Social Understanding of Disability: Determinants and Levers for Action
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
2.1. The Shaping Social Image as an Element Perception of Disability
2.2. Towards a Change in the Societal Perception of Disability
2.3. Impact of Practices to Improve the Perception and the Inclusion of Disability
3. Method
4. Results
4.1. The “New Generation’s” Perception of Disability
4.2. Factors That May Influence Young People’s Perceptions of Disability
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- Items 1 to 3: Familiarity with the world of disability
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- Items 4 to 9: Socio-political-economic factors
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- Items 10 to 12: Cultural factors
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- Items 13 and 14: Visibility of disability and/or assistive devices
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- Items 15 to 23: Factors specific to the disabled person
4.3. Effective Levers for Action to Improve the Perception of Disability
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- Levers 1 to 5: Training of stakeholders, including people with disabilities.
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- Levers 6 to 9: Disability-related communication and media actions.
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- Levers 10 to 12: Positive discrimination measures.
5. Discussion and Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Item | M | SD |
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Caring for a person with a disability takes courage | 4.14 | 0.93 |
Disability in general is costly to society | 3.07 | 1.19 |
If science progressed faster, there would be fewer disabilities | 3.28 | 1.31 |
People with disabilities find it difficult to live alone | 3.75 | 1.08 |
People with disabilities generally need help | 3.79 | 0.91 |
It is more difficult for a disabled person to be fulfilled in his social life | 3.55 | 1.08 |
It is more difficult for a disabled person to work | 3.94 | 0.97 |
People with disabilities are more self-contained | 2.62 | 1.01 |
People with disabilities have no/low sex life | 3.45 | 1.01 |
People with disabilities are “role models” | 3.10 | 1.26 |
People with disabilities sometimes take advantage of the benefits reserved for them | 2.14 | 1.17 |
Sometimes people with disabilities must want to die | 2.71 | 1.03 |
Item | M | SD |
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Having a friendly relationship with a person with a disability | 4.70 | 0.67 |
Working with a disabled person | 4.85 | 0.43 |
Hiring a person with a disability | 4.64 | 0.65 |
Going to the cinema/restaurant/going out with a person with a disability | 4.73 | 0.59 |
Living with a disabled person | 3.95 | 1.14 |
Being in a romantic relationship with a person with a disability | 3.10 | 1.26 |
Starting a family with a disabled person | 2.98 | 1.35 |
Item | M | SD |
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We are sometimes reluctant to talk to a person with a disability about his or her disability | 3.98 | 0.87 |
We do not always know how to help a person with a disability | 4.12 | 0.94 |
There is a lack of spontaneity and sincerity towards people with disabilities | 3.76 | 1.04 |
There is sometimes a feeling of pity towards people with disabilities | 2.44 | 1.06 |
Item | Positive Influence | Negative Influence | ||
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M | SD | M | SD | |
1. Having knowledge about disability | 4.65 | 0.67 | 1.45 | 1.04 |
2. Visiting a person with a disability | 4.64 | 0.60 | 1.46 | 1.06 |
3. Getting to know famous people with disability through the media | 3.64 | 1.16 | 1.76 | 1.20 |
4. Being politically ‘left-wing’. | 1.73 | 1.15 | 1.62 | 1.11 |
5. Being politically “right-wing | 1.36 | 0.66 | 2.00 | 1.37 |
6. Having a modest social background | 1.96 | 0.07 | 1.76 | 1.12 |
7. From a well-to-do social background | 1.85 | 0.13 | 1.95 | 1.22 |
8. From a rural origin | 2.01 | 1.11 | 1.83 | 1.10 |
9. From an urban origin | 2.09 | 1.18 | 1.67 | 1.03 |
10. Country/culture of origin | 3.15 | 1.22 | 2.23 | 1.18 |
11. Having lived in countries with different cultures | 3.31 | 1.24 | 1.69 | 1.07 |
12. Resistance to progress | 1.72 | 1.08 | 3.28 | 1.59 |
13. Degree of visibility of disability | 3.94 | 1.06 | 2.21 | 1.27 |
14. Presence of wheelchair or other visible material aid | 3.25 | 1.11 | 2.01 | 1.19 |
15. The ease with which the person with a disability can communicate | 4.06 | 1.05 | 1.54 | 1.04 |
16. The difficulty of the disabled person to communicate | 2.28 | 1.24 | 2.94 | 1.24 |
17. The positive attitude of the disabled person towards his/her disability | 4.32 | 0.98 | 1.54 | 1.02 |
18. The negative attitude of the disabled person towards his/her disability | 2.03 | 1.06 | 3.25 | 1.21 |
19. Extroverted behaviour of the disabled person | 3.71 | 1.14 | 1.68 | 1.06 |
20. The aggressiveness of the disabled person | 1.79 | 1.10 | 3.48 | 1.22 |
21. The dynamism of the disabled person | 3.91 | 1.10 | 1.56 | 1.00 |
22. The charisma/Leadership of the disabled person | 3.93 | 1.10 | 1.58 | 1.00 |
23. Athletic and sporting abilities of the person with a disability | 3.68 | 1.12 | 1.62 | 1.03 |
Item | M | SD |
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1. Impose mandatory disability awareness training in all companies | 4.15 | 0.97 |
2. Train people with disability to communicate better about their disability | 4.20 | 0.94 |
3. Require teacher training in the reception and inclusion of young people with disability | 4.47 | 0.83 |
4. Training and awareness-raising of students on welcoming and inclusion of people with disability | 4.35 | 0.95 |
5. Awareness raising and providing training for the inclusion of parasports sections in non-disabled person clubs | 4.13 | 1.06 |
6. Organizing Olympic and Paralympic Games events during the same period | 3.75 | 1.17 |
7. Production of anti-prejudice short films featuring active people with disability | 3.74 | 1.19 |
8. Selecting people with disability to become influencers on social networks | 3.31 | 1.35 |
9. Develop a humorous communication campaign to make disability less taboo | 3.52 | 1.29 |
10. Increase the percentage of mandatory recruitment of people with disability in companies and organizations | 3.40 | 1.24 |
11. Set a minimum percentage of representation of people with disability in the media | 3.32 | 1.18 |
12. Impose a minimum percentage of people with disability in the political landscape | 3.27 | 1.31 |
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Lecomte, U.; de los Ríos Berjillos, A.; Lethielleux, L.; Deroy, X.; Thenot, M. Social Understanding of Disability: Determinants and Levers for Action. Behav. Sci. 2024, 14, 733. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14090733
Lecomte U, de los Ríos Berjillos A, Lethielleux L, Deroy X, Thenot M. Social Understanding of Disability: Determinants and Levers for Action. Behavioral Sciences. 2024; 14(9):733. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14090733
Chicago/Turabian StyleLecomte, Ulysse, Araceli de los Ríos Berjillos, Laetitia Lethielleux, Xavier Deroy, and Maryline Thenot. 2024. "Social Understanding of Disability: Determinants and Levers for Action" Behavioral Sciences 14, no. 9: 733. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14090733