Respondents’ CLAS subscale* and subscale item scores: N = 258.
| SUBSCALES AND SUBSCALE ITEMS | MEAN (SD) |
|---|---|
| Empowerment subscale | 4.63 (0.71) |
| 1. People with ID should not be allowed to marry and have children† | 5.22 (1.14) |
| 2. A person would be foolish to marry a person with ID† | 5.20 (1.07) |
| 3. People with ID can plan meetings and conferences without assistance from others | 4.19 (1.05) |
| 4. People with ID can be trusted to handle money responsibly | 4.29 (1.03) |
| 5. The opinion of a person with ID should carry more weight than those of family members and professionals in decisions affecting that person | 4.25 (1.02) |
| Exclusion subscale | 1.78 (0.78) |
| 7. Increased spending on programs for people with ID is a waste of tax dollars | 1.93 (0.96) |
| 8. Homes and services for people with ID downgrade the neighbourhoods they are in | 1.74 (0.96) |
| 9. People with ID are a burden to society | 1.86 (1.08) |
| 10. Homes and services for people with ID should be kept out of residential neighbourhoods | 1.57 (0.90) |
| Sheltering subscale | 3.14 (0.67) |
| 6. Sheltered workshops for people with ID are essential | 4.24 (0.91) |
| 11. People with ID need someone to plan their activities for them | 2.86 (1.07) |
| 16. People with ID should live in sheltered facilities because of the danger of life in the community | 2.22 (1.02) |
| 17. People with ID usually should be in group homes or other facilities where they can have the help and support of staff | 3.24 (1.19) |
| Similarity subscale | 5.33 (0.67) |
| 12. People with ID do not need to make choices about the things they will do each day† | 5.10 (0.92) |
| 13. People with ID can be productive members of society | 5.31 (0.77) |
| 14. People with ID have goals for their lives like other people | 5.38 (0.79) |
| 15. People with ID can have close personal relationships just like everyone else | 5.51 (0.75) |
CLAS—Community Living Attitudes Scale—Short Form, ID—intellectual disabilities, SD—standard deviation.
↵* Subscales were scored by taking the mean of the responses to the subscale items, resulting in a range of scores from 1 to 6.
↵† Items were reverse-scored to reflect their scale loadings. Items were scored from 1 (strongly agree) to 6 (strongly disagree).