Positive Attitudes toward Disabled People: Disabled and Nondisabled Persons' Perspectives.

Makas, Elaine

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Publication Date: 1988

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Positive Attitudes toward Disabled People: Disabled and Nondisabled Persons' Perspectives.

Makas, Elaine

Journal of Social Issues, v44 n1 p49-61 Spr 1988

Analysis of the responses to the Issues in Disability Scale made by 244 disabled and nondisabled persons suggests that the strain that frequently occurs during interactions between disabled and nondisabled individuals may derive more from misunderstandings of one another's expectations than from negative intentions. (Author/BJV)

Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Disabilities, Expectation, Handicap Identification, Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Relationship, Labeling (of Persons), Mainstreaming, Physical Disabilities, Self Concept, Social Attitudes, Social Cognition

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