A poem about my experience of my honors year at university. I almost quit due to the behavior of my supervisor but was told that as my appointments in his office were essential to passing that if I changed supervisors I’d risk failing my honors year. Read the rest of this entry »

Temple Grandin’s first book, Emergence: Labeled Autistic (by Temple Grandin in liason with her ghost writerMargaret Scariano), was published in 1986 by Arena Press which was a publisher of Academic and Therapy publications. Read the rest of this entry »

My husband, Chris Samuel, is a wonderful photographer and has a new photography exhibition. It’s mostly new works and is on at the friendly, funky Have Ya Bean Cafe at 5 Main St in Upwey throughout November. They have cappuccinos there people travel for, good cakes, great food, and can cater for special diets. Get along there, see the exhibition and enjoy the atmosphere.

FRIEND
In memory of Anne McDonald

the eyes in which I saw your mood
the corners of your mouth which spoke one or the other
the laughter grin without the laugh
the repertoire of noises and their musicality
you were in there somewhere between letter boards and i-pads
somewhere between the table banter and my tics
between ice-cream and pills
somewhere between pears, Kahlua and chocolates.
we met
a synchronicity
an understanding,
energy vibrations
a sameness
reaching out
across a dinner table

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I had an email from Jenn Watzke, a senior at Northshore High School in Slidell, Louisiana. She wanted to ask me about Savant Syndrome so I agreed to be interviewed. Here’s our interview: Read the rest of this entry »

“”. This month’s artwork is titled ‘Attachment’.

It is 15cm x 17cm, acrylic on vinyl.

I hope you enjoy the painting. You can see it and others in my online gallery.

Warmly,

Donna Williams *)

http://www.donnawilliams.net

This month’s artwork is titled “Bouquet”.  It’s a painting about the feeling of happiness.

It is 29cm x 42cm, mixed media on paper (acrylic and pastels).

I hope you enjoy the painting.  You can see it and others in my online gallery.

Warmly,

Donna Williams *)

http://www.donnawilliams.net

Hi folks, here’s today’s Webinar on The Power of Music and Autism. Me, Stephen Shore and Rudy Simone all featured in it… enjoy

Donna Williams, BA Hons, Dip Ed.
Author, artist, singer-songwriter, screenwriter.
Autism consultant and public speaker.
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Continuing my discussions with French psychologist, Dr Luc-Laurent Salvador, here’s our discussion about body agnosia, autism and Exposure Anxiety: Read the rest of this entry »

On May 21st, for one night only Donna Williams and The Aspinauts will perform the rock musical Footsteps of a Nobody 7-8pm, followed by an interactive question-answer forum with the audience, Walking In Autistic Shoes, from 8-8.30pm at the Wendouree Centre For Performing Arts.  Proudly sponsored by Ballarat Autism Network as part of World Autism Awareness Month.  Read the rest of this entry »