Parent's Philosophy toward Intellectually Disabled Children

The 21st century saw a "strong awakening of interest in human treatment of intellectual disability." Ones know that intellectual disability is a disability characterized by significant limitations in both intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior, which cover many every day social and practical skills. This disability originates before the age of 18. The main purpose of the study was to investigate the parent's philosophy towards their intellectual disabled children and also to find out the levels of differences. All parents of children with intellectual disability, were included in the study between January 2014 and November 2014, were enrolled in a cross sectional questionnaire based study. Each parent underwent a help of a validated questionnaire. All parents' needs conditions were noted. A group of sex and aged matched patients seen during the same period served as a control group. Comparisons were analyzed using 't'-test. They were assessed with the help of a validated questionnaire "NIMH-Family Needs Schedule." There was a significant difference in the score for male parents (mean=64.76, standard deviation [SD]=27.70) and female parents (mean=85, SD=18.62), t-score=−18.692, significant at 0.05 levels.