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Peer reviewedDoherty, Jim; Obani, Tim – Educational Studies, 1986
Reports the results of quasi-experimental study of 155 Nigerian and 151 British boys' and girls' understanding of handicaps. Presents information regarding the content of the questionnaire, which posed both direct and indirect questions regarding causality, effects, rehabilitation and interaction of handicapped persons. (JDH)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cultural Differences, Disabilities, Disability Discrimination
Peer reviewedFair, George W.; Sullivan, Allen R. – Exceptional Children, 1980
The article provides an overview of the employment situation for minority individuals and its implications for career and vocational education of culturally diverse handicapped youth and delineates the enigma presented by being a member of a doubly stigmatized population. (Author/SBH)
Descriptors: Career Education, Cultural Differences, Disabilities, Disability Discrimination
Download full textO'Connor, Susan – 1993
This resource packet begins with an overview article attempting to place disability within the larger context of multiculturalism. Issues of discrimination resulting from race, gender, ethnicity, class, age, and disability are examined in terms of commonalities across the experiences. Questions about how to define the dominant culture and issues…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Cultural Pluralism, Disabilities
James, Olive C. R., Ed.; Matson, Hollis N., Ed. – 1990
This volume contains transcripts of six public hearings held by the San Francisco State University Commission on Human Relations between September and December 1989. The first hearing focused on Asian Pacific Americans and received testimony on higher education admissions policies, treatment in equity programs, student services, health issues,…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Asian Americans, Cultural Differences, Disabilities
Singh, Delar K. – 2000
This paper discusses the Person's with Disabilities Act (PDA) passed in 1995 in India and compares it with the United State's Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 1997. The comparison indicates the PDA is more limited in its coverage, does not include due process procedures, and does not fund the education of individuals with…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Disabilities
James, Olive C. R., Ed.; Matson, Hollis N., Ed. – 1990
Almost 400 staff and administrators at the San Francisco State University were surveyed concerning campus human relations. This volume provides a copy of the survey questionnaire and frequency distributions for responses to each questionnaire item. The questionnaire covered: treatment of various groups by the campus community; frequency of being…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Advisory Committees, Cultural Differences, Disabilities
James, Olive C. R., Ed.; Matson, Hollis N., Ed. – 1990
The University Commission on Human Relations of San Francisco State University was appointed to study how the campus community deals with human relations, focusing on issues of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or religion. The study involved: three surveys taken of students, faculty, and staff/administrators; public…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Cultural Differences, Data Collection, Disabilities
Peer reviewedReed, Carole Ann; Lass, Harold – Canadian Social Studies, 1995
Explores the usefulness of employing an antiracist framework to teach Holocaust education. Maintains that different forms of discrimination are linked psychologically. Asserts that Holocaust education can be used also to teach about disabled individuals, homosexuals, and other groups who suffer discrimination. (CFR)
Descriptors: Anti Semitism, Critical Thinking, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism
