Following intensive training at the Option Institute in the USA, Dr. Leedy Hoque set up and led a team of teachers in Aadil’s 1:1

Dr. Leedy Hoque

home based educational and therapeutic programme in Oxford, UK between September 1996 to July 2000. In addition to extensive reading on autism, at numerous conferences in the UK, Dr. Hoque met many individuals at the forefront of autism research eg. educationists Carol Gray and Dave Hewett, psychiatrists Uta Frith and Francesca Happe, scientists Paul Shattock and William Shaw, and clinicians Andrew Wakefield and Michael Tettenborn.

At lectures given by prominent autistic individuals Temple Grandin and Donna Williams, Dr. Hoque gained information and insight which she directly applied to help Aadil. As a result of this intense stimulation Aadil emerged from his hyperactive, noncommunicative and aggressive state at the age of 7, to become a lively fun loving individual able to express his wants and needs. He has many interests and is an avid reader with an insatiable appetite for Ancient Egypt. He has to his credit several solo art exhibitions home and abroad, including his exhibition entitled “Devotion” at the Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka. He is also the recipient of a gold medal in an international  art competition.

Dr. Leedy Hoque is currently offering her expertise to parents and carers of autistic children through her advisory service, AUA. She is also active in promoting awareness about autism through her writings, radio interviews and TV appearances and documentaries. In 2008, the documentary ‘The Winners’ by Impress Telefilms which followed the daily activities of Aadil at home, at school and in the community, won international accolade as the best children’s documentary in South Asia by UNICEF.

Dr. Leedy Hoque
tel:         029138485
mobile: 01817602183
email:   leedyhoque@icloud.com or leedyhoque@hotmail.com

Training & Work Experience
2008 – present    Course coordinator of “Shurer Jadu & Ranger Jadu” music and art class for autistic children at Chhayanaut Sangeet Vidyatan.
2006 – present    Founder and director of AUA (Acceptance & Understanding Autism) Advisory Service offering counseling, assessment, treatment and parent training programme.
2000                     Return to Bangladesh with mother, Shaoli & Aadil
1996-2000           Ran home based educational & therapeutic programme for Aadil, with support from Oxfordshire Local Educational & Social Services, Programme monitored by Richard Brooks, Deputy Head, Chinnor Resource Unit, Oxford.
1996                       Two week training, Son-Rise Programme, Option Institute, Mass, USA
1994                       Return to UK for assessment & treatment of Aadil’s developmental problems (diagnosed with autism, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, 1994)
1990                       Moved from UK to Bangladesh with mother Mrs. Zaheda Aziz, daughter Shaoli (born London UK 1988) & son Aadil (born Bristol UK 1989)
1990                       SHO (Senior House Officer) in Geriatric Medicine, Northampton, UK
1986-1987             Completion of Medical & Surgical House Jobs (Internship), UK

Academic Background
1986                      B.M.BCh (MBBS), Somerville College, University of Oxford
1981                       Ph.D. in Physiology, Middlesex Hospital Medical School, University of London
1977                       First Class B.Sc. Honours Degree in Physiology & recipient of Edkins Memorial Prize in Physiology, Bedford College, University of London
1974                       Moved to Oxford, U.K. with mother, brothers & sister.
1973                       Stood second amongst girls, HSC, Science Group, Dhaka Board, Holy Cross College
1971                        Stood first amongst girls and fourth in combined list, SSC, Humanities Group, Dhaka Board, Holy Cross School

Awards

• Edkin Memorial Prize in Physiology, Bedford College, University of London, 1977
• Recipient of Anlene Prothom Alo “Nari Shakti” Shanmanona (Women’s Empowerment Award), 2009
• Friend of Aloleito Shishu award ,2012

Affiliations

• Life member Bangladesh Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (BACAMH)
• Life member and Executive Committee member Bangladesh Society for Child Neurology, Development & Disability (BSCNDD)
• Board member Society for the Welfare of Autistic Children (SWAC)