A powerful, eloquent and funny account of making sense of a life of misunderstanding
Donna Williams was born in Australia in 1963 and raised in a working-class inner-city area in Australia. She grew up hearing words such as `deaf', `disturbed', `crazy' and `spastic', and like many able people with autism born in the 1960s and earlier, she was wasn't formally diagnosed with autism until adulthood. As well as writing, composing, painting and sculpting, she lectured and ran workshops on autism all around the world.
Nobody Nowhere tears aside the veil that conceals the mind of the
autistic person. Donna Williams' account has the magnetic and
unrivalled power of authenticity... this book is absorbing,
disturbing, enriching and it will cause many to substantially
revise their views of what it is that constitutes psychological
normality.
*Professor Anthony Clare*
This was an interesting account of Donna's life and how she dealt
with the outside world and intertwined her three personalities to
cope. I feel this is a worthwhile read for any parent or relative
of an autistic person. Teachers and psychologists as well as
therapists would better understand how an autistic person sees
themselves.
*BellaOnline Reviews*
Donna Williams isn't just teaching us what it is like to be
autistic, she is teaching us what it is like to be human.
*The New York Times Book Review*
It really is an amazing, engaging autobiography of a fascinating
individual. Whether you are familiar with autism first-hand or not,
you will have a difficult time putting this book down, I can assure
you.
*Autism Café.*
Nobody Nowhere tears aside the veil that conceals the mind of the
autistic person. Donna Williams' account has the magnetic and
unrivalled power of authenticity... this book is absorbing,
disturbing, enriching and it will cause many to substantially
revise their views of what it is that constitutes psychological
normality. -- Professor Anthony Clare
This was an interesting account of Donna's life and how she dealt
with the outside world and intertwined her three personalities to
cope. I feel this is a worthwhile read for any parent or relative
of an autistic person. Teachers and psychologists as well as
therapists would better understand how an autistic person sees
themselves. -- BellaOnline Reviews
Donna Williams isn't just teaching us what it is like to be
autistic, she is teaching us what it is like to be human. -- The
New York Times Book Review
It really is an amazing, engaging autobiography of a fascinating
individual. Whether you are familiar with autism first-hand or not,
you will have a difficult time putting this book down, I can assure
you. -- Autism Cafe.
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