BIOGRAPHY

Donna Williams DOB 1963 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

SYMPTOMS
At two years of age, Donnas skin bruise easily, develop bleeding gums, hair loss and stomach tensing with compulsive coughing and unresponsive to sound and delayed speech.

SAVING GRACE
Created alter egos to cope with the outside world: Willie and Carol Willie: Strong willed, fearless, incorrigible The Protector Carol: Polite, talkative, friendly and the Social Butterfly Mary: Psychiatrist helped Donna to Overcome many challenges, Encouraged Donna to return To school and graduate from college. Bartak: Doctor diagnose Donna with Autism, when she was 24 years old. Diet: Allergic to most foods containing protein and similar properties, present diet consist of mostly grains and fresh foods.

DSYFUNTIONAL FAMILY
Guardianship returns to parents after the death of legal paternal grandparents. Donna lived in a world of domestic violence, with guns, substance abuse, and frequently endured physical, mental and sexual abuse.

DIAGNOSIS
Did not have Leukemia, was not hearing impaired. Doctors surmise Donna suffered from Childhood Psychosis and Tourette syndrome.

HOME LIFE
Plague by behavior problems and the inability to cope with reality, Donna was often excluded from school. Unsafe to remain at home with an alcoholic and abusive mother, Donna adapted to the streets of Australia; Feral childhood, between the ages of 8 through 15, sleeping in abandon sheds, parks and homes of a few caring neighbors and friends from school, who provided food and sometimes shelter.

RECOMMENDATION
Admittance to a Psychiatric Institution,

HistoGRS601 Professor McDonald

parents should behave as if she never existed, and continue living their lives.

SAVING GRACE AUTISIM SPECTRUM DISORDER

Health: Breast Cancer Survivor (2011), Reverse rheumatoid symptoms and asthma, Personality mood swings and controlled Primary Immune Deficiencies. Donna is currently married to Chris Samuel (2000).

INFORMATION
Autism spectrum disorders belong to an Umbrella category of five childhoodsonset conditions known as pervasive developmental disorders (PDD). Autism Aspergers Syndrome Pervasive Developmental Disorder

NOBODY NOWHERE
THE EXTRAORDINARY AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN AUTISTIC

RELATED SIGNS AND SYMPTONS

Social skills Speech and language Restricted behavior and play Emotional difficulties Uneven cognitive abilities

DONNA WILLIAMS

Ten percent of people with Autism Spectrum Disorders have Savant skills, most common: Mathematical calculations Artistic and musical abilities Feats of memory

Despite the diagnosis of Autism, years of neglect and abuse, set in a chaotic world of heightened sensory perceptions and emotional chaos, and to rise above debilitating health challenges; Donna Williams is an accomplish author, artist, sculptor, singer-songwriter, holds a degree in Linguistics and a Post Graduate in Sociology.

Rochelle Betton-Ford History and Philosophy GRS601 Professor Patricia McDonald

GRANDPARENTSHOME LIFE IS CENTER AROUND DOSMESTIC VIOLENCE, SUBSTANCE AND SEXUAL ABUSE, ALONG WITH PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL ABUSEDONNAS INABILITY TO COPE WITH REALITY AND BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS OFTEN RESULTED IN EXCLUSION FROM SC

CUSTODY RETURNS TO PARENTS AFTER THE DEATH OF DONNAS LEGAL GUARDIANS, PATERNAL