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ERIC Number: EJ230238
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980-Apr
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Changing Attitudes toward Handicapped Persons: A Review and Analysis of Research.
Donaldson, Joy
Exceptional Children, v46 n7 p504-14 Apr 1980
Important factors in reducing negative attitudes toward handicapped persons appear to include consideration for the status of the handicapped person in relation to the nonhandicapped, allowance for sanctioned staring and other methods of discomfort reduction on the part of the nondisabled, and avoidance of inadvertent reinforcement of stereotypes. (Author)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Disabilities, Empathy, Intervention, Literature Reviews, Models, Stereotypes, Theories
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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