We went to the opening night of an art show, called ‘Letterheads’, at Coppin Gallery, 49 Coppin St Richmond. It was a wild place, a massive warehouse type of place with wild graffiti works on the walls on the way in. Read the rest of this entry »
Who Killed The Electric Car? (PG)
starts Nov 2nd, Cinema Nova
It was among the fastest, most efficient production cars ever built. It ran on electricity, produced no emissions and catapulted American technology to the forefront of the automotive industry. The lucky few who drove it never wanted to give it up. So why did General Motors crush its fleet of EV1 electric vehicles in the Arizona desert? “Who Killed the Electric Car?” chronicles the life and mysterious death of the GM EV1, examining its cultural and economic ripple effects and how they reverberated through the halls of government and big business.
England has its European heritage, its history as a waring nation, its shame as a monarchy claiming nations, destroying languages, dominating and patronising entire indigenous cultures Read the rest of this entry »
It’s strange perhaps, but somehow those who don’t converse sometimes take the role of family dog or cat, and hear some chilling confesions. Read the rest of this entry »
This week a group of so called Ku Klux Klan in Australia, threatened to bash up Aboriginal children out after dark in Lismore. Read the rest of this entry »
People got busy
Electronica ate time
We got eaten up by subliminal advertising, streamlining and labels
Till individuality wasn’t a given, it was a flag wave. Read the rest of this entry »
I wrote that finding out I was autistic gave me “hope for forgiveness”. When I friend asked me what this phrase meant, Read the rest of this entry »
OK, I’m autistic, but what do I feel are some of the most important things society needs to know about, wonder about and maybe even be moved to do something about? Do I care about the world? About things beyond the world of autism? Read the rest of this entry »
I was recently sent an extraordinary video clip which I sent out to those signed up to my mailing list. I got such a wonderful response from people after that clip that I thought I’d make it available to the rest of you. Read the rest of this entry »
Fellow author, Temple Grandin, wrote and lectured much on ‘thinking in pictures’, imagining that, because a majority of high functioning people with Asperger’s did think in pictures (though many were auditory thinkers who thought in words) that, therefore, this was indicative of how ALL people with autism thought. On this basis she claimed that as ‘the woman who thinks like a cow’ that not only all autistic people think in pictures, but went further to project this predominant visual thinking style onto animals too. In fact visual thinking is the most common mode of thought for ALL people – around 60 %-65% of the population think in pictures. So how about the rest of us? 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 .