The Autism Families Association achieves the international award for “Best Work Environment” in the Kingdom
1 February, 2024 by
عالية العتيبي




The Autism Families Association has achieved a new important achievement in its long journey of success, as it obtained an international certificate, Great Place to Work, as the first association in the Kingdom to achieve this unique achievement.

His Highness, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Society, Prince Saud bin Abdulaziz bin Farhan Al Saud, stated: “This victory comes as a result of sincere hard work and constant effort towards developing and empowering people with autism spectrum disorder and their families and upgrading the services provided to them to the best levels and in accordance with the highest standards. Thanks and appreciation go to our male and female colleagues.” From the distinguished work team in the association... and what is coming, God willing, will be more beautiful.”

The year 2023 witnessed a large number of projects, forums and conferences organized by the association, starting with the artistic project Risha Spectrum, which aims to empower and refine artistic skills for people with autism, through to achieving the Guinness World Record through the “Praise for Autism” campaign in conjunction with Autism Spectrum Disorder Awareness Month. Work was completed on the largest project of its kind in the Kingdom, the “Aziz Specter Caravan,” which aimed to deliver mobile services to people with autism, as it traveled more than 14,000 kilometers to all regions of the Kingdom, which continued for four continuous months... leading to the conference on developing autism services through innovation and integration in cooperation with the Ministry. Defense, which witnessed the presence of elite experts and specialists from around the world in the fields of autism and technology. The year concluded with the launch of the first 3D autism series in the world.

It is not surprising that these major successes come successively, starting from an organized internal work environment characterized by creativity, excellence and ambition.