Despite an increasingly positive portrayal of disabilities in Newbery Award-winning books, they are not representative of the nearly 7 million children with disabilities attending U.S. public schools, say Brigham Young University special education researchers.
They published their study in the December issue of Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities.
"We are hoping that this will be a call to authors," said special education professor Tina Dyches, one of the co-authors. "We've got so many wonderful authors in the world, and we would love to see more inclusive characterizations in high-quality books, where kids with disabilities are being recognized for who they are and not just for the limitations of their disabilities."
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