Abstract

TORRES, Araceli Arellano; GONZALEZ, Martha Leticia Gaeta; LOPEZ, Feli Peralta  and  ARROYO, Judith Cavazos. Attitudes toward disability in a Mexican University. Rev. Bras. Educ. [online]. 2019, vol.24, e240023.  Epub June 06, 2019. ISSN 1809-449X.  https://doi.org/10.1590/s1413-24782019240023.

Negative attitudes towards people with disabilities act as invisible barriers to the inclusion and participation of this population in educational settings, especially in higher education institutions. The research on attitudes, in Mexico, remains a relatively new field of knowledge. This paper presents two studies that analyse prejudices and attitudes toward disability of undergraduate students in a university environment. Two instruments with two different samples (n=611 and n=308) are used. We report data on attitudes and prejudices and their relationship with different moderating variables such as age, sex or prior contact with people with disabilities. Participants show positive attitudes and few prejudices toward disabilities. No significant differences are reported according to sociodemographic or contact variables.

Keywords : disability; inclusion; university; attitudes; prejudices.

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