Using Visual Art To Reduce Public Stigmatization Of People With Intellectual Disabilities

Bennett, Roger and Vijaygopal, Rohini (2024). Using Visual Art To Reduce Public Stigmatization Of People With Intellectual Disabilities. In: 17th International Conference on Arts and Cultural Management AIMAC, 23-26 Jun 2024, Lisbon.

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Abstract

This study examined the effectiveness for reducing stigmatizing attitudes among non-intellectually disabled people of presenting them with paintings completed by individuals with intellectual impairments. Each participant was placed into one of four groups. Members of the first group were shown 12 paintings created by people with intellectual disabilities and were then asked to fill in a questionnaire that explored their attitudes regarding intellectual impairment. Participants in group two were shown the paintings and additionally spent one minute writing down their thoughts about what it must be like to have an intellectual disability, and then completed the same questionnaire as members of group one. People in group three also wrote down their thoughts about being intellectually impaired and then filled in the questionnaire, but without seeing the paintings. Group four was a control group comprising individuals who simply completed the questionnaire without either viewing the paintings or writing anything down.

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