Parents' and Teachers' Perceptions of Early Intervention Services for Children with Intellectual Disability in Saudi Arabia

Academic Paper from the year 2020 in the subject Pedagogy - Orthopaedagogy and Special Education, grade: 1, language: English, abstract: One of the serious goals of the ministry of Education of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is to have an all-inclusive system that takes care of the needs of disabled children. The reason behind this is that the disability is one of the most-potent educational marginalization factors yet can come out as the least evident to the view of the stakeholders. It is tricky to handle because the stigmatization effect tends to lower the self-esteem of the disabled children. Disability does not only relate to impairment physically but also encompasses shortage of capability mentally; cognitive, emotional and psychologically such that society finds it hard to incorporate such individuals in the normal operation routines.