Int’l conference presses for law, awareness to ensure rights of special people A two-day international conference on autism opened in Dhaka yesterday with a call for promoting legislative and policy actions to ensure quality healthcare for autistic people, especially the children. The conference has brought together government leaders, policymakers, experts and activists from around the ... Read more
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Autism initiatives hold ray of hopes
When Salma Zaman took her four-year-old autistic boy Tawsif to a diagnostic centre, she heard a man asking a nurse whether the test has any side effects on the “abnormal” baby. “I know my child has some problems. But when someone terms him abnormal, it is really heartbreaking,” said Salma, who attended an international conference ... Read more
No exact figure of autistic children in Bangladesh
Int’l Autism Conference Begins Tomorrow The two-day international conference on “Autism spectrum disorders and developmental disabilities in Bangladesh and South Asia” begins in Dhaka tomorrow (Monday) to raise awareness on the neuro-development disease. President of Indian Congress Party Sonia Gandhi will grace the inaugural session, to be held at