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Ever the arty Autie

Is Sarah Palin a terrorist?

October7

Big Bad Wolf by Donna Williams  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 »

Autism book, The Jumbled Jigsaw comes out in Japanese

October5

Tree Museum by Donna Williams 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 »

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Donna Williams’ Oct 2008, 48 hr, Poetry Challenge

October3

Language of Scent by Donna Williams  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 »

Recipe of the month (Oct) : Coriander Pumpkin

September30

Procrastination by Donna Williams  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 »

Beautiful art as a painkiller.

September20

Gentle by Donna Williams People who buy art may tell you they have fallen in love with a painting Read the rest of this entry »

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An Interview with Somebody Somewhere

September2

The Outsider by Donna Williams  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 »

Hardly genius

September1

Count Me In by Donna Williams  So many of the kindhearted, inspirational women on AWA are so wildly gifted, brilliant, highly intelligent.  Read the rest of this entry »

Donna Williams’ Sept 2008, 48 hr, Poetry Challenge

September1

Words Get Tumbled by Donna Williams  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. Read the rest of this entry »

Autism Smorgasbord in Manchester and Sheffield

August28

Face The Music by Donna Williams  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 »

The Real Self; Dissociation, Rote Learning and Role Play.

August21

Speech by Donna Williams  Do we all have a real self?  Read the rest of this entry »

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