Institutional development · Student experience, equity and outcomes · Iraq
University of Kufa student study proposes support centres for people with Down syndrome
A student study presented at a University of Kufa Faculty of Jurisprudence event, held during a cultural festival, proposed establishing support centres for people with Down syndrome.
Why it matters: The University of Kufa's special needs, rehabilitation and employment, and counselling units are the bodies that organised the event where the support-centre proposal was presented.
The University of Kufa said its Faculty of Jurisprudence held a scholarly event as part of the Fadakiyya Sermon Cultural Festival.
According to the university, the event was organised by its special needs unit together with the rehabilitation and employment unit and the psychological counselling and educational guidance division of the university presidency.
The university reported that student Ithar Mahmoud Taqi presented a study on care and empowerment for people with Down syndrome, which put forward a project to establish centres to support them.
Editor’s view
Rachel Smith, Students and International Editor
The event brought the university's special needs, rehabilitation and employment, and psychological counselling units together around a student proposal to create support centres for people with Down syndrome.
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