Table 1. Youth with disabilities' reported perceptions of self attributes, by disability category

Perceptions and Expectations of Youth With Disabilities (NLTS2)

NCSER 2007-3006
September 2007

Extent statement is like youth	Learning disability	Speech/ language impairment	Mental retardation	Emotional disturbance	Hearing impairment	Visual impairment	Orthopedic impairment	Other health impairment	Autism	Traumatic brain injury	Multiple disabilities	Deaf-blindness
Extent statement is like youth	Percent / standard error
You are a nice person
Very much like you	83.0	85.7	82.3	77.5	82.2	90.4	92.1	83.0	81.4	80.1	87.7	89.8
Very much like you	(3.20)	(3.12)	(4.42)	(3.88)	(4.70)	(3.72)	(3.10)	(3.53)	(5.69)	(7.19)	(4.87)	(5.46)
A little like you	17.0	14.2	14.8	18.7	17.8	7.9	7.6	16.1	16.5	19.5	12.0	10.2
A little like you	(3.20)	(3.11)	(4.11)	(3.62)	(4.70)	(3.40)	(3.05)	(3.45)	(5.43)	(7.13)	(4.82)	(5.46)
Not at all like you	0.1	0.1	3.0	3.7	‡	1.7	0.3	0.9	2.0	0.5	0.3	‡
Not at all like you	(0.27)	(0.28)	(1.98)	(1.75)		(1.63)	(0.63)	(0.89)	(2.05)	(1.27)	(0.81)
You can handle things that come your way
Very much like you	66.6	60.6	53.3	68.3	66.3	73.3	63.8	59.4	39.4	62.9	55.6	57.5
Very much like you	(4.01)	(4.36)	(5.82)	(4.29)	(5.80)	(5.60)	(5.51)	(4.61)	(7.24)	(8.73)	(7.41)	(9.02)
A little like you	31.2	36.1	39.1	26.9	30.8	26.2	34.0	32.2	53.4	35.7	34.3	40.4
A little like you	(3.94)	(4.29)	(5.69)	(4.09)	(5.67)	(5.57)	(5.44)	(4.39)	(7.40)	(8.66)	(7.08)	(8.95)
Not at all like you	2.2	3.3	7.7	4.7	2.9	0.4	2.2	8.4	7.3	1.4	10.1	2.1
Not at all like you	(1.25)	(1.59)	(3.11)	(1.95)	(2.06)	(0.80)	(1.68)	(2.60)	(3.86)	(2.12)	(4.49)	(2.62)

How youth rates his or her attribute:
Having a sense of humor
Very good	50.5	46.7	51.3	57.7	43.0	56.0	50.1	48.3	41.2	46.4	55.8	58.5
Very good	(4.25)	(4.46)	(5.83)	(4.56)	(6.08)	(6.28)	(5.74)	(4.68)	(7.21)	(9.02)	(7.50)	(8.89)
Pretty good	44.4	46.4	35.4	34.5	43.8	41.2	44.2	45.7	50.6	51.1	33.0	31.0
Pretty good	(4.22)	(4.46)	(5.58)	(4.38)	(6.09)	(6.22)	(5.70)	(4.66)	(7.32)	(9.04)	(7.10)	(8.35)
Not very or not at all good	5.1	6.8	13.2	7.9	13.2	2.7	5.7	5.9	8.1	2.4	11.1	10.5
Not very or not at all good	(1.88)	(2.26)	(3.95)	(2.48)	(4.16)	(2.05)	(2.67)	(2.21)	(4.00)	(2.78)	(4.75)	(5.53)
Being sensitive to others' feelings
Very good	40.2	38.3	45.1	38.6	41.6	50.5	46.8	37.2	39.6	48.3	42.7	53.9
Very good	(4.18)	(4.33)	(5.75)	(4.54)	(6.08)	(6.30)	(5.73)	(4.55)	(7.22)	(9.02)	(7.34)	(9.00)
Pretty good	51.7	51.3	42.6	44.6	46.8	42.5	44.7	55.3	43.4	38.5	41.3	40.0
Pretty good	(4.26)	(4.45)	(5.71)	(4.64)	(6.15)	(6.23)	(5.71)	(4.68)	(7.32)	(8.78)	(7.30)	(8.84)
Not very or not at all good	8.2	10.3	12.3	16.8	11.6	6.9	8.5	7.6	17.0	13.1	16.0	6.1
Not very or not at all good	(2.33)	(2.71)	(3.80)	(3.49)	(3.94)	(3.20)	(3.20)	(2.49)	(5.55)	(6.09)	(5.44)	(4.33)
Being well organized
Very good	18.6	18.9	33.7	25.9	30.3	22.1	21.0	16.4	22.6	18.3	30.2	16.5
Very good	(3.31)	(3.49)	(5.51)	(4.05)	(5.64)	(5.22)	(4.66)	(3.47)	(6.16)	(6.96)	(6.83)	(6.70)
Pretty good	60.6	63.7	51.7	50.5	52.2	61.4	46.7	50.5	39.3	58.7	44.9	51.7
Pretty good	(4.15)	(4.28)	(5.82)	(4.63)	(6.13)	(6.13)	(5.71)	(4.68)	(7.20)	(8.87)	(7.40)	(9.02)
Not very or not at all good	20.7	17.5	14.6	23.6	17.5	16.5	32.4	33.1	38.1	23.0	24.9	31.9
Not very or not at all good	(3.45)	(3.38)	(4.11)	(3.93)	(4.67)	(4.67)	(5.36)	(4.41)	(7.16)	(7.58)	(6.43)	(8.41)
‡ Responses for items with fewer than 30 respondents are not reported. NOTE: Response categories "not very good" and "not at all good" have been collapsed for reporting purposes. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Special Education Research, National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS2), Wave 2 youth telephone interview/mail survey, 2003.

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