Polly's pages (aka 'Donna Williams')

Ever the arty Autie

Overdoing death

October30

Death Becomes Read the rest of this entry »

Judgement Day

October23

JUDGEMENT DAY by Donna Williams Read the rest of this entry »

Remote Control

October23

REMOTE CONTROL by Donna Williams Read the rest of this entry »

The blessings of my autism – by Donna Williams

October23

I thank my autism for many things… Read the rest of this entry »

DIDville – living with Dissociative Identity Disorder

October20

When people think of Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) they commonly confuse it with the self injury or suicidal tendencies of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) or with the voices of schizophrenics. Read the rest of this entry »

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Expressionist Art – freeing your self expression from judgement and perfectionism

September25

A lot of people believe they can’t produce art or that what they produce is ‘crap’. From which perspective? Read the rest of this entry »

Let’s stop calling it ‘the autism’: Reward Deficiency Syndrome

September15

In The Jumbled Jigsaw, I wrote of Reward Deficiency Syndrome as one part of some people’s ‘autism fruit salad’. Reward Deficiency Syndrome (RDS) results in low levels of feelings of reward. As such there is disinterest in much of Read the rest of this entry »

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Open letter to Wikipedia about THAT ‘controversy’

September14

Donna Williams diagnosis controversy

Dear Wikipedia, Read the rest of this entry »

Differences between Aspergers and Autism ‘fruit salads’?

September9

In one of my books, The Jumbled Jigsaw, I presented a range of conditions commonly collectively occurring in those with autism and Aspergers. I was asked about the differences between an Aspergers (AS) ‘fruit salad’ and an Autism ‘fruit salad’. Read the rest of this entry »

Don’t Waste Your Time on Hypochondria

August10

I am an artist but I’ve also worked as an autism consultant since 1996. Because autism is a ‘fruit salad’ underpinned by a vast range of combinations of different, sometimes compounding conditions, that job involves researching a vast range of issues and conditions that impact on or compound the person’s autism. I have an encyclopedic mind, learn languages easily and like anything that involves lists or systems. Read the rest of this entry »

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