Leading industrialist urges support for autistic children

AMMAN – Ziad Homsi, president of the Amman Chamber of Industry (ACI), on Sunday urged the private sector in Jordan to support associations that train and rehabilitate autistic children, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

During his visit to the Society for Care of Gifted Autistic Children on the occasion of World Autism Awareness Day, Homsi said that it is part of social responsibility to support this group of children with disorders.

Homsi also commended the role played by the association in providing free-of-charge services to the families of autistic children and he stressed the importance of placing more focus on autism for the increase the number of diagnosed children, and the high costs shouldered by families to treat their children.