What is an AWARES conference? Well, for starters its where for a limited time you get to ask world renowned experts all your autism related questions for a registration fee of £5 (about $11 Australian dollars).  Am I over there? Yep. Read the rest of this entry »
 Having worked a lot with children with autism who display visual agnosias including object blindness and context blindness Read the rest of this entry »
 I was asked for a paragraph about my vision of the future of autism. Here’s what I wrote: Read the rest of this entry »
 Another day, another gimick. We’re gripped by a global recession, people are losing their jobs and homes everywhere, Americans on or hoping for benefits and services are worried will they lose them when foreign countries foreclose on their bankrupt country already trillions in dept. But in the email, those in the autism world are told there is hope for just $240 Read the rest of this entry »
I had a letter from a parent asking me about cure and where I stand. Here’s my reply. Read the rest of this entry »
Hi Donna, I wonder if you could answer a quick question. Do auties experience feelings of love? If so can they experience trauma through loss of a person, attachment or object? Many thanks.
Here’s my reply: Read the rest of this entry »
In 1996 my first text book, Autism; An Inside Out Approach was published, in which I discussed strategies for meaning deafness, meaning blindness, lack of body connectedness and lacking simultaneous processing of a sense of self and other. To most people, that may sound like something from a Sci Fi novel, but in my world it’s just part of everyday life.
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 »
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 .