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A new refrigerator mother? – Mom, what’s in the fridge?

January19

Donna Williams, a life in pictures Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) used to be associated with orphans in Romanian orphanages, the battered, neglected and abused children of some disturbed or addict mothers or children given up for adoption. But what if, like autism, RAD is actually a spectrum? Today, the causes of RAD are far more diverse Read the rest of this entry »

Community TV, it’s closer than you think.

January16

Stealing the Moon by Donna Williams Imagine a world where television programs showed real diversity. A world where ‘normality’ on every level had a multitude of faces, not one, where a range of cultures, perceptions, experiences, looks and interests were represented and you went away feeling informed, inspired but also included and an equal and respected part of publicly represented social diversity. Read the rest of this entry »

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Facilitated Communication – Listening to people without voices.

January10

Rescue by Donna Williams I am speaking in August in New Hampshire and found one of my co-presenters is Jamie Burke so looked him up. I so enjoyed reading of Jamie’s progression from facilitated, typed communication into functional, interactive speech, that I really felt compelled to share it Read the rest of this entry »