Sharjah Center for Learning Difficulties (SCLD) was established pursuant to the Emiri Decree No. 49 of 2016 issued by His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, on the first of August 2016, to operate under the supervision of Sharjah City for Humanitarian Services (SCHS), with the aim of providing services to people with learning difficulties of all ages and both genders, for all the nationalities within the UAE, and in order to have legal personality as well as financial and administrative independence.