Attitude of parents towards social acceptance of visually impaired children in rural area of South 24 Parganas

The study attempts to investigate the attitude of parents towards social acceptance of visually impaired children. The study also aims to find out the levels of difference among the attitude of different sub category of parents towards visually impaired children. Parental attitude scale has been constructed on the basis of Likert's 5 point scale. It consists of two sub-scales (i. Caring attitude and ii. Discriminating attitude). Data were collected from 70 parents under 8 Circle Level Resource Rooms and analyzed by using descriptive statistics and ANOVA. The result indicates that the parents have positive attitude towards the social acceptance of visually impaired children. However parental attitude towards social acceptance of visually impaired children is affected by their education and occupation.© The Secretary, Ramakrishna Mission Sikshanamandir