ERIC Number: EJ1067376
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
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Disability, Stigma and Otherness: Perspectives of Parents and Teachers
Lalvani, Priya
International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, v62 n4 p379-393 2015
This qualitative study explored the perspectives of parents and teachers in the US with regard to the meaning and implications of disability in the context of schoolling, and of raising a child with a disability. The findings revealed broad conceptual differences in the perspectives of these two groups. Teachers' beliefs were generally consistent with medical model perspectives on disability as biologically defined. Parents' interpretations, more aligned with a sociocultural paradigm, were situated in the cultural meanings ascribed to disability and linked with issues of stigma, marginalisation and access. The findings also revealed the existence of master narratives on families of children with disabilities, entrenched in assumptions of pathological functioning and negative outcomes among these families. Implications for professional--family partnerships in the education of students with disabilities are discussed.
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Parent Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Social Attitudes, Social Bias, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Disabilities, Child Rearing, Cultural Influences, Social Influences, Semi Structured Interviews, Personal Narratives, Special Education, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Students, Special Education Teachers, Grounded Theory, Coding, Labeling (of Persons), Beliefs, Stress Variables, Grief, Psychological Patterns
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New Jersey
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