Obstacles to integrating children with autism spectrum disorder into schools for the first stage of basic education in the city of Marj Preparation

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Abstract
The current research aims to identify the most important obstacles to integrating children with autism spectrum disorder into schools for the first stage of basic education in the city of Al-Marj، The research community consists of all teachers, social workers, and psychological counselors working in the first grades of basic education in the city of Al-Marj, who number (800) individuals according to statistics، The Social and Psychological Service Office includes (500) teachers, (130) psychological counselors, and (170) social workers To determine the number of the required sample, Stephen Thompson’s equation was used, amounting to (260) individuals، The sample was selected by a simple random method، To achieve the objectives of the study, the researchers used a questionnaire to identify obstacles, consisting of (45) items, prepared by Aya Mahmoud 2022, distributed over four axes: special obstacles، With the autistic child, obstacles specific to the teacher and the school curriculum, obstacles specific to the school, obstacles specific to the community، The results showed the presence of obstacles to a high degree in the responses of the sample members to the questionnaire، With regard to the axes, the obstacles specific to the autistic child came in first place, followed by the obstacles specific to the teacher and the school curriculum, followed by the special obstacles، School, and in last place are the obstacles specific to society،