55 students with visible orthopedic disabilities (6 to 51 yr.) and 45 nonhandicapped students (10 to 35 yr.) ranked 6 drawings as liked best in about the same order, wheelchair-bound or nonhandicapped as first and facially disfigured and obesity low.
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