Policies to change attitudes to people with disabilities

Negative attitudes are a major barrier to the equality of people with disabilities. Governments and other organizations have implemented numerous programmes to change attitudes towards people with disabilities. We analyse published evidence about the effectiveness of such programmes using a framewor...

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Published in:	Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research
Main Authors:	Karen R. Fisher, Christiane Purcal
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Stockholm University Press 2017-09-01
Subjects:	Disability policy attitudes discrimination policy change disability rights
Online Access:	https://www.sjdr.se/articles/77

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