Hi AER Friends, We would like to invite you to participate in a research study being conducted by the NRTC on Blindness and Low Vision to determine whether employers have different implicit (or unconscious) attitudes about people who are blind compared to professionals who work with this population. We have already collected data from a sample of more than 400 employers, and now need to collect data from blindness professionals. Specifically, we are looking for sighted professionals who provide direct services to people who are blind or visually impaired. Your participation would involve answering four multiple choice questions and completing a picture and word sorting task. The picture and word sorting task was designed to measure sighted person's implicit attitudes about the competence of people who are blind, so vision is required for participation in this study. The entire process should take 10 minutes or less. What's in it for you? You get to learn your own personal implicit attitudes about people who are blind (an interpretation of your results will appear at the end), and, if requested, we will send you a copy of the results of the overall study when it is ready. We can also enter you into a drawing to win a $100 gift card, which will be provided to one randomly selected participant. Note that all of your responses will be anonymous, so we will not be able to connect your test results with your name. If you want the overall study results sent to you or to be entered into the drawing for the gift card, you will provide your contact information in a separate survey. To participate, follow this link: https://www.research.net/r/NRTC_IAT Thank you! If you have any questions about this study, contact Michele McDonnall (m.mcdonnall@msstate.edu<mailto:m.mcdonnall@msstate.edu>). This study is approved under IRB-17-255 by Mississippi State University. If this research sounds interesting to you, please consider applying for one of our open positions: http://blind.msstate.edu/about-us/employment/ We are always looking for people who have knowledge about and an interest in people who are blind or visually impaired. BJ [cid:image001.png@01D34BFE.3964A570] B. J. LeJeune, CRC, CVRT National Research and Training Center on Blindness and Low Vision P. O. Box 6189 Mississippi State, MS 39762 P: 662-325-2694 F: 662-325-8989 bjlejeune@colled.msstate.edu<mailto:bjlejeune@colled.msstate.edu> www.blind.msstate.edu<http://www.blind.msstate.edu/>