The study aimed at identifying the provided social support and its relationship with self -esteem and gender among the blind in Jordan. The study members consisted of (62) blind persons: (30) males and (32) females who aged between (12-15). The scale of Al-Hindawi (2011) for social support and the scale of Al-majari (2011) for self -esteem were used where the psychometric features of the two scales were verified. The results indicated that the provided social support was on average level and

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... t the level of self -esteem was medium. The results also revealed a positive correlation between the provided social support and self -esteem. The results also pointed out the absence of statistically significant differences in the provided social support due to the variable of gender and the non -existence of statistically significant differences in the level of self -esteem due to gender in all dimensions except for the physical dimension and the emotional dimension where the differences came in favor of the males among the blind in Jordan. Based on these results, the researcher recommends the necessity to urge and guide the general and private sector institutions to provide all types of support to the blind to reduce their suffering, facilitate their incorporation in society and raise the level of self -esteem among the blind in Jordan.