 I was born in the 1960s, before the abolition of the White Australia Policy. It was a shameful time of Anglo-Australians presuming themselves the First, the Real, Australians. Read the rest of this entry »
 Pam Lane is from the Dallas chapter of Autism Society of America for whom I’m presenting this November 2008. I gave her the opportunity to ask me some questions before speaking in Dallas. Here’s our interview: Read the rest of this entry »
 I was approached by a student in architecture, Regina Chen, from The National University of Singapore about the way people with autism perceive space. Whilst I’m only one person with autism and every ‘autism fruit salad’ is a different combination, I have worked with 100s of people on the autism spectrum so felt I’d reply as best I could keeping that diversity in mind. Here’s my replies: Read the rest of this entry »
 Some adults on the autism spectrum consider they would really like to help others on the autism spectrum and asked how I became an autism consultant. Here’s the synopsis. Read the rest of this entry »
 Well, I started out doing quite classical work, as can be seen best in my life sized bronzes. Then, being face blind and unable to ask people if I could please feel their faces so I could sculpt them, I began Read the rest of this entry »
 There’s an Autism Arts show in NY this weekend at the New York City Autism/Asperger’s Conference. Will my art be there? Read the rest of this entry »
 According to Wikipedia the definition of Terrorism is ,
“the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion. Read the rest of this entry »
The Jumbled Jigsaw was the embodiment of my ‘autism as a fruit salad’ model and was an navigator’s manual with which to work out the nature of each individual’s autism and which directions relate to which pieces of ‘fruit salad’. Read the rest of this entry »
 Each month I send out a challenge for people to send me a 1-2 word topic they’d like me to write a poem to and I must write all the poems in the challenge within 48 hours. People CAN’T send names (yes, everyone wants one named after their child 
but they can send other 1-2 word titles. Each sender only gets me writing one poem per poetry challenge and the more surreal the challenge, the better. Read the rest of this entry »
 Chris and I developed something we came to really like – Coriander Pumpkin. It’s GF/CF and low in salicylates as well as vegan. Here’s the recipe 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 .