Attitude towards students with disabilities and their relationship with school coexistence

Abstract

This research was carried out in a public educational institution with the purpose of analysing the association that exists between the attitude towards students with disabilities and school coexistence of students from second to fifth grade of primary school. The research is of a fundamental or pure basic type, with a correlational scope. The sample selected was 215 students. The instruments used to collect the information were the Inventory of Attitudes towards People with Disabilities and the evaluation instrument based on indicators of democratic, inclusive, and peaceful school coexistence. The results obtained confirm that there is a significant relationship between attitudes towards people with disabilities and democratic, inclusive, and peaceful school coexistence, demonstrating that students learn to be critical, reflective, fair, free and responsible in order to live together democratically and in a culture of peace. It is concluded that inclusive education starts with a transformation and change of attitude of the educational community, based on the implementation of an inclusive policy, culture and practice.