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Download full textHannah, Mary Elizabeth; Midlarsky, Elizabeth – 1983
Although community-based treatment strategies have gained in prominence, recipients of those services still suffer from negative labeling and public reactions. To investigate differential effects of labels and/or descriptions of handicaps on attitudes toward disabilities, two studies were conducted. In the first study, 140 college students (65%…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Behavior Standards, College Students, Disabilities
Peer reviewedLewis, Ann – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 1993
Reports on 2 studies of the perceptions of 51 nonhandicapped children about severe learning difficulties. Finds that the understanding of severe learning difficulties can be interpreted in terms of three conceptual changes. Discusses these changes in the broader context of the development of social cognition. (CFR)
Descriptors: Disability Discrimination, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Learning Disabilities
Peer reviewedWilson, Brian; McCrary, Jan – Journal of Research in Music Education, 1996
Examines the attitudes of master's-level education students towards students with disabilities. The graduate students were given a questionnaire before and after completing a university course on teaching music to special education learners. Results showed an increase in participants capability but a decrease in willingness to pursue this work.…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Consciousness Raising, Disabilities, Disability Discrimination
Peer reviewedDonaldson, Robert M.; And Others – Social Education, 1994
Contends that it is important to eliminate negative attitudes and discriminatory behavior toward children and adults with disabilities. Reports on a study of the effect of a unit on the history of treatment of persons with disabilities on 142 nondisabled students enrolled in 7 10th-grade social studies classes. (CFR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Differences, Disability Discrimination
Esses, Victoria M.; And Others – 1993
This study examined the applicability of a multicomponent model to understanding the bases of attitudes toward people with disabilities. The 108 students (65 females, 43 males) reported their attitudes toward three groups -- amputees, people with AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome), and the chronically depressed. They also completed…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Amputations, Attitude Change, Attitudes
Peer reviewedGuay, Doris M. Pfeuffer – Studies in Art Education, 1993
Reports on a study of instructional strategies and classroom techniques used by art teachers for children with disabilities. Finds that in both segregated and integrated art education settings, a balanced, comprehensive art education program is possible with all students. (CFR)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Teachers, Classroom Techniques, Disability Discrimination
Peer reviewedMilton, Sybil – History Teacher, 1991
Discusses the treatment of Gypsies and the handicapped by Nazi Germany. Emphasizes that Gypsy populations were decimated in the same percentages as the Jews. Presents information and dates to show parallel developments of racial regulations against Jews, Gypsies, and the handicapped. Urges further research and historiography on the fate of Gypsies…
Descriptors: Anti Semitism, Disability Discrimination, European History, Foreign Countries
