Nondisabled children's attitudes toward orthopedic and sensory disabilities were examined in relation to chronological and mental age. Knowledge of these disabilities was also studied in relation to the visual perceptibility of disability. Sixty-four Caucasian children, ages 38 to 82 months, participated in the study. Subjects were individually administered the Test of Early Attitudes toward Disability (TEAD) and the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test. The TEAD, developed by this investigator, consists of four parts which measure knowledge of, evaluative beliefs about, and expressed preferences toward orthopedic and sensory disabilities. Stimulus materials for the TEAD are puppets with and without visual cues to disability. Children's expressed preferences revealed bias against orthopedic and sensory disabilities increases with age but is not present among 3 year olds. Knowledge of disability was also found to increase with age; knowledge of orthopedic disability is acquired earlier than knowledge of sensory disability. Most of the children (64%) had mixed evaluative beliefs about disability. Finally, mental age was not found to be a better predictor of early attitude toward disability than chronological age. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 42-03, Section: A, page: 0997. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1981.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74418 |
| Contributors | DEGRELLA, LANIER HART., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 109 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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