 Another day, another gimick. We’re gripped by a global recession, people are losing their jobs and homes everywhere, Americans on or hoping for benefits and services are worried will they lose them when foreign countries foreclose on their bankrupt country already trillions in dept. But in the email, those in the autism world are told there is hope for just $240 Read the rest of this entry »
I had a letter from a parent asking me about cure and where I stand. Here’s my reply. Read the rest of this entry »
 All kinds of people have or adopt special needs children. Read the rest of this entry »
 Saw this program this week. You thought An Inconvenient Truth was scary? What this doco Read the rest of this entry »
 There’s a saying, Beauty is as Beauty does. It’s amazing how ugly beauty might be underneath.
Hi Donna
I have heard recently that medications such as Prozac can sometimes be used to reduce some of the more distressing aspects of autism, and wondered if you know much about this, or have an opinion about it. Read the rest of this entry »
 
Autistic Pride has its sane moderates who see the positive, wonderful aspects of autism, and it has it’s extremists. This article addresses only its extremists. Be warned, it’s not PC. Read the rest of this entry »
 Many a book has recently been published laying claim to most of the high achievers of history being on the autism spectrum. Temple Grandin was so confident about it, she put it in her books Read the rest of this entry »
 I was born in the 1960s, before the abolition of the White Australia Policy. It was a shameful time of Anglo-Australians presuming themselves the First, the Real, Australians. Read the rest of this entry »
 Pam Lane is from the Dallas chapter of Autism Society of America for whom I’m presenting this November 2008. I gave her the opportunity to ask me some questions before speaking in Dallas. Here’s our interview: Read the rest of this entry »
Donna Williams is an Australian born adult with autism who was assessed as psychotic at the age of 2 in 1965, labelled disturbed in the 1970s and diagnosed as autistic in her 20s in 1991.
She acquired functional speech in late childhood and went on to become a qualified teacher with an honors degree in Sociology and a degree in Linguistics. She is the author of two international bestselling autobiographies and has 10 published books including 4 text books widely used in autism education and two books of poetry and prose.
As a screenwriter, she wrote the screenplay to “Nobody Nowhere”, the first book in her 4 book autobiographical series. That screenplay is currently under option to become a Hollywood film. She is an professional artist, singer-songwriter and published poet as well as a world renowned public speaker on autism now living with her husband in Australia. In her presentations she draws not only on her own experiences but on international experience as a professional autism consultant since 1996.
Donna’s is a speaker in demand around the world due to her unique perspective and ability to share her feelings and experiences on a very personal level. More information about her and her life’s work can be found on her website at http://www.donnawilliams.net .