Experts often say that children with autism are not less but different from other kids. What parents and people in general need to know is the basic understanding of such children.

In what could be a first-of-its-kind internationally, a team of researchers led by a Qatari professor is developing a bilingual online platform to provide remote learning access for children with autism

The Permanent Delegation of Qatar to the United Nations has organised, in partnership with the Shafallah Centre; Mada Centre for Assistive Technology; the Health and Human Technology Department at the Faculty of Engineering and Science at Hamad Bin Khalifa University

The Permanent Mission of Qatar to the United Nations, together with the Mission of Bangladesh and the US 'Autism Speaks' Association, held a high-level session on the occasion of the World Autism Awareness Day.

The new programme stems from a 2016 WISH report that highlighted a global need to better identify the challenges faced by people with autism.

The event, dubbed ‘Autism Walkathon – A Walk against Stigma’ and organised by the Qatar Institute for Speech and Hearing (QISH), forms part of the World Autism Awareness Day in Doha.

Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC) Child Development Center treated a total of 3,580 children with autism in 2017, a senior official said.

Healthcare organisations have lined up a number of initiatives to raise awareness on autism throughout April as Qatar has set up several goals to provide the best care for people with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Qatar gives increasing importance to people with disabilities of all categories, especially those with autism, ministers said.

The World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) collaborated with the LFC Foundation, the official charity of Liverpool Football Club (LFC), to host a week-long football training course that addressed effective ways for people working in sports in Qatar to engage with children who have autism, or sens

Katara-the Cultural Village hosted Qatar’s first ever unique exhibition by a seven-year old Qatari artist with autism, Amer al-Mansoori.

Sidra Medical and Research Center (Sidra) will accept ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) referrals from schools, complementing the recently launched Qatar Autism Plan.