The Impact of Language and Disability Type on Attitudes Toward Persons with Disabilities

This study explored the ways in which the type of language used can influence attitudes about people with disabilities. The extent to which positive, neutral, or negative language about different disabilities influences able-bodied people's attitudes about those with disabilities was tested. T...

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Main Author: Payne, Courtney
Format: Others
Published: OpenSIUC 2014
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Online Access:https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/1521
https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2535&context=theses