 If you get brain edema, fluid retention, liver problems, tend to inflammation, or struggle to detox, if you are sick of migraine from coffee withdrawal, find coffee keeps you up all night, or are worried about coffee dependency or its impact on anxiety states or mania, this may be the recipe for you! And it’s high in vitamins! And it’s GF/CF and it grows in your garden. Read the rest of this entry »
 I lived 35 years with two primary immune deficiencies and their impact on blood health Read the rest of this entry »
I wrote an article on object blindness and context blindness and got this reply: Read the rest of this entry »
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 »
Not into sport? What about culture, equality, spirituality, humanity? What about being part of something inspirational, awesome, deeply human and drivingly purposeful? The International Homeless World Cup 2008 is on this year in Melbourne. Read the rest of this entry »
 I’m aware of some of the insanity out there on the web… suicide via media, anorexia worship, bullying people into suicide, abuse for notoriety, predators and their patronage, living room bomb makers. Any of this could make censorship look important. But there’s another side. I received this in my email: Read the rest of this entry »
 In my 30s a good friend gave me a precious piece of paper with a sentence on it. It was about the opportunity of change and that when we fight change the most likely gift is pain. She died shortly after that and I remembered that sentence as I mourned that loss and celebrated her spiritual presence in the beliefs, philosophies and sisterhood she had shared with me. 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 »
 here’s a video interview from my appearance on KRNV TV in Nevada this November 2008. Read the rest of this entry »
 In a crumbling world economy, it won’t matter if you have 2000 online friends if you can’t leave your room, 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 .