The Most Important Difficulties that Face the Employment of Persons with Intellectual Disability from the Perspective of Workers in the Intellectual Education Institutes and Programs in Riyadh

Abstract

The aim of this study is to detect the most important difficulties that face

the employment of persons with intellectual disability from the perspective
of workers in the Intellectual Education institutes and programs in Riyadh.
The study population consisted of (945) workers in the Intellectual Education
institutes and programs in Riyadh. The study reached the following results:
1- People with intellectual disabilities did not have some of the necessary
skills to work limits their employment opportunities. 2- Intellectually
disabled person didn›t receive necessary training to do his/ her job properly.
3- The inability of persons with disabilities to use modern technologies
limits their employment opportunities. 4- Foreign labor with low cost and
high productivity is prefered than people with intellectual disabilities. 5-
Intellectually disabled persons didn›t receive necessary training to do their
job properly. 6- The wrong methods in education such as excess protection
for people with intellectual disabilities by their families prevent them from
employment. 7- Family fear from the bad treatment of others to people with
intellectual disabilities in the workplace. 8- The negative trend from family
toward capabilities and efficiency of persons with intellectual disability limits
their employment opportunities.