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Changing Attitudes: The Impact Of A Disability Awareness Class, Christine Ann Masci
Changing Attitudes: The Impact Of A Disability Awareness Class, Christine Ann Masci
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Attitudes towards people with disabilities can be either positive or negative. A undergraduate college course about disability awareness followed a structure focusing on awareness, interaction with PWD, and education in order to make a positive impact on attitudes. The study compared the disability awareness class to a general education humanities class. While results indicated that there was not a significant change in pre and post scores when comparing the classes, there was a significant change in the disability awareness class upon further analysis of data. There are additional suggestions to further the impact of the class within the disability awareness …