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    Challenges faced by the parents of children with physical disability in schooling
    (UMT.Lahore, 2018) SAMERA KHOKHAR
    Physical disabilities are some of the most devastating challenges for a family to deal with. It may change visions of the future and add fear and apprehension in caring for and educating a child. Thus the researcher conducted this study to explore the challenges faced by the parents of children with physical disability in schooling. The research was descriptive in nature so that quantitative research method was used. Parents of children with physical disability were the population of the study. A sample of 274 parents of children with the physical disability was purposively selected from four districts of Lahore Division. The instrument for the study was a self-developed questionnaire which validated from four experts of special education as well as pilot tested to determine its reliability. Data generated from the respondents were analyzed using Mean, Standard deviation, Correlation, Independent sample t-test, and ANOVA. Results of data showed that majority of parents of children with physical disability are facing following difficulties such as unawareness, poverty, access and accessibility, child health, attitude, academics, and child abuse during their schooling. Keywords: Challenges, Parents, Children with Physical Disability, School level