The Effects of Contact with Handicapped Persons on Young Children's Attitudes
- 1 November 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Exceptional Children
- Vol. 53 (3) , 224-229
- https://doi.org/10.1177/001440298605300304
Abstract
A survey designed to measure attitudes toward handicapped persons was administered to 92 young, nonhandicapped children. Nine of the subjects, who had previously reported more favorable attitudes as a result of participation in a structured integration program, continued to demonstrate these gains 2 years later. The remaining 83 subjects had never participated in a structured integration program. Analysis of the responses of the 92 children according to type of contact and the time at which contact occurred suggested that contact per se, regardless of type or timing, can produce more favorable attitudes among young children than an absence of contact.Keywords
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