Represented by the Deanship of Students' Affairs, Yarmouk University received a student delegation representing the “Evangelical Arab Episcopal School for the Integration of Visual Disabilities” to celebrate the International White Awareness Cane Day. This gathering, which comes as part of the deanship's activities and permanent communication with the local community, introduces students with visual disabilities to the university and the many services it provides for such a community. Thus, the Dean of Students' Affairs, Dr. Muhammad Khalaf Thiabat, expressed Yarmouk University's happiness for having this gathering and its pride in the pioneering role played by the Evangelical School concerning encouraging students with visual disabilities and enhancing their self-confidence. He added that Yarmouk University, through the Department of Welfare of Students with Disabilities in the Deanship of Students' Affairs, is working hard to provide all the services needed by students with visual impairments studying in the university and those who will join the university in the future.

In her turn, Sabah Zureikat, the school director, thanked Yarmouk University for the nice reception and considerable attention paid to such students, stressing that Yarmouk has always been the permanent supporter of students with visual disabilities. She then pointed out that celebrating the International Day of the White Cane aims at informing the society about the importance of the white cane as an aid to its visually impaired holders.

However, during their tour of the university campus, the delegation members visited the Deanship of Students' Affairs and was briefed on the services it provides to students with visual disabilities through the assistive technology lab, which includes special computers for the use of those students.