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Communication with Persons with Disabilities vs. Communication with Differently Abled Persons

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My efforts regarding persons with disabilities have so far been mainly focused on economic, more precisely on communication aspects of their inclusion. In this chapter, my main research focus is in; first, to present cornerstones of any communication in an extensive theoretical research on attitudes and communication with persons with disabilities. Secondly, to present attitudes toward communication from different perspectives, communication of other survey participants, with or without previous contact with persons with disabilities, and finally other research where persons with disabilities perception of communication with others will be in focus. Empirical part of this study was conducted at the Faculty of Economics, University of Split as a part of the thesis of two undergraduate students. The study was designed as a part of participation in the project “Equal Access to Higher Education for Persons with Disabilities” where the author of this paper served as a project partner.

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    In some research it is possible to find usage of the term disabled, without even using the word “person,” which marks an evident lack of knowledge on this topic. Thus, it will not be discussed in this chapter.

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    Yukker et al. (1960). A Scale to Measure Attitudes Toward Disabled Persons. Human Resources Centre, Albertson, NY.

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    Antonak, R. F. (1982). Development and psychometric analysis of the Scale of Attitudes Toward Disabled Persons. Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling, 13 (2), 22–29.

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    Henry, D. et al. (1998). The Community Living Attitudes Scale – Mental Retardation Version Reference Manual. University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL.

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    Attitude Toward Disabled Persons Scale.

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    Scale of Attitudes Toward Disabled Persons.

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    Undergraduate students, Andrea Raguž (project team member - http://www.equalaccess4pwds.org/) and Franka Vrkić under the mentorship of Assistant professor Ivana Bilić, PhD (who was the project leader. US Alumni Community of Croatia www.usaccroatia.com was project partner. Ivana Bilić currently serves as the President of the association) prepared these topics as their final thesis, course Business Communication. Andrea Raguž: Communication with Persons with Disabilities from Their Point of View, and Franka Vrkić: Communication with Persons with Disabilities from Others Point of View. Both students agree that the results of their research can be used by the author of this chapter.

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Bilić, I. (2017). Communication with Persons with Disabilities vs. Communication with Differently Abled Persons. In: Halder, S., Assaf, L. (eds) Inclusion, Disability and Culture. Inclusive Learning and Educational Equity, vol 3. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55224-8_10

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