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About you
Ability
How supportive is the travel environment for you? Can you use trains, buses, taxis, and planes? Do you need accommodations?
I rarely travel, it's too difficult
I need significant accommodations or a helper
I need minor accommodations, or they are easy to find
I don't think about it, I can use any form of transport
Neurodiversity
Do you have a brain that seems to be wired differently from what's expected of you? Do you bounce off the walls or suffer meltdowns in crowded, noisy places? Think about your lived experiences, including self-dx.
Strongly divergent from neurotypical: identified early, limited ability to join mainstream schooling
ADHD, dyslexia, dyscalculia, autism affect my life noticeably, diagnosis (would) help me find my tribe
High-functioning. I mask effectively, and have effective coping strategies
Neurotypical. I find social situations straightforward and make friends easily
Gender
How do you identify? Is this the same as you were assigned at birth?
Transgender, nonbinary, significant lack of representation in work and social contexts
Work in industry where your gender is rare, for example female in construction or male in childcare
Work in industry where your gender is well represented at junior levels, for example female in teaching
Work in an industry where your gender is well represented at all levels, for example male in law
Religion
Your religious beliefs, including atheism or non-religious, and how they fit in your current society
Note
A religion that is actively banned or persecuted by the state
An unpopular or stigmatised religion. May encounter violent anti-religious acts by individuals
A different religion where the default religion is assumed, other religions and non-religious well tolerated
Same as the most prevalent religion, including non-religious in a secular society
Partner relationships
How do you identify your sexuality? Who are you attracted to?
Physical threats, same-sex relationships illegal where I live
Struggling for acceptance
Comfortable sexuality, able to pass as straight or out and proud
Straight, heterosexual
Health and energy levels
Do you have a condition that affects your energy levels? How often do you run out of spoons?
Include sleep disruptions from caring duties if they lasted for more than a few months. Skip pain-related conditions for now, we'll ask you about them in the next question.
Regularly unable to leave bed
Significant sleep deprivation, not easy to control, or medicines have substantial side effects
Mild / intermittent sleep deprivation, supported by over the counter medicines
Full energy nearly every day
Invisible pain conditions
Do you have a medical condition that causes you pain? Chronic migraines, musculo-skeletal pain, or digestive disorders can have a debilitating effect on your life.
Exclude temporary conditions such as a broken leg or cancer treatment, unless you have ongoing complications over several years.
Daily significant pain. Pain relief medicines do not help
Occasional very painful days, or regular moderate pain. Medicines help but have significant side effects
Occasional painful days, easily resolved with over-the-counter pain medicines
Rarely in pain
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How you present
Ethnicity
What is your background race? Do people judge you for your colour?
Three or four black grandparents, identify as black
Mixed race or Asian / Latinx / Native, darker skin colour
Mixed race or Asian / Latinx / Native, lighter skin colour
Three or four white grandparents, identify as white
Height
Do you feel taller than the people around you?
Short: under 5'6 or wheelchair user
Average: over 5'6 or 1m65
Tallish: over 5'10 or 1m80
Tall: over 6'2 or 1m90
Facial appearance
Do you have unusual aspect to your face?
This is about structural differences, not a beauty contest
Significant acid or fire scarring, unfixed cleft palate, facial tattoos
Acne scarring, neck tattoo, significant facial piercings
Small nose or eyebrow piercing
Regular facial appearance, possibly ear piercings
Body size
Do you meet societal expectations around body size?
Obese
Overweight or anorexic
Could lose a few pounds
Slim to normal weight
Language
How easy is it for you to use the primary language where you live and work?
Only minimal knowledge of the local language
Get by, may have a strong accent
Fluent speaker
Native speaker
School
Did you get into trouble at school for things that feel out of your control?
For example: autistic meltdowns, absences for physical or mental health issues, uncontrollable hair, items of uniform or equipment that you could not afford, or being the victim of bullying.
Permanently excluded from one or more schools
Frequent sanctions like lines, detention or suspension
Occasional sanctions like lines, detention or suspension
Rarely or never had formal sanctions
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Your background
Family background
Did you have two supportive parents throughout your childhood?
Physical abuse, neglect, or lost both parents before 20
Painful and acrimonious divorce, or emotional abuse, or lost one parent before 20
At least one supportive parent, possibly friendly divorce
Supportive parents, no divorce
Disasters and wars
Have you suffered from traumatic experiences, like wars and famines?
Experienced war or famine as a victim or through forced conscription
Experienced active war through voluntary membership of armed forces, or left a country to avoid famine, war, or conscription
Experienced natural disaster like earthquake, tsunami, or volcano
No major traumas
Citizenship
Where do you hold citizenzhip?
If you have more than one passport, answer for the one that gives you best / highest score.
Citizen of a country where the passport is difficult to travel on, for example Sudan
Citizen of a different country where the passport is widely accepted, for example New Zealand
Citizen of a different country with full freedom of movement, for example EU Schengen
Citizen of the country where you live
Education
What is the highest level of study you did that was paid for by someone else, for example your parents, government grant, or employer?
Include study that you dropped out of, unless you dropped out for financial reasons. Don't include education that you funded yourself or through loans. We admire you, but it's not part of your social capital!
No funded study after grade school (typically age 17 or 18)
Associate degree, trade course, or only partial funding
Bachelor degree, 3 or 4 year college, fully supported
Post-graduate degree eg PhD, MBA
Wealth
How much money did your family have when you were growing up?
Struggle to pay essential bills
Limited holidays, self-catering or camping
Some holidays, mostly in home country, mix of accommodation
Regular holidays abroad in hotels
Housing
Where do you live now?
Social housing, homeless, or significant constraints, for example no stairs or wider doorways
Renting privately, or make layout changes to accommodate my needs
House owner, repayments are difficult
House owner with no mortgage or affordable repayments
Caring duties
Do you have caring duties for children, disabled or elderly adults?
If your children have left home, answer for when they were young
Single parent or carer
Primary carer, not easily able to travel or arrange alternative care
Light caring duties, easily able to travel for work
No caring duties
