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Ever the arty Autie

Wasting Paper; Let’s ditch the boxes.

May31

Natural World by Donna Williams OK, so you buy the toothpaste in it’s fancy cardboard box and bring it home and first thing you do is throw that dyed, bleached, often not even recycled cardboard into the rubbish bin, or hopefully at least the recycle bin. You do it, I do it, and gazillions of households world wide do it ALL THE TIME. Read the rest of this entry »

Australia’s best known and respected graffiti writers in one show

May27

Shrine of Rememberance by Johnny ‘Duel’ Williams An exciting art exhibition is bringing together a collection of Australia’s best known and respected graffiti writers in one show in Melbourne’s highly cosmopolitan Collingwood arts district. I spoke to the owner of Lindberg Contemporary Gallery, David Moulday, about the show. Read the rest of this entry »

Post Office Adventures – how much is your postcode?

May20

Aloof By Nature by Donna Williams Our local postmasters are wonderfully autie friendly. However I might get away with being meaning deaf, meaning blind, mono tracked, lacking simultaneous processing of self and other and tumbling pretty much what’s left, these people handle it well with everything from a good natured ‘chuckle with’ to turning a blind eye… CONSTANTLY. Read the rest of this entry »

Donna Williams’ May 2008, 48 hr, Poetry Challenge

May15

Should I?  by Donna Williams Each month I send out a challenge for people to send me a 1-2 word topic they’d like me to write a poem to and I must write all the poems in the challenge within 48 hours. Read the rest of this entry »

David Clark, Aisha, and a dream of a Brazilian autism community

May5

Mimosa by Donna Williams From harsh beginnings Aisha came into a fortunate adoption with an autism friendly family who are able to see the person she is and work to shape a world in which her personhood can blossom and be appreciated. Here I talk to her adoptive father, David Clark who has an exciting idea of starting an autism community in Brasil. I’ve asked him about it, and about Aisha. Here’s our interview. Read the rest of this entry »

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Autism, Finland style and public speaker, Heta Pukki

May5

Rope Swing by Donna Williams Heta Pukki is a public speaker diagnosed on the autism spectrum who is listed on http://www.auties.org . She she is speaking about the autism world in Finland. She has some interesting things to say about autism history, activism and relationships Autistic style. Here’s our interview. Read the rest of this entry »

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