title: Recent newspaper coverage about persons with disabilities.
abstract: Newspapers are considered a powerful medium for developing public opinion about issues. In a representative sample of large-city newspapers, we found that three issues--budget, expenditures, or taxes; housing or normalization; and treatment in institutions--were the most frequently featured issues about persons with disabilities. The least frequently mentioned issues were school related, such as instruction, mainstreaming, and Public Law 94-142 compliance. A suggestion was made that if articles about special education are to appear in newspapers, special educators must develop strong relationships with newspaper reporters and their editors.
authors: Department of Educational and Community Programs, Queens College, City University of New York, Flushing.
authors: R K
authors: RK
authors: Yoshida
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Wasilewski
authors: D L
authors: DL
authors: Friedman
mesh_terms: D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D004519:Education, Special; D005380:Financing, Government; D006801:Humans; D009524:Newspapers as Topic; D014481:United States