Perception About Inclusion Considering the misperceptions about
the capabilities of people with intellectual disabilities, it is
perhaps not surprising that across countries surveyed, members
of the public felt that integrating individuals with
intellectual disabilities into workplaces or schools would
create more accidents, cause discipline problems, lower
productivity and otherwise negatively affect those around them.3
(See figures 3 and 4.) Interestingly, while the majority of
people hold these and other misperceptions about individuals
with intellectual disabilities, they also simultaneously
recognize that the negative attitudes of others and the media
constitute an obstacle to the inclusion of such individuals. In
addition to negative attitudes, members of the public also
identify the lack of school resources, lack of job training and
lack of community-based services as other factors that limit
inclusion. Of these factors, the lack of school resources is
most often perceived as a problem (78% called it a