Today, the activities of the first consultative forum for autism, organized by the King Salman Center for Disability Research under the auspices of His Royal Highness Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the King Salman Center for Disability Research, kicked off for one day at the Riyadh Hilton Hotel.
The Executive Director-General and Director of Research and Training at the Center, Dr. Ola Muhyiddin Abu Sukkar, indicated that the electronic registration site received the registration of more than two hundred Saudi families with children and young people with autism to benefit from this forum, which will focus on activating the role of the family to train and rehabilitate their children. Autism spectrum disorder as the main pillar of the educational and training process.
She indicated that the forum hosts a group of consultants and specialists in this field, including the Executive Director of the National Program for Growth and Behavior Disorders at the Ministry of Health, Dr. Samira Al-Ghamdi, and a clinical psychologist specializing in the field of family and childhood Dr. Amal Al-Yamani, and Assistant Professor of Special Education at Taif University, Dr. Fahd Al-Nimri. And a consultant in child and adolescent psychiatry, Dr. Bashayer Al-Marri, and a consultant of pediatric neurology, Dr. Hisham Al-Dhalaan, a consultant professor in the Department of Pediatric Dentistry at King Saud University, Dr. Ibtisam Morshed, and a senior specialist in speech and language at the Autism Research Center at the Specialist Malak Al-Ramadi Hospital, and the occupational therapist at the Autism Research Center, Shahd Al-Khalifa In addition to the Director of Training and Academic Affairs at the King Salman Center for Disability Research, Nada Al-Sajan, to respond to attendance inquiries from parents of children with autism spectrum disorder.
Ola confirmed that the center will organize this forum to be an annual event coinciding with the center’s participation in the International Day of Autism, which falls on the second of April of each year, calling for concerted efforts and the participation of different parties to include, besides local experts, attracting a group of scholars in this field from different around the world.
