Nicholas....Try Elaine Makas' Modified Issues in Disability Scale (MIDS).
I have used it many times and am quite satisfied with it. I am also
sending her a copy of this message.....David
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Center on Disability Studies
University of Hawai`i at Manoa
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On Thu, 23 Sep 1999, NICHOLAS ACHESON wrote:
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> Hello all.
>
> I'm looking for help with any references on surveys of public
> attitudes to disabled people. "The Life and Times" project, an
> annual survey of public attitudes in Nortrhern Ireland run jointly by
> the University of Ulster and Queen's University, Belfast, is planning
> a module on public attitudes to disability rights for the year 2000
> survey, the fieldwork for which will be conducted in next
> September. At the moment, we're at the stage of raising the cash
> needed to do this and we'd be very grateful for any help on tracking
> down any examples of such surveys to look at, and any comments
> anybody might have on the methodological issues involved in trying
> to record what the general public really believes about disabled
> people, given that everybody will presumably want to be seen to be
> "kind to cripples"!
>
> So any help, comments etc., very much appreciated. The Life and
> Times website address is: qub.ac.uk/ss/csr/nilt, for those who
> would like to find out more.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Nick Acheson. [log in to unmask]
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