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The Differences in the Attitudes of Students With and Without Learning Disabilities Towards Including Students With Mild Intellectual Disability in Elementary Regular Schools in Bahrain

Author(s)

Nadia Tazi, Mansour Sayyah

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DOI:10.17265/2159-5542/2018.10.002

Affiliation(s)

Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences in the attitudes of the students with and without learning disabilities (LD) towards including the learners with mild intellectual disability in regular elementary schools. Participants were 120 elementary boys and girls in Bahraini elementary schools. A survey was used here to identify the students’ attitudes towards the inclusion of the children with mild intellectual disability in regular schools. The results indicated that: (1) There was a positive attitude among elementary students towards including the children with mild intellectual disability in regular schools; (2) there were statistically significant differences among the students with and without learning disabilities in their attitudes towards including the children with mild intellectual disability in regular elementary schools in favour of the typically developing group; and (3) there were statistically significant differences among the male and female students with and without learning disabilities in their attitudes towards including the children with mild intellectual disability in regular schools in favour of females.

KEYWORDS

attitudes, inclusion, learning disabilities, mild intellectual disability

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