摘要：Using content analysis this study examined Korean people's traditional view on children with disabilities,hoping to contribute to the seletion of appropriate picture books for an understanding of disabilities in kindergartens and child care centers. Story book characters with disabilitics mainly interacted with their families and vllge people,had lower positions,did not accomplish their work on their own,and suffered from others' anger and beating. Differences in types of disabilities were that physical disabilitieis were viewed positively,while mental disabilities were viewed negatively. The former had wider scope of activitics and maintained more positive relationships with other characters than the latter;furthermore,the former had higher position than the latter and had cooperative interactions with people without disabilities..
关键词：folk tale picture book;character with disabilities;understanding of disabilities
