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This is quite a tall order and hopefully somebody out there will know of more sources as these are borderline to off topic, but may neverless be of some help. You may need to look seperately at disablity in literary works and then look at the literature regarding children's, parent's and teacher's attitudes towards those with disabilities as children learn from teachers and parents and then do your own synthesis of the two groups of literatures to create some relationships between the two if possible. Here are some citations to consider. Young children's attitudes toward the disabled: a classroom intervention using children's literature Trepanier-Street, Mary L.; Romatowski, Jane A. Early Childhood Education Journal v. 24 Fall 1996 p. 45-49 The portrayal of the cognitively disabled in children's literature. Wagoner, Shirley A.; Reading Teacher, v 37 no. 6 February 1984. p. 502-508 Children's attitudes towards disability: A review and analysis of the literature. Wetstein-Kroft, Susan B.; Vargo, James W. International Journal for the Advancement of Counseling v. 7 no. 3 1984 p. 181-195 Using literary texts in teacher education to promote positive attitudes toward children with disabilities Marlowe, Mike; Maycock, George. Teacher Education and Special Education v. 24 no. 2 Spring 2001 p. 75-83 Best wishes for your success with this difficult topic. Some on this list may also find this Net-Gold post sequence regarding index lists for subject disciplines and topics in the Wikipedia to be useful for those doing websites and want to cover fields completely, hitting all of the subtopics or those doing research outlines. From: "David P. Dillard" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sun May 7, 2006 9:17 am Subject: REFERENCE: ENCYCLOPEDIAS: WIKIPEDIA : SUBJECT HEADINGS: LISTS : KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT: TERMINOLOGY : INFORMATION SCIENCE: List the Wikipedia as Coming to Terms with Subject Fields and Subject Disciplines <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/12698> <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/12700> <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/12701> There are also two free databases aimed at teachers and librarians that may be helpful to some of the members of this discussion group. From: "David P. Dillard" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu May 11, 2006 9:47 pm Subject: DATABASES: EDUCATION AND ERIC: From EBSCOhost: Teacher Reference Center (TRC) - Journal Information for K-12 Teachers and Librarians <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/12776> From: "David P. Dillard" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri May 12, 2006 7:53 am Subject: DATABASES: EDUCATION AND ERIC : HEALTH EDUCATION AND INFORMATION: Using the EBSCO Elementary Secondary Education Database for Adolescent and Adult Health Education Knowledge <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/12786> Finally this reference tool and database on the internet may be useful to some of this group's members. From: "David P. Dillard" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed May 10, 2006 2:43 am Subject: REFERENCE: ENCYCLOPEDIAS: SUBJECT : REFERENCE: TOOLS: MEDICAL HEALTH BIOSCIENCES AND ENVIRONMENT : MEDICAL: REFERENCE: Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/12736> Sincerely, David Dillard Temple University (215) 204 - 4584 [log in to unmask] Net-Gold <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/net-gold> <http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/net-gold.html> General Internet & Print Resources <http://library.temple.edu/articles/subject_guides/general.jsp> <http://www.learningis4everyone.org/> <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ringleaders/davidd.html> Digital Divide Network <http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/jwne> Educator-Gold http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Educator-Gold/ ======================================================== On Fri, 12 May 2006, Heather Garrison wrote: > Can anyone suggest studies that have researched children's perceptions > of characters with disability in literature? I'm beginning my > dissertation and plan to study how adolescents perceive disability in > the novel Of Mice and Men and consider implications for instructional > practices and the promulgation of social values. I'm excited to finally > reach this point in my academic career and greatly appreciate any help. > Feel free to respond on or off list, my email is [log in to unmask] > Thanks! > Heather ________________End of message______________________ This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies). Enquiries about the list administratione should be sent to [log in to unmask] Archives and tools are located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html You can JOIN or LEAVE the list from this web page.