The Counseling Section at the Deanship of Student Affairs, in collaboration with the Center for Development Studies, organized a seminar on 25 October 2011 titled: "Status of Integrating Students with Disabilities: between thought and behavior." The seminar completes a series of seminars and activities organized by the Counseling Section under the title: "Integration of Disabled Students into the University."

The seminar aimed to begin a process of changing the participants’ attitudes toward disabled persons, which in turn should be reflected in their practices and efforts toward a comprehensive view of disabled students.  The intended change of attitude will integrate issues around disability through a perspective of “right” not “sympathy.” Ms. Shatha Abu Srour from the BZU Center for Development Studies addressed various models for dealing with disability-related issues, including charitable, medical, social and human rights models. She further discussed the impact of each model on mechanisms of intervention in cases of disabled persons, referring to the relationship between the concept of disability and disabled persons.

BZU Social Counselor, Mona Al-Muhtaseb, stated that the project “Friends of Disabled Students at BZU” contributes to strengthening the integration process through the provision of support services, and the formation of social relationships between students, positively impacting their lives on campus.