It’s been a busy couple of months but I am back to my blog. I have missed you all. I can’t believe that by next week the academic year will be over and I will have completed my first year as a Prof. at Hunter College. The past seven months have been and continue to […]
I have always felt strongly about the positive effect edu-media and film can have in terms of increasing awareness. My friend Mo Hefzy wrote and produced the first Arabic film about Autism and this was a positive start in increasing awareness of autism in Africa and the Arab world. When I first moved to NYC, […]
Moving to New York my life is dramatically different. I have adjusted and it’s been exactly five months. My Sayeda replacement is a Slow Cooker and my Fathy replacement is being chaufer driven by MTA. But I have to say it really isn’t that bad. Cooking is one of the most relaxing activities and it […]
Prof: “How are you doing?” Student: “Oh you know school, assignments work, family, and you?” Prof: “Much the same really school, assignments, homework, deadlines, otherwise good thanks” Professors are expected to write books and publish academic articles and when you are a new one like me, ‘at the bottom of the totem pole’, you are […]
Since moving to NYC I have been blessed with a plethora of helpful friendly hands who have assisted me in assembling shelves, cupboards and similar objects. I never seem to match the written instructions with the actual assembly. This all changed today. My latest purchase remained in the box for three weeks until finally today I decided to face […]
The Autism Internet Modules (AIM) are an excellent resource being developed which provide a community of knowledge to people all over the world. Although cultural and linguistic modifications are required, it is a useful site to refer interested professionals or parents to. At present there are eight modules, they include video, key vocabulary, discussion questions as well […]
I grew up in London, am relatively new to NYC and in the absence of context struggle to comprehend certain NYC specific phrases. So when I was told to “Flush the assignment out at your next pow wow!”. I understood it to mean… “POW, Batman throws a punch, WOW, he knocks down the villain as Robin jumps into the […]
A kind of Blue I was in need of academic inspiration so I came to “Think Coffee”- it’s where I came when I was preparing to interview for Hunter. I love the music (eclectic) , the coffee (perfectly brewed) and the clientele ranges from NYU students to legendary jazz musicians and profs like me. It’s a great place […]
“I think your motor is going too fast, you need to slow down and use your indoor voice” There are many ways to help children know that they are speaking too loud or two quiet. One of the ways is is to model for them how they should be talking, either by speaking very loudly […]
Under Professor Shirley Cohen’s mentorship I gave a presentation two weeks ago to a group of FAR Fellows associated with the Regional Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders at Hunter College. The title of my presentation was ‘Autism in the Nonwestern World’; I focused on the countries I have worked in. A large portion of my talk was dedicated to autism in Egypt and […]
