Disability and Rehabilitation Conference
On behalf of the Saudi monarch, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, & Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, Supreme President of the Prince Salman Center for Disability Research this evening, the opening ceremony of the Fourth International Conference on Disability and Rehabilitation and the awarding of the Prince Salman Award for Disability Research In its first session, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Riyadh.
Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Prince Salman Society and Center for Disability Research, Chairman of the Supervisory Committee organizing the Fourth International Conference on Disability and Rehabilitation & assured that great ambitions in this scientific forum simulate the King’s ambition in serving scientific and humanitarian issues and contribute to making fundamental shifts in all areas related to his competence and from The most important of these is the consolidation of the culture of "scientific research from theorizing to application", and the home of the Two Holy Mosques, the cradle of the message, and the country of goodness.
Prince Sultan bin Salman pointed out that the concerted efforts of ten specialized bodies in organizing the conference come as an affirmation of the spirit of partnership that characterizes the sectors of Saudi society and the keenness of all parties to perform their social responsibilities in the highest form, and from here we realize the harmony of performance in facing this issue, noting the work of the center to prepare Specialized groups of national scientific cadres working to convert scientific research into treatment and rehabilitation, in addition to the center organizing more than two hundred specialized scientific activities, and more than (64) strategic agreements have been signed locally, regionally and internationally.
The ion committees reached the following winners of the award in its first session
First: The Selection Committee for the Prince Salman Award for Disability Research decided to grant the award in the topic (health and medical sciences in the field of disability research) to Professor Dr. Fawzan bin Sami Al-Qurie (a Saudi national) who works as a researcher, expert and consultant at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center in Riyadh, and was nominated for the award By King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center in Riyadh, which has distinguished research in the field of medical and health sciences related to disability, which contributed to the advancement of scientific research in the field of disability in the Kingdom.
Second: The Selection Committee for the Prince Salman Prize for Disability Research decided to award the award in the topic (Educational Sciences and Teaching in the Field of Disability Research), to: Prof. Dr. Anne B. Trumbull (American), and Prof. Dr. H. Rutherford Trump (American), and they are: The founders and co-directors of the Beach Center for Disability at the University of Kansas were nominated for the award by the Department of Special Education at the University of Kansas in the United States of America, and were awarded in recognition of their distinguished research efforts in the field of educational sciences related to disability.
Third: The Selection Committee for the Prince Salman Award for Disability Research decided to award the award in the topic (Rehabilitation and Social Sciences in the Field of Disability Research), to each of: Prof. Dr. Hugh M. Hur (American) working at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States of America, and nominated The award was awarded by the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center in Riyadh, and Professor Margaret J. Steinman (an American national) works at the University of Pennsylvania in the United States of America. In the field of rehabilitation and social sciences related to disability.
The conference discussed & (6) main themes that include medical research, educational and educational fields, the social and psychological axis, training, qualifying and employing people with special needs, legislation and rights related to them, in addition to the educational media. The Saudi Commission for Health Specialties accredited attendance at the conference with (21) hours of continuous medical education.
