FURTHERING Dubai's commitment to accessible travel and to raise autism awareness, Emirates invited 30 families from United Arab Emirates with neurodiverse children to have a real check-in experience and familiarization flight in Terminal 3 Dubai International Airport. The initiative was designed to help the children practice and alleviate anxieties before travelling as well as providing a unique opportunity for Emirates to collaborate with key partners and garner insights for improving accessible travel.
Emirates hosted Hessa Buhumaid, director general of the Community Development Authority of Dubai, along with 30 neurodiverse children aged between 8 and 12 years old from Dubai Autism Centre, Safe Centre for Autism, Rashid Centre for People of Determination and the New England Centre Children Clinic to attend the flight, including their caregivers. Emirates also invited a neurodiverse child with Angelman Syndrome to join the experience, a condition, which could cause delayed development, problems with speech and balance, intellectual disability and seizures.
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