Another Autism centre to be established

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Another Autism centre to be established

Provincial Secretary for Special Education Sindh, Ahsan Ali Mangi said that the government would soon establish the second Autism Centre in Karachi. This centre would be dedicated for the children up to the age of 18 years affected by Autism.

He said this while addressing Autism Awareness Session organized by Institute of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (IPM&R), Dow University of Health Sciences. The Seminar was attended by senior faculty members of the university including Dr. Nabila Soomro, Dr. Irum Rizwan and the parents of the affected children.

Ahsan Ali Mangi further informed that this center will provide education and vocational training to the children up to the age of 18 years which was not introduced or available before in any government sector. Autism Centre is first of its kinds in the provision of education and training to the autism affected children which is established at Dow University of Health and Sciences, before that the all centres established used to provide educational and professional training to the children up to the age of 12 years only. The Sindh government is planning to construct hostels which would cater for the accommodation of people even over the age of 18 years.

In these centres, autism patients will not only be able to live a routine life but also they can earn their livelihood through special skills taught to them. He further said that the act for the heir ship and other such legal rights for these affected children would also be passed by the Sindh Assembly before July this year.

During the awareness session, parents of the Autistic children told the audience that their children have shown a significant amount of progress after dedicated education and training provided to them. They no more create problems for their parents and have learnt to live their routine life like other normal children. The autism affected children presented a variety of tableaus and sung national songs at the beginning.

2018-05-10T13:33:57+00:00