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 .
*Raises hand and hops up and down*
Me, me me, me! Pick me!
Obama all the way.:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRqcfqiXCX0
Yes the situation is getting very worrying that the hate and fear still drive.
i never knew you had such strong and thoughtful opinions i apologize for not recognizing your obvious intelligence.
dad
Before I was 9 I was in a kind of dream state.
By 11 I could understand 50% of language
but it’s hard to awaken the mind without experiencing conscious internal mentalising
if it were going on it was like static, I couldn’t hold or perceive it
people were always shouting at me things like ‘do you have a brain in that head?’.
Well, when I did a sociology degree I couldn’t read much because of a receptive language processing disorder even with written language, so I scanned books, like around 20 a week. I had no conscious idea what I scanned, but somehow it got processed way back there, like some crazy data bank. And by the time I came out of there, I suffered from ‘existential angst’ and all I could do about it was express it in poetry, songs and eventually also art and writing. Only since my 20s did people start saying instead ‘you know your problem, you’re too damned deep’
Some people are never satisfied.