College students’ conceptualizations of deficits involved in mild intellectual disability

Experiential Learning and Its Impact on Students’ Attitudes Toward Youth With Disabilities

“…This study focuses on college students’ attitudes toward people with disabilities and is located within a rich body of scholarly research (Adrian, 1997; Ahlborn, Panek, & Jungers, 2008; Hastings, Hewes, Lock, & Witting, 1996; McQuilkin, Freitag, & Harris, 1990; Musso, Barker, Proto, & Gouvier, 2012). The researchers were interested in how students’ attitudes toward people with disabilities were affected following an experiential learning opportunity where students were both exposed to lecture material and worked directly with people with disabilities in an inclusive camp environment.…”

Attitudes, stigma, and ableism toward people with intellectual disability.

“…The cognitive subscale of the ATTID also has items related to knowledge of ID. Musso et al (2012) surveyed 890 U.S. college students about their knowledge of the assets and deficits of people with ID. A number of the questions asked of the participants in this survey tapped into common misconceptions about mild ID.…”

“…Of the 890 students, 61% reported knowing someone who has been diagnosed with ID. Table 18.1 presents a series of statements presented to the college students in Musso et al (2012).…”

“…It should be noted that while the Musso et al (2012) study asked specifically about mild ID, NLTS2 data included participants with all levels of ID. Musso et al (2012) reported that almost 30% of the 890 college students they surveyed reported believing that adults with mild ID "almost never" hold competitively paid jobs. The NLTS2 data show that at the time of Wave 5 data collection, 39% of young adults with ID reported being employed.…”

“…Many of the stressors involved with parenting and barriers to being good parents for people with ID are related to their likelihood of living in poverty and experiencing material hardships, as well as having less social support (Powell et al, 2017). Musso et al (2012) also asked the college students in their sample if they thought that adults with mild ID would have problems with driving a car. More than 60% of the college student respondents answered "often" or "almost always."…”