The course provides a basic college culture of understanding, accepting, and integrating individuals with special needs in the community. This course is designed to provide an overview of medical terminologies and descriptions of major diseases or injuries associated with disabilities. The course discusses the sociocultural, psychological, functional, and economic consequences of handicaps affecting the individual, the family and the society. The emphasis will be laid on the Jordanian and the Arabic individuals and communities. A variety of diagnoses across different lifespan millstones of congenital and acquired nature will be discussed. Upon successful completion of this course, the students will be able to understand the common physical and mental roots of disabilities and their typical prognoses. The course will outline the rights and responsibilities of individuals with special needs and major available resources/skills to accommodate their needs. The course will equip the students with the basic community knowledge required to help in boosting individuals with special needs independency and life quality.