Dear Colleagues, A friend who is a professor in the Rehabilitation Counseling department at UALR has asked me to help circulate this invitation below for participation in a timely study. Individuals with disabilities and individuals without a disability are needed. Please see description below. Thank you, Jim Joyce, COMS Pittsburgh, PA Pandemic Lockdown--How are you coping? Join global smart technology study Dear Participant, As the world strives to cope with the Corona Virus Pandemic, a University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA, research team is conducting the first of its kind, global online study. Our aim is to determine how effectively people with and without disabilities are coping with performing daily activities to their satisfaction using Internet-Connected Devices/software, such as communicating with others, banking, shopping, work/school tasks, entertainment, etc. While you are going through this unprecedented pandemic, this online survey provides an opportunity to share how satisfied you are with performing daily activities using internet-enabled technologies such as smartphones, tablets, apps, and computers with associated software. To ensure the survey is valid and useful, we shall be recruiting no less than 50 people with disabilities and no less than 50 people without disabilities who would like to participate in this first of its kind survey. This study has been approved by the Institutional Review Board at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA. To be part of the study, participants would be required to complete one 15- 20 minute online survey using the Qualtrics Research Platform. Anyone can participate who: · Is 18 years of age or older, and lives in a country where English is the first language such as the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. · Can complete an on-line survey in English at the 5th to 7th grade level of reading on their own, or complete the survey over the phone (see contact information below). · To complete the survey, please click on the study link at: https://ualrcehp.iad1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6hDNGAqecNh6XSB If you are unable to complete the study survey independently, please contact Dr. Diane Collins at Email: dicollin@utmb.edu, Cell/WhatsApp: +1-412-559-7249. We appreciate your assistance with the administration of this much needed study. Please feel free to share this email broadly both with colleagues and potential participants. Also feel free to contact any of us involved in the study at the information provided below should you have any questions or comments. Regards, Abbas (Bobby) Quamar, PhD, CRC Principal Investigator (PI), Assistant Professor University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA Email: ahquamar@ualr.edu, Cell/WhatsApp: +1-412-512-5277 Diane M. Collins, PhD Co-Investigator (Co-I), Associate Professor University of Texas Medical Branch, USA Email: dicollin@utmb.edu, Cell/WhatsApp: +1-412-559-7249 Sara Peterson, PhD, CPO Co-Investigator (Co-I), Assistant Professor University of Pittsburgh, USA Email: speterson@pitt.edu, Cell/WhatsApp: +1-412-736-3131