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Barriers to Education for People with Disabilities in Bekaa, Lebanon
Country: Lebanon
Classification: Movement, Hearing-Speech, Mental Illness, Intellectual, Loss of Feeling, Visual
Year of Publication: 2007
Study Type:
Quantitative & Qualitative
Sample Size:
200
The Research party:
1.Lebanese Physical Handicapped Union (LPHU)
2. School of Social Work Ryerson University Canada
Main Idea or Research Questions:
The focus of the paper is on a discussion of the barriers that People with Disabilities in the Bekaa- Lebanon face in pursuing their education. Participants identified the following difficulties in pursuing their education: educational system barriers, inadequate finances, health issues, transportation difficulties, and family pressures.