Table 7 Video contest topic breakdown
Awareness video contest topic breakdown (n = 6) | |||
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Theme | % of participants addressing theme | Subtheme | Sample quote |
Social engagement | |||
100 | Friendship | “My friends treat me the same way they treat anyone else, that’s why we’re best friends” | |
100 | Key relationship (family, pet, helper) | “My brother is a runner and he runs for me” | |
50 | Lack of social engagement | “No one invited me to be their friend” | |
Everyday life | |||
100 | Schooling | “With school, I have to have a full-time para” | |
100 | Activities | “One of my passions is the arts, I like to paint” | |
83.3 | Everyday routine | “I still do chores, I still help out around the house” | |
Physical health | |||
100% | Mobility | “A wheelchair can’t go that way” | |
100% | Overall disease burden | “I have all the physical demands of being disabled” | |
Emotional health | |||
50 | Frustration | “It’s hard to go upstairs, and I get mad at myself sometimes when I can’t do it” | |
33.3 | Depression | “Realizing how my peers treated me, depression overcame me” | |
Other obstacles | |||
100 | Dependence | “I have to have someone do everything for me” | |
83.3 | Being labeled/treated “disabled” | “Stop with these misconceptions that everyone who is disabled is mentally slow or just sitting around” | |
Overcoming obstacles | |||
100 | Defying other’s expectations | “Just because you can’t physically do something doesn’t mean you can’t follow your dreams” | |
100 | Accepting + adapting | “I’ve learned to adapt and teach myself to write with both hands” | |