Aims

The KDA aims to achieve the following objectives:

1. To represent individuals with dyslexia in Kuwait and the rest of the Arab world and to attend to their needs and advocate their welfare;
2. to develop services which cater for the needs of people with dyslexia in Kuwait and the rest of the Arab world;
3. to increase awareness of dyslexia in Kuwait and the Arab world;
4. to develop dyslexia screening, diagnostic and assessment tools in Arabic;
5. to provide specialised teacher training in dyslexia;
6. to make available materials, resources and multi-sensory teaching aids;
7. to publish a dyslexia quarterly magazine, an academic peer-reviewed journal and a year book on dyslexia;
8. to organise lectures, seminars, conferences where parents, educators, dyslexics, policy makers and other relevant organisations and officials can participate and discuss up-to-date dyslexia theories and good practice;
9. to provide advice on intervention policies for individuals with dyslexia;
10. to co-operate with other relevant organisations within Kuwait and elsewhere to develop inclusion and intervention policies.