Amal Galal Sabry

Amal Galal Sabry is an advocate for people with autism who lives in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Sabry is the founder and manager of the Emirates Autism Center, the first foundation to support people with autism in the UAE.

Biography

Sabry began to work with Autistic children in 1992 after her own son, Amr, was diagnosed as being on the Autism spectrum.^[1] Sabry and her husband went to the United States to visit the Boston League School in order to create an early intervention plan for her son.^[1] In 2001, Amr became the first autistic child in the UAE to be integrated into the school system.^[1] Later, Amr went on to become the first person with autism to graduate from high school.^[2]

In 2007, she founded the Emirates Autism Center in order to help improve the quality of life for people with autism and their families.^[3] The center is the first Autism foundation in the UAE.^[4] More than half of the students of the center have been integrated into public schools since the founding of the organization.^[5]

Sabry was honored with the Humanitarian Award of the Emirates Woman, Woman of the Year Awards in 2016.^[6] She was the first Egyptian to win this award.^[2]

References

1. "Amal Sabry: A Mother's Journey". Arab Woman Platform. 2016-05-10. Retrieved 2017-10-01.
2. "WOE list of Egypt's 50 Most Inspiring Women – 2016". Women of Egypt Mag. 2016-12-26. Retrieved 2017-10-01.
3. "Amal Galal Sabry". Emirates Woman. Retrieved 2017-10-01.
4. "بالصور| آمال صبري.. أول مصرية تترشح لجائزة "امرأة الإمارات" لعام 2016". 2016-08-30. Retrieved 2017-10-01.
5. "Activities of the 6th Week for Autism Kick-starts Concurrently with the International Month for Autism Continuing until the 20th of this Instant April". Abu Dhabi Chamber. 16 April 2013. Retrieved 2017-10-01.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
6. Day, Emma (2016-10-12). "Emirates Woman Woman Of The Year Awards 2016: The Round-Up". Emirates Woman. Retrieved 2017-10-01.

External links

• Emirates Autism Center
• Emirates Woman, Woman of the Year Award (2016 video)