Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz, the Acting Governor of Riyadh Region reiterated Monday on the importance of the Third International Conference on Disability and Rehabilitation, now in progress in Riyadh. In a press statement following the opening of the Conference on behalf of Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz, Prince Sattam expressed his sincere wishes to all participants and success and progress for all persons with disabilities. On his part, Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, hoped that the findings and recommendations of the conference would be in conformity with the level of responsibility and challenges. As regards an amount of SR 50 million to support Disability Research announced recently, Prince Sultan bin Salman said that this is one of the agreements signed by the Prince Salman Center for Disability Research with the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology in Jeddah, several months ago in the presence of the Crown Prince, adding that it has started a number of researches, including a research on stem cells. He disclosed that the Center is working on the preparation of a specialized program which will be called Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz program for advanced researches based on generous grant provided by the Crown Prince (SR Ten million a year), indicating that the center has received some philanthropists to provide annual grants in supporting this program. Prince Salman Center for Disability Research has signed an agreement with the Ministry of Higher Education last year and that they have begun to implement the agreement and is sending the first batch for the program of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques for foreign scholarships for 100 students with disabilities.
