KARACHI: Special Assistant to Chief Minister Sindh on Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPD) Syed Qasim Naveed Qamar said that there was a dire need to create awareness on Autism as mostly it was an ignored subject.
This he said while talking to a delegation of The Autism Spectrum Disorders Welfare Trust (ASDWT) here in his office on Monday, said a statement.               ASDWT Chairperson Dr. Salma Khalil, Manager Human Resource Ms. Shams,
Deputy Secretary DEPD Shahzaib Shaikh and other officers were also present.
He admitted that many non-governmental   organizations were working
in Karachi on Autism but in other parts of the province, it was needed to be focused on the children suffering from Autism.
Qamar asked them to extend their services to remote areas of the province and especially to train teachers in primary schools how to identify the children suffering from Autism and to create a critical mass of trained doctors, teachers, professionals, parents and other caregivers in the field of Autism Spectrum Disorders.
He agreed to involve civil society groups, students, volunteers, communities and media in cities, towns and villages in a matter relating to support and guidance to families for diagnosis, assessment and training.
He said that children with Autism could perform as normal children if they were given proper care and treatment.