of Physical Impairment Project

Published 25 September 2008, Posted in National

What stops you from living a normal life?  Attitudes, poorly designed environments, lack of information or not enough support?

How do you stop these barriers from stopping you?  What equipment and support do you use, what works the best, what do you still need?

The Impact of Physical Impairment Project is investigating these questions to determine the economic and social costs associated with being disabled in New Zealand. 

Laura Wilkinson-Meyers, a PhD student at the University of Auckland’s School of Population Health has been working for three years on research investigating the barriers disabled people face, and the costs associated with disability.

Her previous experience has been through her involvement in a collaborative initiative with the Disability Resource Centre Auckland (DRC), disabled researchers and the University tasked with using a social model of disability to estimate the additional costs associated with disability.

This survey is being funded by the Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC)’s Disability Partnership Programme and the University of Auckland.

You are invited to participate in this targeted survey of people with physical impairment designed to look into these issues.

Download the supporting document at the end of this article for Participant Information about the survey or get started and have your say now using the internet. 
http://chsrp.fmhs.auckland.ac.nz/surveylet/surveys/ioi/

The survey runs until 31st October with the first 400 completed surveys recieving a $10 petrol voucher in appreciation of your valuable time and contribution.