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 »
Its summer here in Australia in December. It’s fire season, people run about in shorts and T shirts and suburbia is yet again putting snowman illuminations, velvet and fur clad Santas, designer Christmas trees with fake spray snow, ordering Turkey and cranberry sauce and Read the rest of this entry »
I’m a spiritual atheist which means I care about the soul, rejoice in the diversity of the natural and human worlds, but don’t take comfort in projecting a father or mother figure or supreme consciousness onto all things. Even if I were in my last moments Read the rest of this entry »
So maybe you live under a rock and don’t know much about this Global Warming thing or maybe you’re so transfixed by politicians hypnotising you with threats of terrorism to think about the real far bigger threat to us all. 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 »
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 »
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 .