The Tale of Rosemary’s Baby, Part Four – why Anne McDonald was nobody’s ‘baby’
I remember one night when three of us, me, my husband Chris Samuel, and a friend of ours Kieran, went to dinner at Rosemary Crossley’s house. Rosemary and her partner, Chris B were always great hosts...
View ArticleThanking Marcia Devlin for the Higher Education
When my first book, Nobody Nowhere, became a major international bestseller, my Australian publisher, Doubleday received a submission from Chris Eipper for his fiction novel he was hoping to get a...
View ArticleRosemary Crossley defends her methods – what the Herald Sun kept from the public
Hanging out with Anne Mc Donald In defense of Crossley, McDonald & facilitated communication Crossley, McKay and Biklen, from ABC Ramp Up 24 May 2012, reporter Stella Young. Following Andrew Rule’s...
View ArticleDissociative Identity Disorder, Autism and a conversation
Dissociative Identity Disorder is on the same spectrum as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). They are both DISSOCIATIVE disorders. Those who develop DID have over developed abilities in...
View ArticleUnder The Banana Moon – by Kimberley Tucker
It was 1995. Kimberly Gerry Tucker first entered my life quietly through a door in a cute living dollâ€s house in Connecticut. I was a newly published author on a publishing tour in the US and in...
View ArticleOpen letter to Wikipedia about THAT ‘controversy’
Donna Williams diagnosis controversy Dear Wikipedia, I write with reference to this page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Williams regarding this extract: Diagnosis controversy In a 1996 report,...
View ArticleARTISM – an interview with art student Tilly Snaith
Hello Donna, My name is Tilly and I’m an A-level art student from a UK secondary school called Ruislip High. While searching through the Internet for inspiration, I came across your website and was...
View ArticleStephen Hinkle: Autism, Aspergers and the Hidden Curriculum
Got It by Donna Williams Stephen Hinkle wrote to me saying “I am writing a book about the social challenges of having autism. I was curious if I could interview you about your hidden curriculum...
View ArticleLets Stop Calling it ‘the autism’: Autism and Trauma – what’s the connection?
Recent studies in reputable medical journals have linked Autism to seemingly farfetched things like being born to mothers with pre eclampsia, being born prematurely, being born to older fathers, being...
View ArticleAutism to ARTism … the ‘Donna Williams’ journey
I heard from Nupur. She was from Boston USA and had recently I have started online community for children with special needs called ‘Special Childrenâ€s Art Work’. Her passion is to give special needs...
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