Dubai Autism Center

Dubai Autism Center is a non-profit organization launched in 2001 with the main objective is to successfully integrate children with autism into the community with focused efforts to create social awareness about Autism. The Centre also works toward facilitating a better community understanding of autism by launching periodical, public and targeted, awareness campaigns. The major awareness campaign is launched annually on the 2nd of April and lasts for the full month. The campaign is supported by TV, radio, outdoors, and press advertising as well as talk shows and several crowd pulling and interest generating activities. Autism is a complex neurobiological disorder that lasts throughout a persons life; it affects the persons verbal and non verbal communications as well as imaginative play and social skills. ASD transcends social, cultural and geographic boundaries. According to recent studies, 1 out of every 68 children is affected by ASD.