​Recently, H.M. King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, approved the organizing of International Conference on Assistive Technology and Special Needs Persons by Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University on the next February 19-20.

A cable on that context has sent by H.E. Prof. Dr. Khaled Al-Angry, Minister of Higher Education, to H.E. Prof. Dr. Suliman Aba Al-Khail, Rector of Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University. The event has scheduled to showcase cutting edge technology and practical solutions that can be utilized to remove the barriers that prevent the full participation of those of special needs in educational, workplace and social settings; the conference is the largest of its kind in the region.