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Thesis (MPhil (Rehabilitation))--Stellenbosch University, 2012. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A qualitative study was utilised as it was appropriate for the study of attitudes of non-disabled people of Sakhisizwe towards people with disabilities (PWDs). This case study set out to: investigate the perceptions of people with disabilities with regard to attitudes towards them; examine the nature of attitudes toward people with disabilities; determine the impact and influence of attitudes on the integration of people with disabilities; and determine facilitators and barriers with regard to the integration of people with disabilities. This instrumental case study explored the attitudes of non-disabled people towards disabled people of Sakhisizwe Local Service Area in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. The researcher used convenience sampling to select a group of disabled participants from a meeting of the disabled structure held at one of the clinics of Sakhisizwe, to form a focus group. In the focus group of disabled people, two participants were identified as information-rich and were selected using purposive sampling for further interrogation. A convenience sample was used to select mostly three diverse groups of non-disabled participants from youth (seven participants), clergy (seven participants), community members (10participants) and one group of disabled people consisting of six participants making a total of four groups to conduct focus groups interviews. Furthermore, three key informants (traditional healer, social worker and local councilor) from the community at large were also purposively selected. Data was collected by means of semi-structured interviews guided by interview schedules for focus groups, disabled individuals‘ interviews, as well as for the three key informants‘ interviews. To supplement the data, observation was done to study the behaviours of people with disabilities in the service centre towards non-disabled people, and vice versa. Data was analysed by the process of inductive thematic analysis in which four themes emerged. These were: attitudes of non-disabled people towards people with disabilities; determinants of different disabilities; challenges facing young people with disabilities; and confidence and self-esteem of people with disabilities. In conclusion, it is recommended that the community identify the general public education and awareness in order to change the negative attitudes that lead to social exclusion and marginalisation of people with disabilities. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die houdings van nie-gestremde persone teenoor persone met gestremdhede in Sakhisizwe is deur middel van ʼn kwalitatiewe studie ondersoek. Hierdie gevalstudie het ook nagevors hoe persone met gestremdhede hierdie houdings ervaar; die aard van die hierdie houdings; asook die impak en gevolg hiervan op die integrasie van persone met gestremdhede in die samelewing met spesifieke verwysing na fasilitators ('facilitators') of hindernisse. Hierdie waardevolle gevalstudie is in die Sakhisizwe Plaaslike Dienste Area in die Oos Kaap provinsie van Suid Afrika gedoen. 'n Fokusgroep is gekies deur middel van 'n gerieflikheidsteekproef ('convenience sample') uit ʼn groep persone met gestremdhede wat 'n vergadering oor gestremde bestuurstrukture by een van die plaaslike klinieke in Sakhisizwe bygewoon het. Uit die fokusgroep is twee deelnemers met ryk ervarings geïdentifiseer as doelbewuste streekproef ('purposive sampling') vir verdere onderhoude. Benewens die fokusgroep van 10 persone met gestremdhede, is drie verdere fokusgroepe vanuit die geledere van nie-gestremde persone gekies. Die groeperings was uiteenlopend en het deelnemers vanuit die volgende groepe ingesluit, naamlik: die jeug (sewe deelnemers), geestelike leiers (sewe deelnemers), en gemeenskapslede (10 deelnemers). 'n Verdere drie persone is doelbewus ('purposive sampling') as sleutel informante van die groter gemeenskap gekies (tradisionele geneser, maatskaplike werker en plaaslike raadslid). Data was deur middel van semi gestruktureerde onderhoude vir elk van die vier fokus groepe ingesamel. Hierdie data is aangevul deur die wedersydse gedrag van persone met gestremdhede en nie – gestremde persone waar te neem en te bestudeer. Deur middel van induktiewe tematiese ontleding ('inductive thematic analysis') van die data is vier temas geidientifiseer. Houdings van nie – gestremde persone teenoor persone met gestremdhede; bepalende faktore van verskillende tipes gestremdheid; uitdagings wat alle persone met gestremdhede in die gesig staar; asook selfvertroue en self-beeld van persone met gestremdhede. Ten slotte word aanbeveel dat die gemeenskap self die algemene opvoeding en bewusmaking ten opsigte van gestremde persone aanspreek sodat die negatiewe houdings wat lei tot sosiale uitsluiting en gemarginaliseerdheid ('marginalization') aangespreek kan word.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Illinois State University, 1999. / Title from title page screen, viewed July 20, 2006. Dissertation Committee: George Padavil (chair), Kenneth H. Strand, Mack L. Bowen, James C. Palmer. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 139-151) and abstract. Also available in print.

The purpose of this study was to examine the social perceptions of young children with disabilities and young children of color. Further, an attempt was made to determine whether differential rates of acceptance were experienced by either group, or by the group of children who were of color and also had a disability within integrated classrooms. Young children (age 5.0 through 6.11) were studied in intact groups (N=120) from child care centers in the Texas counties of Denton and Dallas. Three measures of social perceptions were implemented: (a) a forced choice (multiple alternative) technique using dolls of a variety of ethnicities and ability statuses in which children must select dolls they feel represent a list of positive and negative attributes; (b) social distance theory as measured by children's artwork; (c) a sociometric rating. The results of this study showed significant areas (p< 05) of stereotype and bias in the perceptions of young children toward ethnicity, disability and gender. Implications for further research into the efficacy of multicultural and anti-bias education programs is recommended.

