ABSTRACT
As argued in Chapter One, the medical model of disability that underlies existing legislation and practice in Jordan has perpetuated negative attitudes, policies, and behaviour towards disabled people, especially with regard to their economic participation. Moreover, it can be argued that the economic needs and priorities of disabled people in Jordan have never been properly identified, nor have they been adequately met. Therefore, disabled people encounter a variety of problems. This research is founded on the view that there is a need to adopt the social perspective of understanding and dealing with disability issues. This perspective moves the location of the problem of disability from residing within the individual to society. To explore this argument, the study· involved participatory field work research aimed at obtaining information from disabled people themselves regarding their
n~ priorities and perceptions of their economic situation, as well as of the problems they encountered.
