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The use of language by parents to express disability in Saudi Arabia

[Abstract] 
Type Article
Author Alariefy, Mashael Suliman.
Pages pp. 149-176
Host Item Entry Journal of Counseling. no. 51, p. 2, August 2017
Location The article is available at Shamaa office
Descriptors Parent responsibility  -  Family education  -  Family influence  -  Exceptional students  -  Parent student relationship  -  Saudi Arabia
Language of document English
Country Egypt
This study investigates the use of language to express disability; by parents of children with disability in Riyadh, Jeddah and two rural areas. An analysis of this theme is based upon qualitative data collected from 42 semi-structured individual and group interviews with the parents. The findings suggest that all parents have refused the terms ‘disabled’ or ‘child with a disability’, some of them gave alternative terms. Parents gave an indication about the domination of the medical model of disability through the language they used in the interviews. In the light of this study, it is recommended that the media and governmental officials have to raise awareness and spread a positive attitude towards disability in the society. Similarly the positive language towards disability from social media can play a crucial role in raising awareness. (Published abstract)

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Alariefy, Mashael Suliman. (2017). The use of language by parents to express disability in Saudi Arabia . Journal of Counseling. no. 51, p. 2, August 2017. pp. 149-176 Retrieved from search.shamaa.org