Pt 1: Donna Williams reads Nobody Nowhere; Autobiography of an Autistic Girl

The first of several readings by author, Donna Williams, of her autobiography, Nobody Nowhere; Autobiography of an Autistic Girl.

Nobody Nowhere was an international number one bestseller, with 15 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List and published in 20 languages throughout the world. It has been read by millions of people.

Published in 1991, and although preceded by Temple Grandin's pioneering book, 'Emergence' ten years earlier, Nobody Nowhere was the first autobiography of a person with autism to become an international bestseller and paved the way for many exciting autistic authors to become published.

Film rights to the book Nobody Nowhere were sold to Hollywood producer, Beverly Nero. Later, producers Norman Stephens and Su Armstrong came on board along with talented and award winning Australian director, Garth Davis. Intended for cinema release, the film is currently in pre production.

Praise for the book Nobody Nowhere

New York Times

"She allows us to understand our own perceptions as never before".

Los Angeles Times

"As brave a book as you'll ever read".

People Magazine

"By turns fascinating and harrowing".

The Globe and Mail

"Deserves every superlative a reviewer can muster".

Mode

"Powerful enough to make one reassess what it means to be human".


Nobody Nowhere has 3 sequels:

Somebody Somewhere
Like Colour To The Blind
Everyday Heaven

and is the first of Donna's 9 published books with Jessica Kingsley Publishing

More information can be found at http://www.donnawilliams.net

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[1210donna]

Autism is not one thing, its a fruit salad, and brain injury is real, inbreeding is real, the developmental and health impacts of these are real and children with severe visual, verbal, body agnosias will struggle to bond whether abused or not. Re your mother, there are Borderlines who were & who weren't abused though abuse is one way to drive a trait into a disorder.But inbreeding and brain injury will do that too, and can co-occur in a family of abuse. Life is often more complex than A OR B.

[1210donna]

if we are not the products of serious inbreeding (my grandmothers great grandmothers were mother and daughter, her great grandfathers were brothers and her parents were first cousins), lucky enough not to be poisoned before birth or oxygen deprived and didn't catch full blown serious viruses pre birth or in our first three years, ad if our parents didn't pass on damaged DNA effected by toxins or we didn't come about from old eggs, old sperm etc, then yes, we're probably very much intact :-)

[1210donna]

Yes, there was, by Audio Literature... once upon a time.

[DoctorSapperstein]

i enjoy your voice.

what are you smiling at when you read?

are you remembering how you felt?

why do you smile so much?

your experiences sound of fantasy - i don't know "happy" or "fun" so why are you laughing and smiling?

[1210donna]

@DoctorSapperstein no idea, I experience Exposure Anxiety which causes avoidance, diversion, retaliation responses so its probably from fear of reading.

[1210donna]

and yes, the inbred side also has a high number of writers, artists, musicians... why? because inbreeding exacerbates both disabilities, health issues and personality traits bringing out combinations of both ability and disability.

[1210donna]

visit my website and read 'about Donna' then 'diagnosis'. I was diagnosed at age 2. Gut, immune, metabolic disorders, and visual and verbal agnosias which already ran in the family which itself was highly inbred on one side and 3 gens of alcoholic mothers on the other, then sure. But its also the case that children with developmental disabilities are at higher risk of child abuse and are often born to families with related issues, sometimes affecting their parenting abilities.

[slush1980]

@1210donna

Hmm I can't find it :(

[slush1980]

Does anybody know if there is an audio version on here for "Somebody Somewhere" ?

Thank You :)

[deb3001]

i am a special needs teacher, yesterday we had training on sensory processing and we were introduced to some quotes by you, i found the quotes very revealing and helpful to my understanding of our pupils with Autism, thanks for sharing your experiences.

deb

[psychoparent79]

I find this video really intense and I can understand how my son may feel