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How Does Adaptive Sports Inspire the Next Generation of Innovators?

This brief survey is part of ongoing research into the downstream social impact of Able Athletics — specifically, whether exposure to adaptive athletes and their unmet needs shapes the career interests of emerging engineers and designers. Responses are anonymous and used solely for academic research. Takes approximately 2 minutes.

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Exposure to Adaptive Needs
Question 1Required
Before this course, how familiar were you with adaptive sports or the needs of athletes with disabilities?
Not at all familiar Very familiar
Question 2Required
Through this course, did you interact with or learn about adaptive athletes or individuals with disabilities?
Question 3Required
Did Able Athletics or its athletes and community come up in your project work or research this year?
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Influence on Thinking
Question 4Required
Did working on an AT-related design challenge change how you think about disability?
Question 5Required
Did seeing the unmet needs of adaptive athletes influence your interest in biomedical engineering, assistive technology, or health-related fields?
Question 6Optional
In your own words, describe one moment from this course that changed how you see the relationship between technology and human capability.
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Career & Academic Intent
Question 7Required
Are you now more likely to explore a career in biomedical engineering, assistive technology, physical/occupational therapy, or a related field than before this course?
Question 8Required
Do you plan to continue working on or thinking about AT-related problems beyond this course?
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Attribution
Question 9Required
How much of your interest in this area do you attribute to exposure to real adaptive athletes and their lived needs, versus the course curriculum itself?
Question 10Required
If your interest in biomedical or AT fields increased, would you have developed that interest without this course and its community connections?

Responses are anonymous and used solely for academic research on the social return on investment of adaptive sports programming.
This survey was created by Rowan Dias, Co-Founder & Impact Analyst, Able Athletics.

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