Chapter 19 Cross-Cultural Views on Stigma, Valuation, Parity, and Societal Values Towards Disability
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The CAR study was designed to provide empirical data on the concept of disability, the cross-cultural elements of disability terms, and cultural values concerning disabilities. The study also covered within-culture approaches to assistance, the relative stigma associated with different disabilities, and the extent to which there is parity in the ways that cultures approach disabilities associated with different kinds of health conditions physical, mental, and alcohol or drug-related. The CAR study protocol was partially or completely conducted at 16 participating centres. The centres collected both qualitative data and preceded information to provide extensive data on the cultural relativity of the disability construct and on the categories that form the backbone of the ICIDH-2 revised classification, and of the associated disability assessment instruments. This chapter provides a summary and analysis of the key informant data, focus group data, and centre description information. The information gathered by the centres shows both strong commonalities and significant crosscultural variation in societal responses to disabling conditions.
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