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Autism Blog: Echolalia, Semantic Pragmatic Language Disorder and the Long Road to Functional Communication.

December2

Blah Blah Blah by Donna Williams I was asked by a parent of a son with autism about my language history.  I hope there comes a day where we stop understand that serious language and communication disorders in those with autism actually have identifiable labels of their own with their own associated strategies and treatments and stop mystifying them as ‘the autism’.  So here’s what I’d replied to the question. Read the rest of this entry »

Autism Blog: Opening the Invisible Cage of Exposure Anxiety

December2

  Before by Donna Williams  I invited some of my readers to interview me on particular books which had been helpful to them.  Kathleen chose to interview me about the book Exposure Anxiety; The Invisible Cage of Involuntary Self Protection Responses.  Here’s that interview: Read the rest of this entry »

Autism Blog: How my world turned upside down – Inversion Tables in the world of HBO

November29

Donna Williams aged 4 by door  I lived 35 years with two primary immune deficiencies and their impact on blood health Read the rest of this entry »

Help with Autism – AWARES international online conference 2008

November28

Donna Williams running in a circle with a stick What is an AWARES conference?  Well, for starters its where for a limited time you get to ask world renowned experts all your autism related questions for a registration fee of £5 (about $11 Australian dollars).   Am I over there?  Yep.  Read the rest of this entry »

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Autism Blog: Living with Visual Agnosias. Are You Trying To Blind Me?

November20

Ocean Deep by Donna Williams  Having worked a lot with children with autism who display visual agnosias including object blindness and context blindness Read the rest of this entry »

Donna Williams talks autism on TV in Nevada

November16

At The Typewriter by Donna Williams  here’s a video interview from my appearance on KRNV TV in Nevada this November 2008. Read the rest of this entry »

What’s beyond gen Y?

November11

Circus Hoops by Donna Williams  In a crumbling world economy, it won’t matter if you have 2000 online friends if you can’t leave your room, Read the rest of this entry »

Autism Blog: The Future of Autism

November5

At The Typewriter by Donna Williams  I was asked for a paragraph about my vision of the future of autism.  Here’s what I wrote: Read the rest of this entry »

Autism Blog: This is no time for autism gimmicks.

October26

Donna Williams aged 9  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 »

Autism Blog: Curing autism?

October24

Donna Williams aged 7 running in a circle with stick 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 »

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