Descriptions of obesity, cerebral palsy, and scoliosis were rank-ordered (from one to twenty) and rated on a five-point scale by 75 college students. The descriptions were of two types: with the appearance of an individual on five levels of severity of a disorder and with the appearance and level of functioning of an individual on five levels of severity of a disorder. The ranking data indicated males rank-ordered descriptions of obese individuals different from cerebral palsy (p < 0.01) and scoliosis (p < 0.05) . The ratings of the descriptions were analyzed in two studies with 2 x 2 x 2 x 5 ANOVA's. Three-way interactions of the level of severity, complexity of description, and type of disorder rated were discussed in terms of likeability of handicapped individuals .

Shu Yin Man. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 70-75). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS / ABSTRACT / LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS / LIST OF TABLES / Chapter CHAPTER I --- INTRODUCTION / Chapter 1.0 --- Overview --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Background --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- The Research Objective --- p.4 / Chapter 1.3 --- The Conceptual Model --- p.4 / Chapter 1.4 --- Significance of This Study --- p.5 / Chapter 1.5 --- Outline of This Paper --- p.7 / Chapter CHAPTER II --- REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE / Chapter 2.0 --- Overview --- p.8 / Chapter 2.1 --- Review of Relevant Past Studies --- p.8 / Chapter 2.2 --- The Conceptual Framework --- p.9 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- The more contemporary view of attitude model --- p.9 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Rational appeals for reducing risk that consumers perceive --- p.12 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Emotional appeals for changing consumer's feelings towards an attitude object --- p.14 / Chapter 2.3 --- The Conceptual Model --- p.15 / Chapter 2.4 --- The Causal Relations Among Constructs and Hypothesis --- p.18 / Chapter 2.4.1 --- "The Causal Relations between Information, Feelings and Beliefs" --- p.18 / Chapter 2.4.2 --- "The Causal Relations between Feelings, Beliefs and Attitude towards the service performed by disabled service staff" --- p.20 / Chapter 2.4.3 --- The Causal Relations between Attitude towards the service performed by disabled service staff and the Intention to use such service --- p.22 / Chapter 2.4.4 --- The moderating effect of types of Job --- p.23 / Chapter 2.5 --- Summary --- p.25 / Chapter CHAPTER III --- RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY / Chapter 3.0 --- Overview --- p.26 / Chapter 3.1 --- The Research Design --- p.26 / Chapter 3.2 --- The Sample and Sampling Procedure --- p.27 / Chapter 3.3 --- Data Collection Procedures --- p.28 / Chapter 3.4 --- Manipulations --- p.30 / Chapter 3.5 --- Operationalization of Constructs --- p.31 / Chapter 3.6 --- Data Analysis --- p.34 / Chapter 3.6.1 --- Manipulation Checks --- p.34 / Chapter 3.6.2 --- MANOVA analysis --- p.35 / Chapter 3.6.3 --- MANOVA by Structural Equation Modeling --- p.36 / Chapter 3.7 --- Research Activities --- p.37 / Chapter 3.7.1 --- Focus Group Interview --- p.37 / Chapter 3.7.2 --- Pretest --- p.38 / Chapter 3.7.3 --- The Main Study --- p.39 / Chapter 3.8 --- Summary --- p.39 / Chapter CHAPTER IV --- ANALYSIS AND RESULTS / Chapter 4.0 --- Overview --- p.40 / Chapter 4.1 --- Manipulation Checks --- p.40 / Chapter 4.2 --- MANOVA analysis --- p.41 / Chapter 4.3 --- MANOVA by Structural Equation Modeling --- p.46 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- The Original Conceptual Model --- p.46 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Structural Equation Model Results --- p.49 / Chapter 4.3.3 --- The Modified Conceptual Model --- p.51 / Chapter 4.3.4 --- Structural Equation Model Results --- p.54 / Chapter 4.4 --- Discussion --- p.59 / Chapter 4.5 --- Summary --- p.60 / Chapter CHAPTER V --- CONCLUSION / Chapter 5.0 --- Overview --- p.61 / Chapter 5.1 --- Summary of the Research --- p.61 / Chapter 5.2 --- Contributions of the Study --- p.62 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Theoretical Contributions --- p.62 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Managerial Implications --- p.64 / Chapter 5.3 --- Limitations of the Study --- p.66 / Chapter 5.4 --- Directions for Future Research --- p.67 / Chapter 5.5 --- Summary --- p.68 / REFERENCE(S) --- p.70 / APPENDIX(ES) --- p.76

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / People who have disabilities that are visible often manage the boundaries around private information regarding their disability (Braithwaite, 1991) because the choice becomes how much should be revealed. The purpose of this study is to use Communication Privacy Management (CPM) theory to explore the way people who have a visible disability manage privacy boundaries in communicative interactions and also the way the boundaries around private information are managed over time. The study was conducted through in-depth interviews with seven individuals who have a visible disability about their experiences in managing private information. The individuals described experiences both among other people with a visible disability and with people do not have a disability. Results from a thematic analysis revealed the presence of five main themes and several sub-themes.