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James M. Kauffman; Dimitris Anastasiou; Mack D. Burke; Marion Felder; Garry Hornby; Joao Lopes; Andrew Wiley – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2024
General labels tend to obscure objective realities upon which disability rights are based and can deny individuals with disabilities their educational and civil rights. Undoubtedly, stigma can come from labels unnecessarily categorizing people into separate groups. However, stigma does not reside primarily in disability categories/terms but in…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders, Special Education, Labeling (of Persons)
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Orna Huri; Avihu Shoshana – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2024
One prominent change in the amendment to the Special Education Law in the State of Israel (2018) concerns the dissolution of placement committees and their transformation into characterization and eligibility committees. These characterization and eligibility committees determine children's eligibility for special education, whereas parents decide…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Special Education, Parents, Parent Attitudes
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Amy E. Fisher; R. Allan Allday; Megan Jones; Mark D. Samudre – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2024
Even with increased efforts to close the academic gap by providing appropriate services to students with disabilities, there is still a gap in outcomes that requires identification of possible contributing factors. One often hypothesized mechanism for these continued disparities is the stigma associated with disability categorization or…
Descriptors: Bias, Disability Identification, Disability Discrimination, Video Technology
Christopher P. Cooper – ProQuest LLC, 2021
American Indian or Alaska Native children are diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder at later ages than Non-Hispanic White children. Other than being included in prevalence studies, in the last thirty years, there has been less than a handful of studies that have looked specifically at Autism Spectrum Disorder within the AI/AN community. No…
Descriptors: American Indians, Alaska Natives, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Disability Identification
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Teresa V. Crowe – Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2021
Many individuals who experience psychological, interpersonal, and social distress do not seek help. Deaf and hard of hearing individuals who use American Sign Language (ASL) as their primary language face additional barriers, such as communication inaccessibility, stigma, and prejudice, which can further impede help-seeking. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Adults, Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Self Efficacy
Erin Peace Kilpatrick – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Black parents of young adults with high incidence disabilities provide salient support to their children during and after postsecondary planning processes in high school. These parents serve a vital role concerning their child with high incidence disabilities' postsecondary planning processes. School counselors are well-positioned as social…
Descriptors: Blacks, Parents, Young Adults, Students with Disabilities