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ABSTRACT
This study aimed to investigate the inclusion of disability issues and concepts in the national curriculum (NC) from the perspective of Jordanian curriculum experts, and content analysis was used to analyse interviews with 15 experts. The results revealed that the curriculum experts think that the inclusion of disability issues is not a priority and does not receive enough attention from the Ministry of Education, and they described a variety of barriers to including disability issues in the curriculum. The experts agreed on the importance of the curriculum in increasing awareness of disability issues and changing community attitudes. These positive attitudes of the experts can be used to encourage decision-makers to focus on the inclusion of disability issues and facilitate a successful inclusion process. Finally, the inclusion of disability issues will help in achieving the successful inclusion of persons with disabilities in education and life in general.
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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.
Ethical approval
All procedures performed in this studt were in accordance with the research ethics standards of the institutional review board (IRB) of The Hashemite University and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments.
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Eman Al-Zboon
Eman Al-Zboon is an associate professor in the Department of special education at Queen Rania Faculty for Childhood at Hashemite university. He has received his Ph.D. degree in special education from the University of Jordan in 2012. Additionally, he has received fellowship in Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) from the University of California San Diego. His research interests focus on children with disabilities, curriculum and, early childhood.