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Jay Kandiah; Diana Saiki – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2024
This study examines experiences with aesthetic bias as perceived by individuals with physical disabilities (i.e., vision, hearing, orthopedic/mobility). We used the concept of aesthetic bias to guide our quantitative and qualitative data analysis. A quantitative Needs Assessment Survey (NAS) gathered demographic information, degree of appearance…
Descriptors: Physical Disabilities, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Bias, Aesthetics
Lipoff, Elise – Here's How, 1991
Disabilities and illnesses are becoming an increasing problem for all employers. To understand the problems unique to schools, 76 elementary and middle school principals were surveyed and indepth interviews were conducted with over a dozen of them. Nearly 70 percent reported that, over the past 2 years, they had between 1 and 5 teachers absent for…
Descriptors: Demography, Disabilities, Disability Discrimination, Elementary Education