Please take this survey three times. The first time take it as you are now. The second pretend you are a person with a stutter. And the third, as if you are a paraplegic.
Give yourself a point for every statement you can answer 'yes' to. Add up the points and keep a separate total for each trial.
1ST: As you are now
2ND: As a person with a mild to severe stutter
3RD: As a quadriplegic
1. I can arrange to be in the company of people of my level of ability most of the time and with relative ease.
2 If I should need to move my residence, I can be pretty sure of renting a house or apartment that will accommodate me physically.
3. I can be pretty sure that my new neighbors will be neutral or pleasant to me.
4. I can turn on the tv or open the newspaper and see people of similar ability to me widely represented.
5. I am familiar with the history of people similar to me in my ability.
6. I can be pretty sure of my ability to have my voice heard in a group in which I am the only person with my level of ability.
7. I can do well in a challenging situation without being called a credit to my level of ability.
8. I can be assured that my shape, bearing, or body odor will not be taken as a reflection on my ability level.
9. My culture will not penalize me for being oblivious to the problems of people with less ability than myself.
10. I can be pretty sure that if I ask to speak to the “person in charge” that I will be facing a person of my level of ability.
11. I can easily buy posters, postcards, picture books, greeting cards, dolls, toys, and children’s magazines featuring people of my level of ability.
12. I can go home from most meetings of organizations I belong to feeling connected to the others in the group rather than isolated, out of place, outnumbered, unheard, held at a distance, or feared.
13. I can be pretty sure of finding people of similar ability who would be willing to talk with me and advise me about my next steps, professionally.
14. I can think over many options (social, political, imaginative, or professional) without asking whether a person of my level of ability would be accepted or allowed to do what I want to do.
15. I can choose to go to a public place without fearing that people fo my ability cannot have access.
16. I can go to a friend’s house without worrying about being able to get in or get around to essential inside areas (i.e. bathrooms)
17. I can arrange my activities so that I will never have to experience feelings of rejecting due to my level of ability.
18. If I have low credibility as a leader, I can be assured it has nothing to do with my level of ability.
19. If I need something done differently than normal at school or work, I can be assured that the process of change will be sooth and without any difficulty.
20. I will feel welcomed and “normal” in the usual walks of public life, institutional, and social.
21. I can be assured that if I need legal or medical help, my ability level will not work against me.
22. I am never asked to speak for all people of my ability group.
23. I can expect figurative language and imagery in all of the arts to testify to experiences of my ability level.
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Thanks for helping me out,
I very much appreciate it!!
