Readers' Survey - 2006

The editors of the JoDD would like your opinions and ideas about our two special issues and about the Journal on Developmental Disabilities on the whole.

Please complete and submit the form below. We look forward to hearing from you and we thank you for your time and thoughts.

1. Please indicate your professional or personal interest in the Journal on Developmental Disabilities (JoDD), by selecting from the list below, all that apply for you.

Service worker
Researcher
Medical Professional specializing in field of D.D. or closely related field
Teacher / Educational Program Coordinator
Student
Provide administrative or other services for any of the above
Other employment in the field of Developmental Disabilities
Please specify
Self-advocate
Parent / main caregiver of a person with D.D.
Other family member of a person with D.D.
Other medical or health care professional not specializing in field
Other
(Please specify)

2. How do you usually access the JoDD?

Read on-line
Print from download and read later
Buy copies from OADD
Borrow copies from a library
Borrow copies from other people

3. How often or how much do you read the JoDD?

Everything, or nearly everything, in every issue
Regularly, but not everything
Occasionally
When I need to research something
Very rarely

4. Overall, is the JoDD helpful to you as a professional working in the field?

Yes, very helpful
Yes, somewhat helpful
No, not at all helpful
n/a

5. Overall, is the JoDD helpful to you as a self-advocate, family member or friend of a person with D.D.?

Yes, very helpful
Yes, somewhat helpful
No, not at all helpful
n/a

6. How would you rate the JoDD overall as a source of information on Developmental Disabilities?

Excellent
Good
Fair
Poor

7. How would you rate the Down Syndrome Issue of the JoDD as a source of information?

Excellent
Good
Fair
Poor

8. How would you rate the Down Syndrome Supplement issue of the JoDD?

Excellent
Good
Fair
Poor

9. How would you rate the Anniversary Issue of the JoDD as a source of information?

Excellent
Good
Fair
Poor

10. Do you think the overall format of the JoDD, in terms of font size, page size and ‘look’, to be:

Fine as it is
Okay, but could be better
Would benefit from a redesign

Please explain:

11. Would you be interested in an annual issue of JoDD that included the Proceedings of the OADD Annual Conference? (This would include abstracts of all of the conference presentations, brief reports from the RSIG seminar, and a series of short contributed papers based on the presentations).

Yes
No
Somewhat

12. Are there issues or concerns related to people with Developmental Disabilities that are not addressed well enough by the JoDD? (if yes, please describe)

13. Suggestions for Future Issues:

14. Other Comments:

Thank you very much for you help and support!