People with disabilities
Training at the Tanta branch
Training at the Tanta branch in partnership with Professional: behaviour modification and learning difficulties, run by Mr…
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People with disabilities
Awareness and rehabilitation for people with disabilities, learning difficulties, Irlen Syndrome, autism and giftedness.
Our commitments in this area
- Raising public awareness of the rights of people with disabilities
- Programmes and training at the Foundation’s premises and in cultural palaces, schools and partner associations
- Covering people with a range of disabilities, learning difficulties and Irlen Syndrome
- Recreational trips, awareness programmes, skills development and handicraft projects
- Engaging specialists in the field, and training volunteers and students
Projects in this area
“I Feel You” — Irlen Syndrome awareness
Raising awareness of Irlen Syndrome and identifying it early. It is among the least diagnosed conditions in Egyptian schools despite its direct effect on reading and learning.
“Let’s Learn Properly” — learning difficulties
Courses and programmes on diagnosing and managing learning difficulties, for children, parents and teachers.
“Come and Learn What Your Child Can Do”
Intelligence and psychological assessments that help families understand their children’s actual abilities.
Sensory integration room
Equipping a sensory integration room serving the governorate, providing occupational therapy for children jointly with schools, associations and care homes, and training volunteers to use the equipment.
“Renewed Creativity”
A handicrafts project for people with disabilities that combines rehabilitation with an income.
Reports and news
- People with disabilities
Entrepreneurship training
Entrepreneurship training on 7 January 2026 with the Professional Foundation, including a meeting with the Chair of the Board of…
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Entrepreneurship: Training Young Women in Learning Difficulties
In line with Egypt Vision 2030 the Foundation is training young women to work with people with learning difficulties, under a…
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Darkness exercises The aim of the darkness exercises Stimulating auditory reception
Darkness exercises: stimulating auditory reception, visual attention and concentration, auditory perception, body awareness, and…
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Part of the Pre-Writing Skills Sessions Activity Objectives
Part of the pre-writing skills sessions Activity objectives: recognising letter shapes and drawing them in watercolour,…
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Ways to include people with disabilities
With the Basyoun and Kafr El-Zayat media centre, the Egyptian Foundation held a series of forums on people with disabilities.
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Developing skills
Developing innovation and intelligence skills in kindergarten.
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Trip Activity Workshop
A workshop on physical activities, supervised by Mostafa Younis and Mervat Farid Ammar, preparing the Foundation's specialists…
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Trips to open spaces
Why open-air trips matter for people with disabilities: new environments, activities outdoors, closer family bonds and the chance…
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Signs of Learning Difficulties in Mathematics
Difficulty linking a number to its symbol; difficulty distinguishing numbers that face in opposite directions; reversing digits…
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Learning Difficulties in Children
Signs of learning difficulties in children: little enthusiasm for reading or writing, trouble remembering, slowness, difficulty…
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International Day of Persons with Disabilities
3 December, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities: "Be a shining candle and work - God will see your work and reward…
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Learning Difficulties
A meeting on learning difficulties, attended by the Regional Union of Charitable Associations, regional media centres and…
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The Regional Union of Charitable Associations
A meeting at the Foundation attended by the Regional Union of Charitable Associations, the State Information Service and Egyptian…
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People with Remarkable Abilities
"My Chance": we create excellence, and they are an added value in society. Thanks to trainer Walaa Mos'ad, to Nehal El-Seryaqousi…
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Come and print with us
A programme teaching people with disabilities and gifted learners the arts of printing on fabric, designing wall hangings,…
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We Have Guests
Twenty-seven children from the special-education classes at El-Nasr Primary School in Kafr El-Zayat visited the Foundation for…
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My Chance
Handicrafts in the "My Chance" workshop: colour printing and making cushions and covers, by the team of people with disabilities…
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The "My Chance" Project
The project teaches people with disabilities vocational and craft skills that help them become an added value in society.
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Training workshop on stuttering
The Foundation held a training workshop on stuttering, led by speech and language therapist Doaa Ibrahim. Participants…
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Youth Training
The Y-Peer peer education network trained young volunteers at the Foundation's headquarters on working with refugees and managing…
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Handicrafts for Children with Disabilities
On Wednesday 6 March a group of children with Down syndrome and autism at the Foundation made beaded bracelets together, after a…
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Irlen Syndrome and learning difficulties, under the auspices of the Academy of Scientific Research
A gathering on Irlen Syndrome and learning difficulties, held by the Foundation under the auspices of the Academy of Scientific…
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Festival on Learning Difficulties and Irlen Syndrome
The Foundation held a festival on learning difficulties and Irlen Syndrome, bringing together psychologists, certified Irlen…
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Learning Difficulties Festival: "I Feel You", February 2019
The Foundation's "I Feel You" festival on learning difficulties, held under the patronage of the Academy of Scientific Research,…
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The "Forsaty" Project
The Foundation joins the "Forsaty" project for children with autism and intellectual disabilities, nominating its advisers Dr…
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Abij Primary School Shines
Under Egypt Vision 2030, the Foundation delivered its innovative and inventive thinking project at Abij Mixed Primary School,…
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Music as therapy for children with autism
Music helps in the treatment of children with autism.
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Omega 3 Helps Academic Achievement
Scientists have confirmed that DHA, found in the fatty acids of fish oil (omega 3), can raise students' academic performance,…
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Developing Pre-Writing Skills
A developmental checklist of pre-writing skills, from holding objects and scribbling through to copying shapes, letters and…
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Writing Difficulties
Writing difficulties, known as dysgraphia, involve poor visual-motor coordination. Some children cannot hold a pencil correctly;…
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Irlen Syndrome awareness in Kafr El-Zayat - Teachers' Club
More than 300 people attended an Irlen Syndrome awareness seminar held in partnership with the Basyoun and Kafr El-Zayat Media…
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The "I Feel You" project: Irlen Syndrome awareness in Ismailia
The Egyptian Foundation for Development and Quality held a seminar and workshop on Irlen Syndrome at 25 January School in…
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Irlen Syndrome Screeners Complete Their Training
Screeners trained at the accredited Irlen Egypt Centre and certified by the Irlen Institute in the United States can now test for…
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We Are the Sun
The "Renewed Creativity" initiative brought 45 children together for robotics, handicrafts, drawing, arts and karate workshops on…
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Speech therapy training certified by Ain Shams University
Speech and language therapy training certified by Ain Shams University, with best wishes to Dr Mostafa El-Masry.
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Irlen Syndrome Seminar in Sharqia Governorate
A seminar on Irlen Syndrome in Sharqia Governorate, with Dr Manal Gomaa and Dr Mervat Fayed, both certified Irlen screeners from…
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Irlen Syndrome Awareness Festival in Kafr El-Zayat
An Irlen Syndrome festival on El-Salkhana Street in Kafr El-Zayat, opposite the girls' secondary school. Target group: passers-by…
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