I have an art exhibition coming up in Melbourne
April 11th-May 2nd,
Gallery 15,
15 William St, Melbourne.
open Monday-Friday 9am-6pm.
info@peakevents.com.au
It’s a wonderful inner city gallery involved with a program called Art for a Cause in which artists can use their work to raise awareness or funds for a cause they support.
Some people in the non-USA world view America as a whole as having money as its God.
If the president is the largest power in people’s lives next to God
and if they give him the power of life and death as they believe God has
then what do we make of the fact that George Bush got into power as a result of a record 100 million dollar election campaign, the most expensive in world history….. Read the rest of this entry »
I received a letter from a reader, convinced that autism was a state of torture, of being one of the living dead, unable to feel anything for anyone or anything in the external world. Read the rest of this entry »
I went for an updated eye test at the opticians today and had a most interesting discussion. Read the rest of this entry »
Reading an article on emotional incest I came across some interesting inter-generational dynamics. Emotional incest was more prevalent in parents with their own challenges and the impact on their children seemed to have some interesting implications for social-emotional interaction patterns in their children. Could parents of kids diagnosed with ASD be more at risk of emotional incest which in turn exacerbates issues commonly identified with adults with Asperger’s? Read the rest of this entry »
With the new government proposal to phase out incandescent light bulbs, what about those on the autism spectrum with the visual perceptual processing challenge of Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome who struggle to concentrate, read and learn under fluorescent lighting? Read the rest of this entry »
More and more books are now looking at Catatonic episodes in those on the autistic spectrum. Read the rest of this entry »
When a man who even the prosecutor’s agree never fired a shot in anger is charged with attempted murder, then I guess we can only imagine the lovely staff of Guantamo must have been playing tiddly winks over hot chocolate with David Hicks these last 5 years. Read the rest of this entry »
In Wales, the English ignorantly renamed Welsh villages, towns and cities with all manner of Anglicizations and titles which swept over the rich native Welsh history of these places. The subtle but pervasive inherent racism of these policies was finally addressed and amends were made, replacing all new signs with bilingual ones which respectfully returned history to it’s public place. And tourism as well as cultural education is richer for it. Shamefully, Australia has little intention of doing anything so enlightened or respectful. Read the rest of this entry »
A friend dropped by yesterday and I my medication hadn’t yet kicked in. I’m usually pretty manic last thing at night and first thing in the morning (yes, would drive many people nuts!). But I drink Lemon Balm tea, which is a muscle relaxant and makes me pretty laid back, quite mellow. The result? Mellowmania. 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 .