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Appendix A: Introductory Letter<br />
Participants Sought For PhD Research <strong>in</strong>to Disability Identity<br />
Col<strong>in</strong> Cameron, School <strong>of</strong> Media, Communication & Sociology,<br />
<strong>Queen</strong> <strong>Margaret</strong> University, Ed<strong>in</strong>burgh<br />
I am a disabled PhD researcher at <strong>Queen</strong> <strong>Margaret</strong> University, Ed<strong>in</strong>burgh. I am currently<br />
look<strong>in</strong>g for 10-12 disabled people (anywhere <strong>in</strong> Brita<strong>in</strong>) who would be <strong>in</strong>terested <strong>in</strong> tak<strong>in</strong>g<br />
part <strong>in</strong> a series <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>terviews on disability identity. This would <strong>in</strong>volve talk<strong>in</strong>g about ways<br />
that people th<strong>in</strong>k about themselves, experiences that have led them to th<strong>in</strong>k the way they do,<br />
messages about be<strong>in</strong>g disabled they have been given as members <strong>of</strong> families, communities,<br />
society.<br />
I would like to <strong>in</strong>volve:<br />
people who have really strong & positive disability identities, maybe activists<br />
<strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong> campaign<strong>in</strong>g activity <strong>in</strong> the disabled people‟s movement;<br />
people for whom be<strong>in</strong>g disabled is just a fact <strong>of</strong> life, someth<strong>in</strong>g to get on with, but<br />
not really someth<strong>in</strong>g to go on about;<br />
people who really hate be<strong>in</strong>g disabled & who can‟t see anyth<strong>in</strong>g good <strong>in</strong> the<br />
experience<br />
Participants would each be asked to take part <strong>in</strong> three <strong>in</strong>terviews <strong>in</strong> a series <strong>of</strong> different<br />
situations reflect<strong>in</strong>g different parts <strong>of</strong> their lives. Interviews will be fairly <strong>in</strong>formal, organised<br />
loosely around the themes „Who am I?‟ & „How do I fit <strong>in</strong>to the world?‟<br />
The social model <strong>of</strong> disability – the view that people are disabled by physical & social<br />
barriers rather than by their own impairments - will be the underly<strong>in</strong>g pr<strong>in</strong>ciple upon which<br />
this research is based. Interviews will be carried out between October 2007 & October 2008.<br />
If you are <strong>in</strong>terested <strong>in</strong> f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g out more about this research – either because you would like<br />
to be <strong>in</strong>volved as a participant or because you would like to pass <strong>in</strong>formation to someone you<br />
know who might be <strong>in</strong>terested - please contact:<br />
Col<strong>in</strong> Cameron<br />
PhD Research Student<br />
School <strong>of</strong> Media, Communication & Sociology<br />
<strong>Queen</strong> <strong>Margaret</strong> University<br />
Corstorph<strong>in</strong>e<br />
Ed<strong>in</strong>burgh EH12 8TS<br />
Email: ccameron@qmu.ac.uk Tel: 01368 864548<br />
Full confidentiality is guaranteed. This research has ethical approval from <strong>Queen</strong> <strong>Margaret</strong><br />
University.