Honors Senior Theses/Projects
Date of Award
6-1-2015
Exit Requirement
Undergraduate Honors Thesis/Project
Department
Honors Program
Faculty Advisor
Amber Feist
Honors Program Director
Gavin Keulks
Abstract
Individuals with disabilities share the same desires as people without disabilities to develop personal independence and experience a rewarding social life. However, people with disabilities often go without the opportunity to satisfy social needs as a result of isolation. The purpose of this conceptual thesis is to address this issue by exploring what research has been done in order to design a study to identify current attitudes towards people with disabilities and satisfaction of life. Results indicate t here is a need for integration program s in order for social skills to allow individuals to comfortably interact with people without disabilities. It is necessary to incorporate people with and without disabilities in order to provide the opportunity for interaction to potentially decrease feelings of isolation through increased social interaction.
Recommended Citation
Link, Meghan, "Increasing Adequate Social Interactions Among People With and Without Disabilities" (2015). Honors Senior Theses/Projects. 53.
https://digitalcommons.wou.edu/honors_theses/53