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Campaign held under the patronage of HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum DEWA supports Dubai Autism Center’s 20th Autism Awareness Campaign as Sustainability Partner · DEWA Podcasts

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  Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, or DIWA,
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  is supporting the Dubai Autism Centre's 20th
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  Autism Awareness Campaign as its sustainability
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  partner. The campaign is held under the patronage
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  of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin
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  Rashid Al Maktoum and focuses on creating truly
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  inclusive environments for people with autism.
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  This year's message goes beyond formal accessibility.
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  The campaign highlights the need for real environmental
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  adaptation, spaces that respond dynamically to
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  the individual needs of every person with autism.
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  Speaking on the occasion, His Excellency Saeed
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  Mohamed Attair, MD, and CEO of Diwa, said, In
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  line with Dubai's vision to be a people -of -determination
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  -friendly city, and the objectives of the Dubai
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  Social Agenda 33, we are committed to supporting
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  and empowering people of determination within
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  society and to providing an inclusive and sustainable
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  environment that ensures their active participation
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  on an equal basis with others. We collaborate
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  with our partners to create new and innovative
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  pathways that enable people of determination
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  to integrate into society and unlock their full
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  potential. We provide them with the best services,
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  initiatives and programmes that enhance quality
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  of life and support overall wellbeing, including
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  psychological and social stability. The Dubai
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  Autism Centre's initiatives and campaigns play
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  a vital role in enriching the experience of people
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  of determination with autism, supporting work
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  and educational environments in achieving their
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  goals in this area. They mobilise the efforts
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  of autism -friendly entities to expand opportunities
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  to empower and qualify people of determination
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  with autism, Ataya added. Mohamed Al -Imadi,
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  Director General and Board Member of the Dubai
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  Autism Center, thanked Diwa for its continued
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  support and praised its leadership in social
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  responsibility. He also highlighted Diwa's recent
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  certification of five centres as autism -friendly
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  environments, a strong sign of its long -term
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  commitment to inclusion and to making Dubai a
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  fully inclusive city for people of determination.