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Marlena Huber; Florian Pochstein – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2025
Background: Despite progress in implementing the rights outlined in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, individuals with intellectual disability encounter challenges in participating in daily life autonomously. Exclusion and stereotypes persist, impacting education, employment, and social participation. Inclusive sports…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Athletics, Inclusion
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Sevil Akbulut Zencirci; Selma Metintas; Ferdi Kosger; Meral Melekoglu – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2024
Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a mixed method training programme in improving attitudes of senior medical students toward intellectual disability (ID). Methods: This study was a quasi-experimental intervention study conducted with the senior medical students. The intervention groups received a mixed method…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Medical Students, Student Attitudes, Attitudes toward Disabilities
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Firat, Tahsin; Koyuncu, Ilhan – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2022
People acquire professional knowledge and skills throughout university education during which their social relations network, orientation and social perceptions are also shaped. Due to the importance of university education period, the purpose of this study was to determine the social distance levels of the university students towards individuals…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intellectual Disability, College Students, Social Distance
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Zengin, Serkan – International Education Studies, 2019
The main aim of this study is to determine what factors affect the attitudes of teachers working in the special education school toward their occupations. In this study, effect of teachers was investigated in terms of gender, teaching domains, sports branches and age. It was carried out with the participations of totally 40 special education…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability
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Kardas, Nurgül Tezcan; Sadik, Resat – World Journal of Education, 2018
The aim of this study is to investigate university students' attitudes towards mentally challenged individuals' participation to sports activities. To collect the data, 'Attitude towards sports activities scale of individuals having mental disabilities' is used. Reliability of the scale, which has been developed by (Ilhan et al., 2013) and…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Intellectual Disability, Participation
Dengiz, Güney; Kiran, Binnaz – Online Submission, 2020
Using a conjoint analysis design, this study aims to examine the importance of disability type, disability level, age, gender, and ethnic origin of individuals with disabilities in the attitude/preference formation of school counselors working with students with disabilities. Two hundred and ninety-one school counselors working in Mersin and…
Descriptors: Counselor Attitudes, School Counselors, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Students with Disabilities