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FULL KUWAIT-SAUDI COOPERATION IN THE AUTISM FIELD -- PRINCESS SAMIRA
BY ABDULRAZAQ AL-HIZAMI
KUWAIT, MARCH 28 (KUNA) -- DIRECTOR OF AL-FAISAL AUTISM CENTER IN RIYADH,
PRINCESS SAMIRA BIN ABDULLAH AL-FAISAL AL-SAUD PRAISED WEDNESDAY THE
COOPERATION BETWEEN SAUDI ARABIA AND KUWAIT IN TAKING CARE OF THE
AUTISM-INFLICTED CHILDREN.
PRINCESS SAMIRA TOLD KUWAIT NEWS AGENCY (KUNA) THAT THE FIRST KUWAIT-SAUDI
COOPERATION IN THIS FIELD WAS IN 1993 WHEN KUWAIT'S AUTISM CENTER, CHAIRED BY
DR, SAMIRA AL-SAAD, TRAINED 10 SAUDI TEACHERS IN THIS FIELD.
SHE POINTED OUT THAT AFTER THOSE TEACHERS WERE TRAINED, THE FIRST AUTISM
CENTER IN JEDDAH WAS ESTABLISHED, WHICH THEN BECAME JEDDAH'S AUTISM CENTER.
THE CENTER, WHICH OFFERS SERVICES FOR OVER 30 AUTISTIC CHILDREN, IS
SPONSORED BY PRINCESS FAHDA BINT SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ AL-SAUD AND IS MANAGED BY
FAWZIAH AL-TASSAN.
PRINCESS SAMIRA SAID THAT AL-FAISAL AUTISM CENTER IN RIYADH IS PRINCE
FAISAL BIN FAHAD'S MOTHER CENTER, WHERE IT WAS ESTABLISHED LAST YEAR UNDER THE
SUPERVISION OF PRINCESS AL-JAWHARA BINT FAISAL BIN TURKI, NAHLA AL-ASSAF AND
YASSER AL-FAHAD, IN ADDITION TO HER EFFORTS.
SHE POINTED OUT THAT THE CENTER OFFERS EDUCATIONAL, REHABILITATION AND
ENLIGHTENMENT SERVICES FOR THE AUTISTIC CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES. (MORE)
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