 I heard from Jen, a reader who had read one of my 9 published books, Somebody Somewhere. It was an international bestseller and reached number 1 in Canada, Japan and Norway, and was the second of four sequels to, Nobody Nowhere, which had reached number 1 in USA, Canada, Japan and Norway. So I invited Jen to ask her 5 most burning questions about it. Here’s our interview: Read the rest of this entry »
 Christine Breakey is a master advocate for people on the autism spectrum in the north of England and the host of two of my upcoming lectures in her region this September 2008. Here’s our interview Read the rest of this entry »
After doing a lecture called The Dietary Wheelchair about the role of dietary interventions in my own journey with autism, I was contacted by Cassie Wells from ORGRAN Natural Foods . She asked if I’d mind being interviewed for their magazine and I agreed and she generously accepted the additional publication of that interview here. Here it is: Read the rest of this entry »
A student in Singapore, Asvin Kaur, asked me 5 questions and has agreed you can all benefit from their answers. Here they are: Read the rest of this entry »
Barbara Smith M.S., OTR/L ( http://www.barbarasmithoccupationaltherapist.com ) works with many children on the autism spectrum in the area of hippotherapy (not hippos, but horses). This involves occupational therapy through interaction with horses and horse riding to help children achieve goals such as improved balance, coordination or communication skills to tell the horse to “go” and “whoa”. Barbara had her own set of questions for me, so here’s her interview: Read the rest of this entry »
Paul Swann is a Commissioning & Planning Officer with Department of Adult Social Care at Wrexham County Borough Council in Wales, UK. In the run up to an evening lecture I’m doing in Wrexham on Tuesday 9th Sept 2008, I offered Paul to set me 5 questions for an email interview. He did a wonderful job, setting in depth questions as good as any of the 100 or so journalists who’ve interviewed me over the last 20 years. Here’s out interview: 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 »
I got this a question about the nature of ‘Autism Spectrum Disorder’. I was asked
In your opinion is ASD a learning disability, a neurological
condition or a mental health issue…or something entirely unique perhaps?
Here was my answer…. Read the rest of this entry »
Someone wrote to me about the differences between Exposure Anxiety (EA, as written about in the book, Exposure Anxiety; The Invisible Cage ) and Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA). Here are my reflections on those differences: Read the rest of this entry »
Chris Draper, a scientific researcher with the Born Free Foundation contacted me about a new ‘therapy’ ready to cash in on the tail of that equally hot money spinner in the ever expanding autism marketplace, dolphin therapy. 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 .