<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Dubai Healthcare announced the launch of the “Blue Café” initiative, an initiative to support medical care for children with autism. </p><figure class="image"><img src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTUjrNQzWp2QmF-uj1MaGntUkfMTaFa-DNH2A&s" alt="Dubai Academic Health Corporation | Al Khaleej Newspaper"></figure><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl(187, 48%, 51%);">Research Initiatives to Improve Services for Children with Autism</span></h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> As a first step, the Blue Café initiative will create an interactive digital platform containing educational resources on how best to deal with children with autism.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> This initiative will also fund research initiatives focused on improving and supporting the care of children with autism using the expertise and resources of Dubai Health Authority.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The platform is designed to be an interactive laboratory that provides a public space where families of children with autism and their caregivers can communicate and exchange experiences and knowledge about the best ways to deal with children with autism. </p><figure class="image"><img src="https://24.ae/images/2024/8/306_176/202482020925685U1.jpg" alt="Dubai Health Authority opens Blue Café to support autistic children - 24 website"></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> This initiative began as a consultancy programme within Al Jalila Children’s Hospital, with the aim of improving services for children with autism, based on expert opinion that the latest diagnostic programmes can be confusing for children, and exacerbate the state of fatigue and isolation in children with autism in the early stages of diagnosis.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Under the patronage of Dubai Healthcare, the initiative aims to improve the care of children with autism through active engagement with the community and leveraging the benefits of an integrated academic healthcare system. A team of educational experts at Dubai Healthcare have developed concise, research-based knowledge content on a wide range of topics related to the care of children with autism. This research is presented in a concise educational format that is easy for parents of children with autism to use to learn how to better manage their children.</p><h3 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl(187, 48%, 51%);">Blue Cafe is a meeting place for those interested in autism.</span> </h3><figure class="image"><img src="https://assets.wam.ae/resource/94202ha71k81opapd.png" alt="Dubai Health Authority launches Blue Café initiative to care for autistic children | Emirates News Agency"></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> As part of this initiative, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Search&search=%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%8A&wprov=acrw1_0">Dubai</a> Healthcare City will open a physical café in the coming months where families and caregivers of children with autism can meet with healthcare professionals. Proceeds from the café will be invested to fund research initiatives dedicated to improving healthcare for people with autism. The café’s association with the colour blue is due to the colour’s direct connection to autism awareness and its connotations of calm, balance and inclusion.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p>