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

2011 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Coles ◽  
Katrina Scior
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Qualitative Comparison ◽  
People With Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Asian People

scholarly journals Public Attitudes Toward People With Intellectual Disabilities After Viewing Olympic or Paralympic Performance

2015 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate Ferrara ◽  
Jan Burns ◽  
Hayley Mills
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Term Effect ◽  
Attitudes Toward Disability ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Positive Direction ◽  
People With Intellectual Disabilities

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.

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

2010 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 278-289 ◽  
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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