“…Although it has been previously acknowledged that clinicians, educators, researchers, and students may possess negative attitudes towards people with disabilities, there has been limited research designed to measure implicit attitudes toward the disabled (Pruett & Chan, 2006). A small number of studies have attempted to measure implicit attitudes to a range of disabilities (Thomas, Doyle, & Vaughan, 2007;Vaughan, Thomas, & Doyle, 2011;White, Jackson, & Gordon, 2006), including attitudes to individuals diagnosed with autism (Barnes-Holmes et al, 2006).…”