About
About Amad Society
A licensed Saudi non-profit association dedicated to developing the capabilities of people with disabilities and their families, enabling independent living and full participation in community life.
Identity
Where we start and where we are headed
Vision
A society in which people with disabilities share equally in opportunity, dignity, and participation.
Mission
To develop the capabilities of people with disabilities and their families through evidence-based rehabilitative, educational and vocational programmes, and to build an inclusive community environment in partnership with the public and private sectors.
Scope
The association operates in the Riyadh Region and serves people with disabilities and their families without distinction of nationality or type of disability, under published priority criteria that put the greatest need first.
Our approach
A rights model, not a medical one
The medical model treats disability as a defect in the person to be corrected. The rights model — the one adopted by the international convention on the rights of persons with disabilities, to which the Kingdom is a party — holds that disability arises from the interaction between a health condition and environmental barriers: a stair with no ramp, a curriculum with no adaptation, a job with no accommodation.
The difference is not merely philosophical. If the deficit sits in the person, the answer is therapy sessions alone. If part of it sits in the environment, then half of our work must happen outside the therapy room — in the school, the workplace, and the public facility. That is why half of the association’s programmes address the beneficiary, and half address everyone around them.
One practical commitment follows: we do not measure success by sessions delivered or money spent, but by what actually changed in a beneficiary’s life — a skill acquired, a school place kept, a job started. Those are precisely the indicators published in the annual impact report.
Values
What we hold to in every decision
Dignity
Disability is not a deficit to be met with pity. We treat every beneficiary as a holder of rights, not a recipient of charity.
Empowerment
We measure success by what a beneficiary can do independently after a programme — not by how many sessions they attended.
Family as partner
The family is the first environment of rehabilitation. We train and psychologically support parents, because their daily influence outweighs any clinical session.
Professionalism & evidence
Every programme rests on a written individual plan, is reviewed against published indicators, and is revised when the evidence shows no impact.
Transparency
We disclose our governance, audited financials and programme impact to the public — not only to the regulator.
Sustainability
We build diversified income, endowments and long-term partnerships so that no service stops when a single donation does.
Strategic goals
Six goals that drive our plan
Early intervention before the window closes
Reaching children in their first six years, when neuroplasticity peaks and the rehabilitative return is at its highest.
From rehabilitation to independence
Tying every rehabilitative pathway to a concrete outcome: a life skill, an educational placement, or a job.
Supporting families, not replacing them
Reducing caregiver burnout through counselling, peer support groups, and respite services.
An inclusive environment, not an isolated service
Working with schools, employers and public spaces to remove barriers, rather than gathering beneficiaries in one place.
Governance worthy of trust
Adherence to the governance regulation and periodic disclosure, an independent audit committee, and safe reporting channels.
Measurable impact
Publishing an annual impact report with quantitative and qualitative indicators any donor can review and hold us to.