 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 »
 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 »
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 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 »
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 .