A scale of attitudes toward the application of eugenics to the treatment of people with mental retardation.

Antonak et al. (1993) built a 32-item survey. It asks how people feel about using eugenics for individuals with intellectual disability.

The team checked that the questions hang together and truly capture attitudes. They called the final tool the Eugenics Attitude Scale.

The scale showed good reliability and validity. That means it gives steady scores and measures what it claims to measure.

Researchers now have a ready-made tool to track eugenics views in parents, staff, or students.

Later work kept the idea of a quick attitude survey but widened the lens. Prigge et al. (2013) replaced the narrow eugenics focus with the ATTID, a five-factor scale that also looks at feelings and planned actions.

Van der Molen et al. (2010) went broader still. Their 16-item Attitudes to Disability Scale covers physical and intellectual disability in both disabled and neurotypical adults.

Scior et al. (2011) shifted the target again. Their IDLS measures public literacy and stigma, not eugenics. Each new tool keeps the survey format but updates the construct to match modern values.

If you run staff training or parent workshops, you need a quick pre-post attitude check. The 1993 scale still works for eugenics-specific items, but newer scales give fuller pictures. Pick the tool that matches your goal: eugenics bias, general stigma, or knowledge gaps.