Kuwait’s Ministry of Public Works opened an Integrated Services Centre for People with Disabilities at its headquarters on Monday, 5 October 2026. Minister Dr Noura Al-Mishaan inaugurated it. The centre serves both visitors and ministry staff with mobility, hearing or visual impairments.
What the centre has
- A live sign-language interpretation device, for deaf and hard-of-hearing visitors
- A text magnifier, for people with low vision or colour blindness
- An instant reading device for blind visitors
- A Braille printer, so documents can be handed over in Braille
What it means if you have business there
If you are dealing with the Ministry of Public Works and have a visual or hearing impairment, ask for the centre when you arrive. You should be able to read your paperwork in Braille or large print and speak to staff through sign-language interpretation, without bringing someone along to help.
The ministry’s statement did not give the centre’s opening hours or where it sits inside the building.
Photo: A refreshable Braille display connected to a computer; not taken at the centre. By Karel Břinda, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Source: Ministry of Public Works statement, 5 October 2026, as carried by KUNA, Al-Anba and Al-Qabas.
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