Attitudes towards Disability Resources

Questions on attitudes towards disability were asked in the Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey in 2003 and 2009.
Questions on knowledge of, and attitudes to, dementia were asked in the Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey in 2010.
Questions on knowledge of, and attitudes to, autism were asked in the Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey in 2012.

Links to questions and resources focusing on autism are available here.

Links to questions and resources focusing on dementia are available here.

 

ARK Resources

• Dementia: public knowledge and attitudes (Research Update 77) by Maria McManus and Paula Devine is based on data from the Dementia modules within the 2010 Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey.
• Children's and young people's awareness, knowledge and attitudes towards autism in Northern Ireland(Research Update 97), by Karola Dillenburger, Lynne McKerr and Julie-Ann Jordan
• Autism Spectrum Disorder: Public awareness and attitudes (Research Update 84) by Karola Dillenburger, Julie-Ann Jordan and Lyn McKerr uses data from the 2012 Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey.
• Public Attitudes towards Disability in Northern Ireland(Research Update 35) by Nick Acheson.
  

Links

• Disability Action is a Northern Ireland wide, pan disability organisation that works to ensure that people with disabilities attain their full rights as citizens, by supporting inclusion, influencing Government policy and changing attitudes in partnership with disabled people.
• The mission of the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland is to combating discrimination and promoting equality of opportunity through advice, promotion and enforcement. Their remit includes disability, and their website includes a section containing links focusing on disability.

Maintained by Paula Devine