DISABILITY-LIVED EXPERIENCE SURVEYS, PANELS, FOCUS GROUPS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Make Your Voice Count. Shape the Future of Disability Inclusion.
At disABILITYsa, we believe that meaningful progress starts with listening to and uplifting the voices of those with lived experience and our disability allies. Through surveys, advisory panels, focus groups, leadership initiatives, and civic engagement opportunities, you can actively contribute to shaping policies, programs, and awareness efforts that advance equity and inclusion for the disability community. Whether you're looking to share insights, serve your community, or grow as a leader, your involvement makes a difference.
At disABILITYsa, we believe that meaningful progress starts with listening to and uplifting the voices of those with lived experience and our disability allies. Through surveys, advisory panels, focus groups, leadership initiatives, and civic engagement opportunities, you can actively contribute to shaping policies, programs, and awareness efforts that advance equity and inclusion for the disability community. Whether you're looking to share insights, serve your community, or grow as a leader, your involvement makes a difference.
Community Planning Surveys
Housing Survey:
The City of San Antonio - Municipal Government NHSD is gathering information about barriers different people face when looking for affordable housing that meets their needs. As we approach the halfway point of the ten-year plan for affordable housing (SHIP), COSA wants to know how to better meet San Antonio resident's needs. Survey Closes Dec 22nd. Share your thoughts here: Housing Survey Link
Transportation Survey:
The Alamo Area Council of Governments is conducting a survey to better understand how people in the Alamo Area get to the places they need and want to go, what transportation obstacles they encounter, and how transportation services could be improved. The results of this survey will be used to develop a five‑year coordinated plan. All responses are anonymous and no personally identifiable information is collected.
The survey should take about 10 minutes or less to complete. If you need this survey in an alternate format (languages, fonts, or to be read aloud), please contact the RLS San Antonio office at (210) 705 ‑3365 or via email at [email protected]. Share your thoughts here: Transportation Survey Link
The City of San Antonio - Municipal Government NHSD is gathering information about barriers different people face when looking for affordable housing that meets their needs. As we approach the halfway point of the ten-year plan for affordable housing (SHIP), COSA wants to know how to better meet San Antonio resident's needs. Survey Closes Dec 22nd. Share your thoughts here: Housing Survey Link
Transportation Survey:
The Alamo Area Council of Governments is conducting a survey to better understand how people in the Alamo Area get to the places they need and want to go, what transportation obstacles they encounter, and how transportation services could be improved. The results of this survey will be used to develop a five‑year coordinated plan. All responses are anonymous and no personally identifiable information is collected.
The survey should take about 10 minutes or less to complete. If you need this survey in an alternate format (languages, fonts, or to be read aloud), please contact the RLS San Antonio office at (210) 705 ‑3365 or via email at [email protected]. Share your thoughts here: Transportation Survey Link
Panel Discussions
McNay Museum Docent Training Panel
Thursday, February 5th | 1pm - 2:30pm
Following a Disability Confidence presentation by disABILITYsa staff, Panel Participants will provide a safe space and opportunity for Docents in training to ask questions, receive feedback, and learn how to better include, assist, and welcome people with disabilities in the museum experience. Limited to 5 participants. Each participant will receive a $50 VISA gift card. Click HERE to sign up.
Thursday, February 5th | 1pm - 2:30pm
Following a Disability Confidence presentation by disABILITYsa staff, Panel Participants will provide a safe space and opportunity for Docents in training to ask questions, receive feedback, and learn how to better include, assist, and welcome people with disabilities in the museum experience. Limited to 5 participants. Each participant will receive a $50 VISA gift card. Click HERE to sign up.
Research Studies
Improving Inclusion and Workplace Policies
FOCUS: All Disabilities, Caregivers, Allies and
COMPENSATION: Optional Raffle for $25 Amazon Giftcard (Raffle ends February 1st, 2026)
STUDY END DATE: 8/31/2027
Attitudes about disability can lead to discriminatory practices in the workplace, that's why it is important to develop policies that foster the inclusion of people with disabilities. This study aims to make employment more inclusive and accessible by understanding how attitudes towards disability shapes the interview processes, the evaluation of candidates, hiring decisions, and workplace accommodation policies.
Eduardo is a graduate student at St. Mary's University conducting an interactive survey experience to better understand how clear and actionable work policy can impact the willingness to hire, willingness to accommodate, and interview perceptions of a person with a disability. In this online survey, participants will first answer a questionnaire on their beliefs about disability, then they will put themselves in the shoes of a hiring manager to evaluate a job candidate, make a hiring decision, and decide what accommodations to make available.
By participating in this unique study, you would be contributing to research that makes employment more accessible and inclusive for people with disabilities.
Click here to complete the survey.
For more information about this study, contact:
Eduardo Velazco
Evelazco@mail.stmarytx.edu
(408) 229-3562
FOCUS: All Disabilities, Caregivers, Allies and
COMPENSATION: Optional Raffle for $25 Amazon Giftcard (Raffle ends February 1st, 2026)
STUDY END DATE: 8/31/2027
Attitudes about disability can lead to discriminatory practices in the workplace, that's why it is important to develop policies that foster the inclusion of people with disabilities. This study aims to make employment more inclusive and accessible by understanding how attitudes towards disability shapes the interview processes, the evaluation of candidates, hiring decisions, and workplace accommodation policies.
Eduardo is a graduate student at St. Mary's University conducting an interactive survey experience to better understand how clear and actionable work policy can impact the willingness to hire, willingness to accommodate, and interview perceptions of a person with a disability. In this online survey, participants will first answer a questionnaire on their beliefs about disability, then they will put themselves in the shoes of a hiring manager to evaluate a job candidate, make a hiring decision, and decide what accommodations to make available.
By participating in this unique study, you would be contributing to research that makes employment more accessible and inclusive for people with disabilities.
Click here to complete the survey.
For more information about this study, contact:
Eduardo Velazco
Evelazco@mail.stmarytx.edu
(408) 229-3562
