Jegatheesan, B., Miller, P. J., & Fowler, S. A. (2010). Autism from a Religious Perspective: A Study of Parental Beliefs in South Asian Muslim Immigrant Families. Focus On Autism And Other Developmental Disabilities, 25(2), 98-109.
Islam views of disability. Like individuals of the LDS faith, Muslim parents have expressed a feeling of gratitude when responding to questions about having a child with a disability, autism specifically. They believe that Allah, their god, sent the child with special abilities and needs to their family. According to these parents, Allah selected them based on their “moral character, loving nature, and resilience; their ability to protect the child; and their fate or Karmic connection to the child” (Jegatheesan, Miller, & Fowler, 2010, p. 101). The parents of the Muslim faith felt honored to be the parents of a child with special needs
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