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ERIC Number: EJ599255
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-1079-3917
Characterization of Mental Retardation in Children's and Adolescent Literature.
Prater, Mary Anne
Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, v34 n4 p418-31 Dec 1999
Analysis of 68 books for children and adolescents which included characters with mental retardation found that the characters with retardation were usually supporting (61 percent) rather than main characters, were static throughout the story (54 percent), and that books were rarely written from the perspective of the character with mental retardation (9 percent). (DB)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Childrens Literature, Content Analysis, Mental Retardation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Note: Special Conference Issue: Research to Practice in the 21st Century.