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DUBAI, April 2, 2019 (WAM) – The Dubai Autism Center has launched its Autism Awareness Campaign as part of the twelfth World Autism Awareness Day, celebrated each year on April 2.
Autism, or Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), refers to a wide range of conditions characterized by challenges in social skills, communication and language, as well as a narrow range of interests and activities specific to the individual and conducted in a repetitive manner. According to the World Health Organization, WHO, it is estimated that one out of 160 children has an ASD in the world.
On World Autism Awareness Day, the international community is coming together. Hundreds of thousands of monuments, buildings, homes and communities around the world are light blue to pay homage to people living with autism. Autism-friendly educational events and activities take place throughout the month to increase understanding and acceptance and foster global support.
Since 2006, the Dubai Autism Center has been organizing events and activities that highlight the importance of community support for promoting social inclusion and inclusion of people with autism.
The Center's campaign is being held under the patronage of H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Board of Dubai. It includes several presentations in schools and public services with the aim of raising awareness and promoting a better understanding of the various challenges related to people with autism and the need for early intervention for them.
Commenting on the launch of this year's Autism Awareness Campaign, Mohammed Al Emadi, General Manager and Board Member of the Dubai Autism Center, said: "The awareness campaign is going to be a great success. part of the Dubai Disability Strategy 2020, launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Sovereign of Dubai, aims to position the emirate as Friends City determined people, with the aim of promoting the inclusion of people with autism in the community and allow them to be interested in their environment as capable individuals. "
"The Dubai Autism Center is continuously committed to providing rehabilitation services for people with autism and raising public awareness of the issues of autistic children and their families.The Center is truly improving people's lives through to his activities all year round, "he added. .
Al Emadi emphasized the importance of community support to families with autistic children, adding that they faced psychological, social and economic issues that could be overcome by increasing public awareness of the problem. # 39; autism.
The Dubai Autism Center is a non-profit organization established in 2001 to successfully integrate children with autism into the general public through targeted efforts to raise awareness of autism spectrum disorders in society.
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