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Yulin Cheng; Patrick Dwyer; Connor Tom Keating – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2025
A growing literature suggests that there is cross-cultural variation in levels of autism-related stigma, which may partially be explained by differences in cultural orientation or autism-related knowledge between countries. This literature has relied heavily on self-report measures of explicit attitudes towards autism; little research has examined…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Social Bias, Attitudes toward Disabilities
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Deanna Malatesta; Susan Siena – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2024
This is a teaching case focused on implicit biases intended to spark meaningful discussions about challenges we face in decision-making. The case narrative centers on a young woman, Elsa, who observes a situation she believes is suspicious: a young Black man escorting two White children to his car. In Part A, Elsa debates whether to call the…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Vignettes, Perception, College Curriculum
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Kim, So Yoon; Cheon, Jeong Eun; Gillespie-Lynch, Kristen; Grandits, Jennifer; Kim, Young-Hoon – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
This cross-cultural study examined Koreans' and Americans' explicit stigma and implicit biases toward autism to examine potential mechanisms underlying recent evidence for heightened explicit autism stigma in South Korea relative to the United States. This evidence is somewhat at odds with other evidence that individuals living in collectivistic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Differences, Social Bias, Attitudes toward Disabilities
Terrie Turney – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Even though society is becoming increasingly more progressive in theory, practice, and policy, educational institutions have been slow to adapt and change. Even with attempts to provide a safe and equitable environment, bias still occurs. Appearance-related forms of discrimination, particularly body weight and attractiveness, have gone unaddressed…
Descriptors: Association Measures, Body Weight, Teacher Selection, Influences