The Jordanian Mothers Acceptance for Their Autistic Children

Abstract

The study aim to identify Jordanian mothers’ level of acceptance for their autistic children.as for the study sample, it consisted of (39) mothers of autistic children, whom has been enrolled in special education centres. The study’s tool prepared by the researcher, which was a questionnaire containing (42) paragraph, was applied after verifying its reliability and stability. To analyse the results of the study, the three-way ANOVA was used. The study’s results showed; that the acceptance level of Jordanian mothers to their autistic children is low. The results also showed, that there was a difference with a statistical significant between the two average arithmetic for the study’s sample perceptions on the paragraphs concerning  the Jordanian mothers acceptance for their autistic children, due to the age variable of the autistic child, in favour of children under the age of 12 years old. There is a difference with a statistical significant between the two average arithmetic for the study’s sample on the paragraphs regarding the Jordanian mothers acceptance of their autistic children, due to the variable of the family monthly income, in favour  families with a monthly income of 300 Jordanian dinars or more.

Keywords: mother’s acceptance, mothers of autistics children, autistic child.