Launching the first Saudi guide for artificial intelligence tools and applications for persons with disabilities

Imam Abdul Rahman bin Faisal University launched a leading initiative at the level of Saudi Arabia, which was the issuance of the first guide to the tools and applications of artificial intelligence friendly to persons with disabilities, in a move that reflects its deep commitment to the concepts of educational justice, and the activation of national systems regarding the rights of people with disabilities in education and digital empowerment.

The President of Imam Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Dr. Fahd Al -Harbi, explained that this initiative comes based on the system of people with disabilities, which represents a comprehensive legal framework for ensuring the basic rights of persons with disabilities in the Kingdom, which reflects the state’s direction to apply relevant international covenants, develop national policies and practices supporting this category, and providing specialized educational tools that contribute to achieving inclusion and digital fairness.

The Dean of E -Learning, Dr. Munira Al -Muhashir, showed that the project comes within the strategic direction of the university towards comprehensive and sustainable digital education, and it is the first evidence of its kind at the level of Saudi universities, including a comprehensive set of smart applications designed to support learning and academic interaction of various segments of students with disabilities, and these applications were classified according to the type of disability, in a way that ensures the suitability of technology for the needs of each category, and these tools contribute to promoting Self -education opportunities, improving digital interaction, providing supportive means reduce academic barriers, and gives students more independence in the educational process.