Support services for people with disabilities

Support services for people with disabilities

Serving and integrating students with special needs is one of the priorities that KAU seeks to achieve. KAU has worked to create effective mechanisms to take into account the rights of people with special needs and to provide support and appropriate service to their needs according to the available capabilities. The mechanisms include:

• Forming a Higher Committee headed by His Excellency the President of the University and a Permanent Committee for Students with Disabilities headed by the Dean of Student Affairs to take care of the rights of students with special needs, with a representation of students with special needs from various disabilities in these committees.
• Providing counselling programs to help students with special needs.
• Forming a Technical Committee to undertake the tasks of classifying students with special needs who are eligible for aid and directing the remuneration administration to complete and disburse due cases. Around 88% of students with special needs who applied received subsidies.
• Providing a specific body at the university to take care of people with special needs from their registration until their graduation, the Center for People with Special Needs at the Vice Deanship of Student Affairs for People with Special Needs.
• Providing appropriate facilities and equipment for people with special needs.
• A Higher Committee chaired by the Vice-Dean for Projects, an Executive Committee chaired by the Deanship of Student Affairs Vice-Dean for Students with Special Needs and a Permanent Committee are formed to speed up and follow up the implementation of accessibility projects within the university facilities with providing channels for submitting proposals or complaints about any obstacles facing students with special needs using both paper and online forms.
• Defining criteria and mechanisms for accepting students with special needs in undergraduate and postgraduate programs and facilitating their acceptance in the university and the services provided to them through the Screening and placement committee for students with special needs.
• Roadmap for the development of programs for people with special needs at KAU. It aims at inducing a path for deaf school students to be able to enroll in the university and developing essential skills to deal with those students.
• Take the necessary measures to organize the participation of students with special needs in sports activities and to represent the university in the Saudi Universities Sports Federation Championships, which are held annually at the level of Saudi universities under direct supervision from the Ministry of Education.

King Abdulaziz University aims to empower students with disabilities by providing a comprehensive range of academic, social, and technical services, ensuring a supportive and complete learning experience. The services include:

• Providing Electronic Curricula: Converting curricula from PDF to Word format to facilitate access for visually impaired students.
• Remedial Lessons: Providing additional academic support to students with disabilities to enhance their skills and understanding of the study materials.
• Technical Support: The university provides assistive devices for students with special needs, such as Braille devices, white canes, hearing devices, and wheelchairs.
• Disability Allowance (Classification): The allowance for a student with a first-degree disability or blindness is 5240 SAR, while the allowance for a second-degree disability or blindness is 1500 SAR.
• Test Supervision and Monitoring: Organizing and monitoring exams for students with disabilities during midterm and final exams.
• Participation in Activities and Events: Enabling students to participate in all university programs and sports competitions, both on and off campus.
• Individual Case Assessment: Providing a comprehensive evaluation of each student with a disability from all categories.
• Various Training Programs: Offering training programs in different fields to develop academic and personal skills.
• Comprehensive Services for Students with Disabilities at King Abdulaziz University, for more information, click here.

A Report on the University’s Efforts in Supporting People with Disabilities During the Year 2025. To view the report, please click here.

Applications to Support People with Disabilities,Click here to view.