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ERIC Number: EJ261138
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1982-Mar
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Growing Up Physically Disabled: Factors in the Evaluation of Disability.
Weinberg, Nancy
Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, v25 n4 p219-27 Mar 1982
Investigated how people with congenital orthopedic disabilities intially learn that they are different and how they learn the evaluative meaning associated with being disabled. Analyzed the content of 29 autobiographies. Results indicated that people born with orthopedic disabilities discover between ages 3 and 5 that they are different. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Autobiographies, Child Development, Children, Content Analysis, Disabilities, Negative Attitudes, Perception, Self Concept, Social Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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