Issues of Children with Disabilities as Reflected in the Jordanian Media from their Parents’ Perception: A SWOT Analysis

A SWOT study was conducted to analyze parents' perspective on the degree to which Jordanian media covers issues of children with disabilities; the study sample consisted of 129 parents.Th e researchers constructed a scale consisting of 28 items; furthermore, validity and reliability coeffi cients of the scale were extracted.Results showed a moderate level of media coverage regarding issues of children with disabilities; social media was given the highest rating followed by visual and audio media, and lastly print media such as newspapers and magazines.However, the majority of media coverage addressed physical and health issues and communicative disorders.Finally, recommendations to improve practices were provided.