Public attitudes to the rights and community inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities: A transnational study

Despite some changes to the way that people with intellectual disabilities (ID) are viewed in society, negative attitudes prevail. One of the aspirations of the 2012 Paralympic games was to influence the public’s attitudes toward people with disabilities. The aim of this study was to investigate whether stimuli depicting people with ID performing at Paralympic level of competition change attitudes toward ID. A mixed randomized comparison design was employed comparing 2 groups: those who viewed Paralympic-level ID sport footage and information and those who viewed Olympic footage and information. One hundred fourteen students, mean age 25 yr, were administered measures of implicit (subconscious) attitudes toward disability and explicit (belief-based) attitudes toward ID. Implicit attitudes significantly changed in a positive direction for both groups. The findings provide evidence that both Paralympic (ID) and Olympic media coverage may have at least a short-term effect on attitudes toward people with disabilities.

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People with Intellectual Disabilities: Critical Supports that Promote Independence, Full and Lifelong Community Inclusion

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e572052012-001 ◽

2011 ◽

Keyword(s):

Intellectual Disabilities ◽

Community Inclusion ◽

People With Intellectual Disabilities

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Public Attitudes Toward People With Intellectual Disabilities: A Cross-Cultural Study

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities ◽

10.1352/1934-9556-48.4.278 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 48 (4) ◽

pp. 278-289 ◽

Cited By ~ 37

Author(s):

Katrina Scior ◽

Ka-ying Kan ◽

Anna McLoughlin ◽

Joel Sheridan

Keyword(s):

Hong Kong ◽

Intellectual Disabilities ◽

Public Attitudes ◽

Demographic Variables ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Hong Kong Chinese ◽

Cross Cultural Study ◽

People With Intellectual Disabilities ◽

British Sample ◽

Chinese Public

Abstract This study investigated attitudes toward people with intellectual disabilities among the general Hong Kong Chinese population and compared these to a White British sample, using the Community Living Attitudes Scale—Mental Retardation form (CLAS-MR; D. Henry, C. Keys, F. Balcazar, & D. Jopp, 1996). As predicted, attitudes among the Hong Kong Chinese public (n = 149) were less favorable than the British sample (n = 135). The former were less opposed to the exclusion of people with intellectual disabilities, less likely to view them as similar to themselves and more in favor of sheltering such individuals. Of all demographic variables examined, ethnicity was the strongest predictor of attitudes, although it only accounted for a small part of the variance in attitudes. The results are discussed in terms of policy implementation and additional research.

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Public Attitudes towards People with Intellectual Disabilities: A Qualitative Comparison of White British & South Asian People

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities ◽

10.1111/j.1468-3148.2011.00655.x ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 25 (2) ◽

pp. 177-188 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Sarah Coles ◽

Katrina Scior

Keyword(s):

Intellectual Disabilities ◽

South Asian ◽

Public Attitudes ◽

Qualitative Comparison ◽

People With Intellectual Disabilities ◽

Asian People

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The Development and Initial Validation of a Short, Self-Report Measure on Social Inclusion for People with Intellectual Disabilities—A Transnational Study

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18052540 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (5) ◽

pp. 2540 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Piritta Asunta ◽

Pauli Rintala ◽

Florian Pochstein ◽

Nelli Lyyra ◽

Roy McConkey

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Intellectual Disabilities ◽

Social Inclusion ◽

Short Form ◽

Self Report ◽

Third Phase ◽

The Social ◽

People With Intellectual Disabilities ◽

Test Retest Reliability ◽

Transnational Study

Sport has been promoted as a means of increasing the social inclusion of persons with intellectual disabilities. Suitable tools for evaluating this claim are not readily available. The aim of this study was to develop a self-report tool for use by people with intellectual disabilities regarding the social inclusion they experience in sport and in the community. A three-phase process was used. In the first phase an item bank of questionnaire items was created and field-tested with 111 participants. Initial factor analysis identified 42 items which were further evaluated in Phase 2 with 941 participants from six European countries. Construct validity was established first through Exploratory and then Confirmatory factor analysis. These analyses identified ten items relating to inclusion in sports and ten to inclusion in local communities. A third phase checked the usability and test-retest reliability of the short form with a further 228 participants. In all, 1280 athletes and non-disabled partners were involved from eight countries. This short social inclusion questionnaire has been shown to be a reliable and valid measure for use transnationally. Further psychometric properties remain to be tested; notably its sensitivity to change resulting from interventions aimed at promoting social inclusion.

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