Integrating Disabled Citizens into the Community

Integrating Disabled Citizens into the Community

The most significant barrier to the integration of the disabled is the lack of acceptance and understanding by nondisabled persons. Educators must strive not only to train the disabled for independent living, but to teach acceptance of human differences to the nondisabled. (Part of a theme issue on...

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Published in:Educational Horizons Vol. 59; no. 3; p. 150
Main Author: Agness, Phyllis J
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 1981
Subjects:
Accessibility (for Disabled)
Adults
Attitude Change
Community Attitudes
Disabilities
Equal Protection
Federal Aid
Normalization (Handicapped)
Social Change
Welfare Services
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Summary:The most significant barrier to the integration of the disabled is the lack of acceptance and understanding by nondisabled persons. Educators must strive not only to train the disabled for independent living, but to teach acceptance of human differences to the nondisabled. (Part of a theme issue on mainstreaming.) (Author/SJL)