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FULL KUWAIT-SAUDI COOPERATION IN THE AUTISM FIELD -- PRINCESS SAMIRA
KUWAIT -- SHE ADDED THAT THE CENTER STARTED ACCEPTING FOUR CHILDREN AND
FOUR TEACHERS, IN ADDITION TO AN ADVISER, WHERE NOW THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN
REACHED 13 AND THERE ARE 47 CHILDREN ON THE WAITING LIST.
REGARDING THE BRANCHES OF THE CENTER IN SAUDI-ARABIA, PRINCESS SAMIRA SAID
THAT THE TWO AUTISM CENTERS IN RIYADH AND JEDDAH HAVE NO BRANCHES, ALTHOUGH
THERE IS COOPERATION BETWEEN PRINCE FAISAL'S MOTHER CENTER AND ONE OF THE
SCHOOLS IN AL-QASEEM AREA TO ESTABLISH A DEPARTMENT FOR THE AUTISTIC CHILDREN
THERE.
AS FOR THE NUMBER OF AUTISTIC CHILDREN IN SAUDI-ARABIA, PRINCESS SAMINRA
SAID THERE ARE NO OFFICIAL STATISTIC BUT THE INTERNATIONAL STATITIC INIDCATES
THAT THERE IS NOE AUTISTIC CHILD OUT OF EVERY 10,000 CHILDREN.
SHE ADDED THAT ACCORDING TO THE INTERNATIONAL STATISTIC AND THE NUMBER OF
POPULATION IN SAUDI-ARABIA, THERE IS ABOUT 30,000-42,000 AUTISTIC CASES.
PRINCESS SAMIRA POINTED OUT THERE IS A ONE-YEAR TRAINING CONTRACT BETWEEN
KUWAIT'S AUTISM CENTER AND THE CENTER OF PRINCE FAISAL'S MOTHER TO TRAIN THE
TEACHERS OF THE CENTER AND THAKE CARE OF THE AUTISTIC CHILDREN.
PRINCESS SAMIRA, WHO STARTED HER THREE-DAY VISIT TO KUWAIT LAST MONDAY,
PARTICIPATED IN THE FIFTH SPORTS FESTIVAL, HELD BY KUWAIT'S AUTISM CENTER AND
MET THE SOCIAL AFFAIRS AND LABOR UNDERSECRETARY SHEIKH DUAIJ AL-KHALIFA
AL-MALEK AL-SABAH.
PRINCESS SAMIRA ALSO PAID THE KUWAITI HANDICAPPED SOCIETY A VISIT, IN
ADDITION TO OTHER SOCIAL CARE AND PRIVATE EDUCATION CENTERS. (END)
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