 Christine Breakey is a master advocate for people on the autism spectrum in the north of England and the host of two of my upcoming lectures in her region this September 2008. Here’s our interview Read the rest of this entry »
 Do we all have a real self? Read the rest of this entry »
Over on http://www.auties.org we have many people on the autism spectrum worldwide who are seeking work. Some are looking for work experience, some are looking for jobs but aren’t ready for full time. Some are ready for full time work. Some (sometimes because they are unable to get or sustain work in the mainstream workforce) have started small businesses with the skills they have or the goods
they produce or a range of them, a ‘portfolio’. So I’m starting a monthly feature Read the rest of this entry »
In 2000, my husband Chris and I visited Japan and met with the stars of the international hit TV series: “Things You Taught Me” (“Kimi Ga Oshiete Kureta Koto”) and it’s director at TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting) , Tsunenari Yamasaki. Eight years on the series has shown in countries throughout Asia and I thought to ask when we might get to see it in English speaking countries. Here’s my interview with the director: Read the rest of this entry »
I got a letter from a lovely parent about her teenage daughter, a wonderful long distance runner. Yet the coach was stumped. Why wouldn’t she compete? Read the rest of this entry »
 When I was about 3, one of the names used for me was ‘spook’ because I often had this blank expression and ‘blind eyes’ which stared through things and I’d tend to aimlessly wander into rooms and hover on the peripheries. Read the rest of this entry »
A 37 year old man named Tas Blizzard died this week when his car lost control on a slippery road and went into a dam. It’s always so sad when one of the shiny, sparkly, good people of the world dies young, or tragically, and Tas was one of those people. Read the rest of this entry »
The social majority of humans, in fact around 60-65% of people, can think predominantly in pictures. They’re visual thinkers. Another 30% of people can think predominantly in words or mental chatter. They’re verbal thinkers. These mechanisms allow people to INTERNALLY mentalise. They can think INSIDE of their heads. Read the rest of this entry »
After doing a lecture called The Dietary Wheelchair about the role of dietary interventions in my own journey with autism, I was contacted by Cassie Wells from ORGRAN Natural Foods . She asked if I’d mind being interviewed for their magazine and I agreed and she generously accepted the additional publication of that interview here. Here it is: Read the rest of this entry »
A student in Singapore, Asvin Kaur, asked me 5 questions and has agreed you can all benefit from their answers. Here they are: 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 .