“…For example, in studies concerning nondisabled college students' perceptions of their peers with disabilities, some researchers have found that they evaluated their peers with disabilities in a negative way (e.g., Babbitt, Burbach, & Iutcovich, 1979;Fichten et al, 1989;Robillard & Fichten, 1983) or attributed commonly held stereotypes about the "handicapped" to them (Fichten & Amsel, 1986;Fichten et al, 1989). These stereotypes consisted of both the positive traits of being quiet, honest, softhearted, nonegotistical, and undemanding, and the negative traits of being nervous, unaggressive, insecure, dependent, and unhappy (Fichten & Amsel, 1986;Fichten, et al, 1989). Still other researchers have found that students without disabilities rated students with disabilities positively (e.g., Belgrave, 1985;Belgrave & Mills, 1981;Tagalakis, Amsel, & Fichten 1988;Weinberg-Asher, 1976).…”