Social acceptance of people with disabilities as a key factor for participation

PANČOCHA, Karel and Lenka SLEPIČKOVÁ. Social acceptance of people with disabilities as a key factor for participation. In 6th International Symposium on Remedial and Special Education. 2013.

Basic information

• Original name: Social acceptance of people with disabilities as a key factor for participation
• Authors: PANČOCHA, Karel and Lenka SLEPIČKOVÁ.
• Edition: 6th International Symposium on Remedial and Special Education, 2013.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Conference abstract
• Field of Study: 50300 5.3 Education
• Country of publisher: Germany
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• Organization unit: Faculty of Education

Abstract

Full acceptance and low level of prejudice towards people with disabilities is a precondition for the participation within all types of social institutions. In our research, carried out in 2011 and 2012 within a representative sample of Czech population, we administered an adapted version of Bogardus scale of social distance. By this tool we measured attitudes towards persons with disability in the context education, work, free time and family. The results showed that attitudes towards people with disabilities are linked with factors as age, education, type of contact and level of knowledge.

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• MSM0021622443, plan (intention): Name: Speciální potřeby žáků v kontextu Rámcového vzdělávacího programu pro základní vzdělávání

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Special Needs of Pupils in Context with Framework Educational Programme for Primary Education