The present study investigated the effects of a tutoring experience with autistic children on normal children's attitudes. The normal children's attitudes were examined using a semistructured interview and a bipolar adjectival scale. The measures were administered to 25 normal second and third grade school children over a 5-wk. period. Each child was given the two measures twice, first after an orientation to autism and again after five days of a tutoring experience with autistic children. The tutoring experience with autistic children significantly increased the normal peers' reasons for excluding them from participating in social activities in the classroom.
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