INTRODUCI'IONIn studies of behaviour towards physically handicapped people a remarkable inconsistency can be found. As with other disadvantaged groups and minorities, the physically handicapped suffer a great deal of discrimination and emotional rejection. Cloerkes (1979) quotes in his recent comprehensive review of the relevant literature many examples of this from both experimental and field studies
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