Prof. Dr. Vagif Rakhmanov, Director of Research Institute of Children’s and Family Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Psychology, Medical and Psychosocial Rehabilitation, Ukraine
Despite numerous and longstanding scientific research, the problem of medical and social rehabilitation of patients suffering Autism (A) and Autistic Sphere of Disorders (ASD) is still unsolved.
According to the data of various authors, Childhood A occurs with from 2-4 up to 6-15 children in 10000 people. Two thirds of children suffering Early Childhood Autism (ECA) are diagnosed with mental retardation. At the same time 1 of 10 children with mental retardation suffer A. If we combine A with mental retardation, this number increases up to 20 cases in 10000 people.
Dr. Anatoly Pikalov, President, Environmental and Humanitarian Institute, Russian Federation
“To be or not to be TOMORROW – depends on us TODAY!”
The XXIst century that we live in displays the highest level of development in the fields like gene engineering, microelectronics, information technology, means of communication, nanotechnologies, microbiology, energy industry… The list is endless. These achievements are a result of efforts by highly educated specialists and scientists. Whose successful work has become possible mainly thanks to the education they had been given which is the basis of human civilization.
Dr. Aminu Ladan Sharehu, Director General/Chief Executive, National Teachers Institute Kaduna, Nigeria
Many societies in the world have turned to Open and Distance Education (ODE) to meet their academic, vocational, professional, and training needs. Due to this fact, there is paradigm shift of concept of education from an elite based system to mass based system towards increase in educational access. In Nigeria today, there is improved development in Information and Communication Technologies, with the emergence of affordable, portable, personal computers laden with multimedia capabilities that have leveraged institutions to deliver distance learning programmes.