Everybody belongs : changing negative attitudes toward classmates with disabilities / Arthur Shapiro.
Material type:
- text
- computer
- online resource
- 0815339917
- 9780815339915
- 0203800079
- 9780203800072
- 9780815311799
- 0815311796
- 1280071044
- 9781280071041
- 0585459932
- 9780585459936
- Inclusive education -- United States
- Toleration -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- United States
- Discrimination against people with disabilities -- United States
- Students with disabilities -- United States -- Social conditions
- Students -- United States -- Attitudes
- Teachers -- United States -- Attitudes
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture
- Discrimination against people with disabilities
- Inclusive education
- Students -- Attitudes
- Teachers -- Attitudes
- Toleration -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
- United States
- 306.43/2 21
- LC1201 .S53 1999eb
Includes bibliographical references (pages 491-538) and index.
Chapter 1 Why Change Attitudes? 3 -- Chapter 2 Issues of Language and Terminology 37 -- Chapter 3 The Minority Group and Medical Model Paradigms 81 -- Chapter 4 Early Attitudes and Their Legacies 145 -- Chapter 5 Disabilities and Common Sense Approaches 267 -- Chapter 6 Critical Educational Practices for Changing Negative Attitudes 341.
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The evil prosthesis of Captain Hook, the comical speech of Porky Pig, and the bumbling antics of Mr. Magoo are all examples of images in our culture which can become the basis of negative attitudes and subliminal prejudice towards persons with disabilities. These attitudes influence and underlie discriminatory acts, resulting in negative treatment and segregation. A teacher's ability to recognize and counter such images may well determine the success of inclusion and mainstreaming programs in our schools and society. Well-researched and well-written, this book offers practical guidance as grou.
English.
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