PM reviews National Action Plan for Autism

HE the Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani yesterday chaired a meeting on the National Action Plan for Autism. The meeting was attended by ministers concerned with the implementation of the plan, members of the Qatar Autism Families Association, and the working group in charge of preparing the plan. The meeting reviewed the draft plan, the proposed governance structure, in addition to the main recommendations related to the objectives of the plan. The Prime Minister directed the bodies concerned to speed up implementation of the plan with the co-operation of all government and semi-governmental agencies, and civil society organisations and the private sector. The National Action Plan for Autism aims at improving the lives of individuals with autism disorder and their families. Autism is characterised by difficulty in communicating and forming relationships with other people and in using language and abstract concepts.