Polly's pages (aka 'Donna Williams')

Ever the arty Autie

Autism – something to sing about?

August3

The Secret by autistic artist, Donna Williams Here I interview artist and singer, RozaGy about a recent song to raise autism awarness.
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What is Autism Friendly?

August2

Ever wondered what it takes to make yourself autism friendly? How autism friendly is the DSM? What happens if we use the DSM criteria for autism to help define what might be autism friendly and how to become it? In this you tube video you can find out… it goes a bit fast so do pause the slides to take your time reading. Enjoy… from autistic author and artist, Donna Williams *) http://www.donnawilliams.net

Autism, fluoride and gut and metabolic damage

July20

autistic author donna williams aged 5 in leotard. Is there a link between fluoride toxicity, gastro-intestinal damage and Salicylate intolerance commonly found in those with ADHD and Autism?

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Marc Segar and Existential Angst: an ASD interview by Donna Williams

July6

Maternal by autistic artist, Donna Williams Marc Segar was a man with Asperger’s back in the 90s before today’s autistic pride movement, who aspired to non-autistic ‘normality’, achieved a semblance of it, and died after jumping a divider and walking into oncoming traffic on a UK motorway. Read the rest of this entry »

Putting autism on trial: an interview with Amanda Baggs

July3

Midnight Sea by Donna Williams http://www.donnawilliams.net Amanda Baggs shot to notoriety after pictures of her caused controversy on an autistic pride website. After she produced a You Tube video featuring herself typing her communication, she featured on US TV and her video was seen by over a 1/4 of a million viewers, inspiring functionally non-verbal people with autism and their families around the globe. Read the rest of this entry »

An interview with autistic FC pioneer

June30

Consciousness by autistic author and artist Donna Williams http://www.donnawilliams.net Richard Attfield is a fellow autistic artist and one of the authors featured in Autism and The Myth of The Person Alone edited by Doug Biklen. He was one of the first people with autism in the UK to Read the rest of this entry »

From Autism to Artism

June20

autistic author donna williams aged 7 running with stick A slideshow by Donna Williams.

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Types of Autism; What if its more complex than mercury?

June20

autistic author donna williams aged 5 Exposure to heavy metals is part of modern life. These heavy metals are in many common household products as well as the petrochemicals in our air and waterways. If toxic levels of heavy metals, including mercury, are being found in many children with autism and blamed for their autism, what if the problem was not the heavy metals at all but something else? Read the rest of this entry »

Cigarette butts kill millions of animals, fish and birds

June15

autistic author donna williams aged 5 experiencing overloadA recent article in The Age, shocked me with its findings. 240 million cigarette butts a year are washed down storm water drains and end up in Melbourne’s water ways and finally Port Phillip Bay. They are part of the 7.2 billion cigarette butts tossed in Australia each year, part of an estimated 4.5 TRILLION cigarette butts tossed world wide which end up in waterways and oceans, leaking traces of 4000 toxic chemicals found in cigarette smoke and take 12 years to decompose. Read the rest of this entry »

Angry young men on the spectrum: interview with Aspie youth

June11

Eggy Face by Donna Williams www.donnawilliams.net Tom has an interest in killers and the macabre, a fascination with famous people and a calling toward music and digital art. He’s also a young man with Asperger’s and a fascinating one at that. Here’s our interview… Read the rest of this entry »

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