Commemorating the month of autism, about 50 students from the Panamanian Institute of Special Enabling (IPHE) participated in a day of recreational activities in the City of Knowledge park, in Clayton, to stimulate their physical and mental abilities, the educational entity reported.

With the recreational activities of the Early Stimulation Program (PEP), the IPHE seeks to facilitate the social and sensory integration of children during their

They shared and learned more about the importance of the topic, the IPHE highlighted in its official note.

The PEP has an enrollment of 655 students, of which 270 are at the headquarters of Ancón; while 385 are in educational centers of inclusion.

World Health Organization (WHO) rates reveal that one in 160 boys or girls has autism and their symptoms usually begin in childhood and persist until adolescence and adult This disorder is four times more common in boys than in girls, being the third most common developmental disability.