The major purposes of this study were assessing the level of participation ofrnstudents with special needs in extra curricular activities, identifying factors thatrnaffect their participation and problems that regular teachers face to includernstudents with disabilities in extracurricular activities. To achieve the pUlposesrndescriptive survey method was applied. In the study, 3 groups of samplesrnencompassing 53 regular teachers, 56 students without special needs and 34rnstudents with special needs participated.rnObservation guide and questionnaire were the instntments u sed to collect data.rnAnalysis was made both quantitatively and qualitatively. Both quantitatiue andrnqualitative analyses of data revealed that majority of students with specialrnneeds are kept out of extracurricular participation. The t-test employed showedrnstatistically significant difference in the pm1icipation between the speciC/1 needrnand the non- special n eed groups, in which special need students were in lowerrnleuel of pm1icipation. Nevertheless, no significant difference was found betweenrnmale and female s tudent within the special n eed group.rnIn the attempt to identify factors affecting students' pm1icipation lack of interestrnby themselves, discouraging attitude from non-special need peers, lack ofrninitiation (interest) from the teachers to include them in such activities , lack ofrntime and less suitability of activities practiced in schools to their participationrnwere identified a s the stumbling blocks in their participation. Regarding thernproblems faced by teache rs in including students with special needs tornpm1icipation in extracurricular activities lack of proper tmining, absence ofrnguiding material, lo w interest and lack of awareness from students, schools'rninability to provide material aid to thes e pupils and lack of suppol1 to teachers'rneffol1 were identified as impeding factors.rnBased on the finding s some pragmatic measures were suggested to improve thernparticipation of students with special needs ill extracun-icular activities, whichrncan e nhance the growth and development of these children.