Inclusion the Disabled Students in Higher Education in Oman

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the problems related to inclusion with special needs for Omani students in higher education. The subjects were consisted of 28 students 16 male and 12 female. Eleven students were visually handicapped and 17 students were physically handicapped. A questionnaire consisted of 59 items was used. Results indicated that there were statistically significant differences in the barriers to inclusion due to the type of disability and scored by the visually handicapped. On the other hand, there were no statistically significant differences in the obstacles of the inclusion due to the gender or the degree of the disability, but there was a statistically significant difference for the interaction of the two variables, the degree of disability and the gender.