The Thoughts and Feelings of a Melbourne Person
So we’ve just received the revised edition of Donna’s classic autobiography “Nobody Nowhere” from the publishers with an updated forward, some of the quotes about it on the back and one of Donna’s paintings, “Swing“, on the cover!
Donna originally wrote Nobody Nowhere was in 1990 and as it is considered a classic autobiography of [...]
Donna was recently interviewed about her life with autism by the Salvation Army magazine WarCry. When Donna received her complimentary copy of the magazine we were surprised to find that we both turned up on the front cover!
Last night Donna and I managed to get her first YouTube video online called “From Autism to Artism“, based around her photos from childhood, her paintings and the song “Beautiful Behavioural Mutations” from her Mutation album (and no, I can’t keep up with her creativity!).
Inspired by Alec, I just checked using the Great Firewall of China checking site and found out that my site, along with Donna’s, her blog, her podcast, the site for her first book and the web site we set up to promote self-employment for folks on the Autism spectrum, Auties.org, are all blocked!
Presumably it’s working [...]
Yay! Donna now has her own IMDB page as both screenwriter and appearing as herself in documentaries!
Just updated Donnas’ events page to list the first of the talks in the US in November!
Well the author copies of Donna’s 9th published book The Jumbled Jigsaw have arrived with a fab cover featuring a lovely painting by Donna called the Music of Beingness!
Hopefully it’ll stir up the autism field into realising that there is far more diversity in the causes of the symptoms that get labelled as “Autism” and [...]
Just updated Donna’s site so that people can buy packs of 10 assorted cards of her paintings as well as marking the original of “Rainbow Tree” as being sold!
Now I’m back home I’ve been able to post Donna’s poem “The Sydney Riots” (below) on her website - you can find it here.
My wife wrote the following and has kindly given me permission to publish it here.
THE SYDNEY RIOTS
I don’t love a racist country
a land of sweeping hate
of rugged men with iron bars
who say they stand up for a mate
I don’t call that madness friendship
I don’t call that loyalty
A communion based on hatred,
That’s not Australian, not to [...]
