Religious values and family care for children with disabilities: A sociological field study

Conclusion

This study aims to examine the relationship between religious values and family intervention in raising children with disabilities through field data collected from a sample of 50 families in the Tata region (southeastern Morocco). We aim to achieve three objectives, which represent the main axes of this study: The first objective is to uncover the educational roles played by families in the upbringing of children with disabilities, the second objective is to search for the religious values that families rely on and justify their roles in raising children with disabilities, and finally, the third objective is to provide recommendations to invest religious conscience in the effectiveness of family performance to meet the educational challenges posed by contemporary social changes in general, and in particular the educational challenges associated with disability. These objectives reflect the issue of this study, which is represented by the following question: How do religious values affect the education and family care of children with disabilities? This question is followed by the following sub-questions: What are the current roles that families play in the upbringing and education of children with disabilities? What challenges do they face in this regard? Can religious values be considered an influential motive in the degree of families’ commitment to the care of children with disabilities? Where are religious values manifested in the upbringing of these children? How can these values be used to formulate recommendations that guide family educational action towards educational efficiency in the upbringing of children with disabilities?