The world held its breath. Americans held hope. George Bush, the Texas cowboy, still somehow thinks he’s got it right when 70% of Americans are certain he’s wrong.
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As a person with autism and an autism consultant, I was often asked by parents of children with autism and PDD whether I had poor muscle tone.
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There’s a lot of controversy about what a dag is and many people mistakenly confuse Dags with Bogans. Bogans are Bogans. Dags are Dags. Just as some Geeks are Trekkies (but not all), and some Goths and Punks are also Emos (but certainly not all) some Dags are also Bogans […]
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Questioning the money spinners and the stereotypes they perpetuate.
Sure, I’m an author in that field, I’ve been a consultant for 12 years in that field, a lecturer for 14 years and I put the word autistic in association with my name which I feel humanises the condition and raises its public profile, paving the way […]
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A wild interview with 11 year old Aspie teenager, Lewis Schofield, by Donna Williams
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DONNA WILLIAMS:
Hi Nick. We met recently over email and you kindly sent me a copy of Hollywood, Amarroo. It’s a very provocative book.
Could you tell the readers a bit about what compelled you to write it?
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The Australian film industry has been involved in some memorable and groundbreaking films - Breaker Morant, Gallipoli, The Piano, Murial’s Wedding, Rabbit Proof Fence, Shine, Lantana, Ten Canoes. But with a population of only 20 million people, government funding for the film industry has always been limited and until now, the […]
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Clearing up poor autism related information about Glutamine - by Donna Williams
Someone wrote:
I read somewhere Donna Williams wrote about a glutamate concoction she said made her feel better. Are you familiar with this? I ask because of a recent NIH study that talked about glutamate neurons role in autism. The […]
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Quite the storyteller and a master of litanies, my father’s forte was one sided ‘conversation’ but he was very good at characterisations. He wouldn’t tell you about someone or what had happened, he’d show you the whole play and play each part as he did. He’d put on their style, their voice, […]
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