Education and Employment for the Handicapped: Attitudes in the Eighties.

Houck, Cherry K.

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Publication Date: 1987

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Education and Employment for the Handicapped: Attitudes in the Eighties.

Houck, Cherry K.

Educational Research Quarterly, v11 n4 p23-28 1987

Perceptions of regular preschool through senior high school personnel (n=160) and persons employed outside education (n=168) about the handicapped were compared in pilot and follow-up surveys. Society's attitudes and commitment toward education and subsequent employment of the handicapped present a barrier to the goals of PL 94-142. (SLD)

Descriptors: Attitudes, Disabilities, Disability Discrimination, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Employee Attitudes, Equal Education, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Preschool Education, Public Opinion, School Personnel, Social Attitudes

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Education for All Handicapped Children Act

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