His Excellency the President of King Khalid University, Prof. Faleh bin Rajaa Al-Solami, issued an administrative decision to establish a "Speech Pathology Unit", which is to follow the Deanship of Scientific Research at the university.

The establishment of the unit comes to achieve a number of goals, most prominent of which is the study of speech pathology in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and in Asir region in particular, while strengthening all aspects of research related to the fields professional and medical work.

On activating World Stuttering Day, which falls on October 22, The Dean of the College of Applied Medical Sciences in Abha, Dr. Majid Al Fae’, explained that the most prominent programs to activate International Day of Stuttering were the launch of two independent programs that grant a bachelor’s degree in speech pathology and audiology at the College of Applied Medical Sciences in Abha. The programs fall under the Medical Rehabilitation Department, as the first Saudi university to initiate two separate programs, in addition to establishing of specialized l laboratories equipped with all modern equipment and advanced technologies.

Al Fae’ pointed, that the program will include qualified cadres specialized in the field, and will invest in sending scholarship students overseas to qualify them in the filed. He added that the first meeting for speech disorders was held in order to activate the World Stuttering Day 2021, and to implement and promote seminars and scientific sessions to raising awareness of this disorder.