Korean adults ’ beliefs about and social distance toward attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Tourette syndrome, and autism spectrum disorder

The Korean media recently showed mothers of children with disabilities kneeling before other residents to appeal for their consent to build a special education school in their neighborhood. The residents were against the school, as they were concerned that it would reduce the value of their houses (Chang, 2017). This issue demonstrated the stigma and social exclusion that children with disabilities and their families face in Korean society. Negative social attitudes are particularly strong toward those with mental, rather than physical, illnesses with more blaming view and perception of unpredictability and negative outcomes, albeit variations between diagnoses (Socall and Holtgraves, 1992; Corrigan et al., 2000).
Source: Psychiatry Research - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Source Type: research