 Chris and I developed something we came to really like – Coriander Pumpkin. It’s GF/CF and low in salicylates as well as vegan. Here’s the recipe Read the rest of this entry »
People who buy art may tell you they have fallen in love with a painting Read the rest of this entry »
 I heard from Jen, a reader who had read one of my 9 published books, Somebody Somewhere. It was an international bestseller and reached number 1 in Canada, Japan and Norway, and was the second of four sequels to, Nobody Nowhere, which had reached number 1 in USA, Canada, Japan and Norway. So I invited Jen to ask her 5 most burning questions about it. Here’s our interview: Read the rest of this entry »
 So many of the kindhearted, inspirational women on AWA are so wildly gifted, brilliant, highly intelligent. Read the rest of this entry »
 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 »
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 .