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Researching texts on developmental disabilities in children's literature and their application in practice

The paper discusses developmental disabilities as a topic in children's literature. The basic concepts related to developmental disabilities found in picture books are presented. Several picture books are observed, i.e. several disabilities (blindness, stuttering, cerebral palsy, intellectual disabilities). There is a research part in the paper whose aim, based on the results of a survey, is to examine whether the respondents (children) were previously familiar with the picture books that talk about the title topic (developmental disabilities), the degree of their identification with the character, whether their concepts of the developmental disabilities overlap with their assumptions about the health problem prior to their reading the text and the usefulness of information on developmental disabilities obtained from picture books. Research results confirm the validity of the assumption that children are not yet familiar with this type of Otherness. Based on the results of the survey, it was observed whether the respondents were familiar with picture books that talk about developmental disabilities. The results of the research show that they are unfamiliar with them, but also that there is considerable usefulness of the information about the disabilities that the respondents received from the literary text.

children's literature, research, picture book, developmental disabilities, legal acts

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