a campaign to unite my will
Aims at spreading awareness and correcting misconceptions Fahad Al-Otaibi - Previously - Al-Taif: Under the slogan "I have my will," the fifth year students of the Faculty of Medicine at Taif University today, with the support of the Health Awareness Club at the Deanship of Student Affairs, organized an awareness campaign on autism disorder aimed at spreading awareness and correcting misconceptions For autism. Dr. Dalal Mohieddin Namangani praised the efforts of the students in organizing the campaign, which led to the achievement of the desired goals and the continuation of the College of Medicine in the Female Section and the Health Awareness Club in communicating with the community, and the interest in health education as a basic seed for disease awareness, which leads to prevention and reduces the complications of ignorance in dealing with General diseases.
The campaign included an exhibition that includes educational corners that explain to visiting families the importance of early diagnosis and intervention in treating an autistic child and its great impact on improving his condition, in addition to a special corner to guide mothers on how to deal with an autistic child and the positive behaviors that must be followed in dealing with him.
The campaign included a special corner for autistic children in which they presented various recreational activities, in addition to lectures given by specialized doctors who indicated that autism tends to be a behavioral disorder rather than a disease and that these children suffer from autism and this is not their only characteristic, and that defining it and placing it within the framework of one characteristic exposes the child to danger The wrong judgment. They also discussed how to win over autism and what is the future of treatment for autistic children, and answered the attendees ’inquiries in this regard.
The students expressed their happiness at their active participation in the success of this targeted awareness campaign and their thanks and appreciation to the children''s consultant at Taif University, to Dr. Varyhan Helmy, for her efforts to make this work a success.
