Discrepancy awareness training to change attitudes towards disability

This project is a collaborative evaluation of a novel approach to changing attitudes toward disability.  The approach, called Discrepancy Awareness, uses creative media to bring individuals into contact with their implicit attitudes.  In collaboration with PlaysThatWork, the project uses dramatic scenarios to uncover and confront implicit attitudes, and to allow participants to gain insight and reconcile discrepancies with their expressed explicit attitudes.  In partnership with public and private sector employers, this pilot project will train 36 employers to recognize and overcome negative attitudes toward disability, and thereby promote equity and inclusion.