Educational Rehabilitation: A Missing Component of T eaeher Education at Addis Ababa University

Abstract

An attempt is made to briefly survey the state and magnitude of
disability, and the nature of rehabilitational and/or rehabilitation provisions in
Ethiopia. Particular consideration is made for studying the status of Educational
Rehabilitation or Special Education in the country. Furthermore, a historical
sketch on the emergence and development of Educational Rehabilitation as a
discipline and its basic the"Oretical assumptions are discussed. In view of the
present conditions and future trends of Educational Rehabilitation in the country,
realistic-oriented measures need to be undertaken on the part of the Faculty of
Education of Addis Ababa University are envisaged