Clearing up poor autism related information about Glutamine – by Donna Williams

Someone wrote:

I read somewhere Donna Williams wrote about a glutamate concoction she said made her feel better. Are you familiar with this? I ask because of a recent NIH study that talked about glutamate neurons role in autism. The study was published in the journal Nature Genetics in March and is considered a break through in the genetic mapping of ASD. I would really like to find out more about this.

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Quite the storyteller and a master of litanies, my father’s forte was one sided ‘conversation’ but he was very good at characterisations. He wouldn’t tell you about someone or what had happened, he’d show you the whole play and play each part as he did. He’d put on their style, their voice, their movements and jump between characters as he told a story. Read the rest of this entry »

With no look of apology or shame, I make my way to what others perceive as the front of the queue and wonder at the intolerance of those who grumble at me. Without the slightest embarrassment I talk over customers speaking with the cashier and ask for directions to what I’m looking for and when I’m told off, I’m shocked at the rudeness of people. I will seize on a part of what someone has said and seemingly ignore what really matters. I will say what is logical with complete disregard for the feelings of others and will merrily chatter on topics which clearly relate to their pain with no thought for how insensitive I’m being. Read the rest of this entry »

If you associate Indigenous Film with National Geographic documentaries, then take a peak if you can at some of the innovative, quirky, gritty, cutting edge works previewed at the Message Stick Film Festival Read the rest of this entry »

Here’s an interview with fellow autie artist, Deborah Thorsos.

Deborah is one of the many talented people on the autism spectrum who have listed her work on www.auties.org (it’s all free). Read the rest of this entry »

My husband Chris and I have an interesting time trying to navigate our way around each other in the kitchen. He is rather mono and huggy and struggles with the simultaneous self and other thing which means that he tries to hug me whilst I’m in the midst of me doing other things, which anyone autistic will know I find drives me balmy. I adore the fella but I like to be doing nothing when approached with a hug, even better I’m much better doing the approaching.
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Folks, this is the review page for the first of my music albums, the Nobody Nowhere CD.

But check out review number 3.
The first part is by a mum.
But look at the second part of it.
It’s just cute as a button.
What a kid.

Well, Robert, aged 7 and a 1/2, I hope we do get to meet some time.

🙂 Donna Williams *)

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I first used the word ARTism in 2000 to describe how my artistic personality trait had taken over where my autism left off, hence, artism. In 2004 I gave a presentation on ARTism in Those With Autism at Flinders University. The first web references of the use of the word artism go back to 1969. Today the term artism is used by both artists with autism, and many without. And why not? Artism is to artists what chocoholism is to chocoholics.

The ARTism store
Once upon a time there were Donna Williams‘ T-shirts which people bought around with world and mostly in the UK where I was touring when I lived there. Well, they’re back. Not exactly the ones available back then but well worth a visit to the new online shop, if only for a look around. And if t-shirts don’t interest you, there’s plenty else; mugs, mouse mats, bags, and other stuff. Its ARTism city. Hope to see you there.

at http://www.cafepress.com/donnawilliams/

Hope to see you there.

Even better, consider the service this place offers artists and how you might utilise it to express your own creativity.

Every the arty autie….

Donna Williams *)
http://www.donnawilliams.net

Bestselling fantasy fiction author, Caiseal Mor, was diagnosed with ASD as a child. He’d written his autobiography in adulthood but the publishers and the journalists who helped his fiction works climb to fame were convinced that public awareness of his autism would be unhelpful to book sales. He was not only strongly discouraged from going public about having ASD but a whole other persona was created for him instead. Read the rest of this entry »

Imagine if you could erase all dialogue, all faces from your dreams yet still have deep, meaningful dreams, even more so.

Imagine a world that is purely spatial, logical, a 3D world in which you exist as a bodyless entity, as if you have entered the pure cognitive workings of your own brain. Read the rest of this entry »