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ERIC Number: EJ241357
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-Mar
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Handicapism: Another Challenge for Social Studies.
Shaver, James P.; Curtis, Charles K.
Social Education, v45 n3 p208-11 Mar 1981
Suggests that handicapism (discrimination against and stereotyping of the disabled) merits the same attention from the social studies profession as sexism and racism have received. The subject should be introduced into the curriculum and would be appropriate, for example, for historical analysis, psychology, and anthropology. (KC)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Disability Discrimination, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Mainstreaming, Social Studies, Stereotypes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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