تصورات آباء ذوي الإعاقة الفكرية البسيطة و ذوي اضطراب طيف التوحد لمهارات تقرير المصير لدى أبنائهم

Abstract EN

The study aims to identify the perceptions of fathers of children with mild intellectual disabilities and autism spectrum disorders of the importance of self determination skills for their children.

it also aims to identify the effect of gender and age of their children on their perceptions of their importance to them.

the study sample consisted of 152 fathers of children with mild intellectual disabilities and autism spectrum disorder, 83 fathers of children with mild intellectual disabilities, 69 fathers of children with autism spectrum disorder, and the sample of children 152 were from the category of mild intellectual disabilities and autism spectrum disorder, 83 of them with mild intellectual disabilities, 69 of them with autism spectrum disorder in al-qassim region - kingdom of saudi arabia, the study utilized self-determination skills scale.

results indicated the non-existence of statistically significant differences between the averages scores of fathers of children with mild intellectual disabilities and the averages scores of fathers of children with autism spectrum disorder on the self-determination skills scale in their perceptions of the importance of these skills for their children, statistically significant differences were found between the averages of the fathers scores on the self-determination skills scale in their perception of the importance of these skills to their children due to the gender and the chronological age of their children in favor of males and the older age.