A Pilot Study of Sidewalk Equity in Seattle Using Crowdsourced Sidewalk Assessment Data

We examine the potential of using large-scale open crowdsourced sidewalk data from Project Sidewalk to study the distribution and condition of sidewalks in Seattle, WA. While potentially noisier than professionally gathered sidewalk datasets, crowdsourced data enables large, cross-regional studies that would be otherwise expensive and difficult to manage. As an initial case study, we examine spatial patterns of sidewalk quality in Seattle and their relationship to racial diversity, income level, built density, and transit modes. We close with a reflection on our approach, key limitations, and opportunities for future work.Comment: Workshop paper presented at "The 1st ASSETS'22 Workshop on The Future or urban Accessibility (UrbanAccess'22)

Using Photovoice as a Participatory Method to Identify and Strategize Community Participation with People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Background: Adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) experience barriers to community participation, yet their insider experiences of environmental barriers and supports to participation are largely absent from the literature.Aim/Objective: The aims of this research were to evaluate Photovoice as a participatory research method, examine environmental barriers and supports to community participation, and develop strategies to support self-determination and community participation for and with people with I/DD.Material and Method: This study utilised a participatory action research (PAR) approach in which participants used Photovoice during interviews and audits of participation environments to identify high interest participation activities and document supports and barriers in these environments. Data analysis utilised an iterative,participatory approach in which researchers and participants teamed up to select, contextualise, and codify the data. Thematic analyses involved both inductive and realist approaches.Results/Findings: Participants included 146 community-dwelling adults with I/DD from three U.S. urban sites. We present a conceptual model of nine themes at microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem, and chronosystem environmental levels.Conclusions: Using Photovoice as a participatory method to strategize community participation can help ground systems change efforts in the voices of people with I/DD.Significance: By including people with I/DD in conversations that concern them, researchers and practitioners can support this population in ways that they find meaningful

The Science Performance of JWST as Characterized in Commissioning

This paper characterizes the actual science performance of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), as determined from the six month commissioning period. We summarize the performance of the spacecraft, telescope, science instruments, and ground system, with an emphasis on differences from pre-launch expectations. Commissioning has made clear that JWST is fully capable of achieving the discoveries for which it was built. Moreover, almost across the board, the science performance of JWST is better than expected; in most cases, JWST will go deeper faster than expected. The telescope and instrument suite have demonstrated the sensitivity, stability, image quality, and spectral range that are necessary to transform our understanding of the cosmos through observations spanning from near-earth asteroids to the most distant galaxies.Comment: 5th version as accepted to PASP; 31 pages, 18 figures; https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1538-3873/acb29

Exploring How Knowledge Translation Can Improve Sustainability of Community-based Health Initiatives for People with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities

Community-based health initiatives (CBHI) play animportant role in maintaining the health, function andparticipation of people with intellectual/developmentaldisabilities (I/DD) living in the community. However,implementation and long-term sustainability of CBHIis challenging. The Promoting Action on ResearchImplementation in Health Services (PARiHS) is aknowledge translation (KT) framework that is particularlyrelevant to intellectual/developmental disabilitiesresearch as it identifies the barriers and facilitators ofimplementation and action plans. This frameworkprovides a foundation for understanding how KT can beused to aid the implementation and sustainability of CBHIfor people with intellectual/developmental disabilities.The following study explores how KT – specifically thePARiHS framework – can be used to help sustain CBHIfor people with intellectual/developmental disabilities

sj-jpg-1-otj-10.1177_15394492241233260 – Supplemental material for Ongoing Challenges Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic Among People With Brain Injury

Supplemental material, sj-jpg-1-otj-10.1177_15394492241233260 for Ongoing Challenges Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic Among People With Brain Injury by Jessica Kersey, Amy R. McArthur and Joy Hammel in OTJR: Occupational Therapy Journal of Research</p

Using Photovoice as a participatory method to identify and strategize community participation with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities

Background: Adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) experience barriers to community participation, yet their insider experiences of environmental barriers and supports to participation are largely absent from the literature. Aim/Objective: The aims of this research were to evaluate Photovoice as a participatory research method, examine environmental barriers and supports to community participation, and develop strategies to support self-determination and community participation for and with people with I/DD. Material and method: This study utilized a participatory action research (PAR) approach in which participants used Photovoice during interviews and audits of participation environments to identify high interest participation activities and document supports and barriers in these environments. Data analysis utilized an iterative, participatory approach in which researchers and participants teamed up to select, contextualize, and codify the data. Thematic analyses involved both inductive and realist approaches. Results/Findings: Participants included 146 community-dwelling adults with I/DD from three U.S. urban sites. We present a conceptual model of nine themes at microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem, and chronosystem environmental levels. Conclusions: Using Photovoice as a participatory method to strategize community participation can help ground systems change efforts in the voices of people with I/DD. Significance: By including people with I/DD in conversations that concern them, researchers and practitioners can support this population in ways that they find meaningful

Supporting institution-to-community transitions for people with psychiatric disabilities: Findings and implications from a participatory action research project

Despite preference for community-based living, large numbers of people with psychiatric disabilities live in nursing homes throughout the US. Community-based services for this population are limited by public policy and service system barriers. This paper summarizes these barriers and presents the second phase of a participatory action research project jointly developed by university-based researchers and two Centers for Independent Living. A qualitative case study methodology was used to understand the experiences of three individuals with psychiatric disabilities reintegrating into the community from nursing homes. Findings revealed themes of social isolation, participation in virtual communities, variability of impairment experiences and unmet needs for community supports. In addition to thematic findings, action products were generated for the benefit of community partners. These products included national best practice resources and a needs assessment survey tool. Study findings and products point to specific systems change and policy recommendations to better support community reintegration for this population. These recommendations are discussed in light of U.S. healthcare reform and broader disability advocacy efforts