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The R‐Word Is More Than Hate Speech: Differences in Counselors’ Level of Tolerance Based on Language and Labels
Author(s) -
Granello Darcy Haag
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the journal of humanistic counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.593
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2161-1939
pISSN - 2159-0311
DOI - 10.1002/johc.12118
Subject(s) - psychology , intellectual disability , word (group theory) , applied psychology , linguistics , psychiatry , philosophy
Professional counselors and counselors‐in‐training (N = 211) completed a survey measuring tolerance toward people with intellectual disabilities. About half completed a version using the term mentally retarded , and half completed a version using people with intellectual disabilities . The first group was more empowering and less sheltering of people with intellectual disabilities but less likely to perceive them as basically like themselves.