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NHRC attends webinar on supporting people with Autism Spectrum Disorder
QNA/Doha
Published on April 02, 2024 | 11:51 PM
The National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) Tuesday participated in a webinar titled ‘Respecting and Upholding the Rights of People with Autism: National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) perspective’. The event was organized by Oman Human Rights Commission in collaboration with the Asia-Pacific Forum via Zoom application to mark the World Autism Awareness Day 2024.Addressing the webinar, HE Chairperson of the NHRC and GANHRI Maryam bint Abdullah al-Attiyah affirmed that humanity is passing through a critical period of scientific and technological evolution in the third decade of the 21st century, however, the world is still oblivious to the autism disease amid the unprecedented mounting cases of autism worldwide, prompting a larger role in upgrading the recognition of the rights of People with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) that dramatically affects nearly 70mn people worldwide.
HE al-Attiyah highlighted that based on the estimations of the World Health Organization (WHO), one in every 160 children suffers from ASD, along with 1 or 2% of the total population suffer from ASD. She emphasized that these facts and plight have triggered numerous governmental and non-governmental institutions to operate in elevating [...]