Students' Perceptions of and Attitudes Toward Disabilities: A Comparison of Twenty Conditions

The attitudes and friendship intentions of children in United Kingdom mainstream schools towards peers with physical or intellectual disabilities

“…Many studies show differences between boys' and girls' attitudes to disability (Furnham & Gibbs, 1984;Gash & Coffee, 1995;Royal & Roberts, 1987;Sandberg 1982;Weisel & Florian, 1990). For example, Gash and Coffee (1995) found that young girls were more likely to identify, form friendships and be more socially concerned about children with disabilities.…”

A Note on Job Mobility Among Workers with Disabilities

“…One obvious explanation is that the antidiscrimination provisions of the ADA created opportunities for disabled workers to move voluntarily to better jobs. Another explanation 4 See Royal and Roberts (1987) and Westbrook, Legge, and Pennay (1993) for rankings of negative attitudes (prejudice) toward persons with different health conditions. Baldwin and Johnson (2000) report larger unexplained wage differentials between nondisabled workers and workers with health conditions subject to more prejudice (MP) than between nondisabled workers and workers with conditions subject to less prejudice (LP).…”

Using Virtual Reality to Teach Disability Awareness

“…Building barriers were remembered most often, with Grades 5 and 6 showing the greatest change. It is unclear whether the older children remembered more of the program at the posttest or whether their greater change scores reflected previous findings that older children are more knowledgeable about disabilities [22] and are more accepting of their peers with a disability [23]. Regardless, sensitizing individuals to the difficulties associated with accessibility in public buildings remains an important component to disability awareness promotion.…”