Donna Williams - Nonfiction

Autism Books

Donna Williams, who is autistic, has written books about her experiences as an autistic person. Her first book, Nobody Nowhere was a NY Times best seller.

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Donna Williams.: Autism and Sensing: The Unlost Instinct (London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 1998). http://www.jkp.com/catalogue/autism/wil_aut.html ISBN: 1853026123 (paperback, 224 pages). [autism]
Donna Williams.: Autism: an Inside-Out Approach: an Innovative Look at the 'Mechanics' of 'Autism' and Its Developmental Cousins (London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 1996). USA: Taylor and Francis, 1996. Description of different aspects of autism as experienced by autistic people. http://www.jkp.com/catalogue/autism/wil_aut_ins.html ISBN: 1853023876 (paperback, 320 pages). [autism]
Donna Williams.: Everyday Heaven: Journeys Beyond the Stereotypes of Autism (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2004). ISBN: 1843102110 (paperback, 224 pages). [autism,account]
Donna Williams.: Exposure Anxiety - The Invisible Cage: An Exploration of Self-Protection Response in the Autism Spectrum (Jessica Kingsley Pub, 2003). ISBN: 1843100517 (paperback, 320 pages). [autism]
Donna Williams.: The Jumbled Jigsaw: An Insider's Approach to the Treatment of 'cluster Conditions' in the 'autism Spectrum' And Beyond (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, forthcoming). ISBN: 1843102811 (paperback, 304 pages, due 11/15/2005). [autism]
Donna Williams.: Like Color to the Blind: Soul Searching and Soul Finding (New York: Times Books, 1996). Canada: Doubleday. Third in series. http://www.jkp.com/catalogue/autism/wil_nob.html ISBN: 0385255950 (paperback, Doubleday, 1996); ISBN: 0812926404 (paperback, 288 pages); ISBN: 1853027200 (Jessica Kingsley, 1998). [autism,account]
Donna Williams.: Nobody Nowhere: The Extraordinary Autobiography of an Autistic (Random, 1992). Doubleday, 1992. 219 pages. Also Corgi Books. The autobiography of an autistic woman; bestseller in early 1993. Shows an autistic person surviving an abusive family situation; painful to read. List member reactions: some describe it as truly amazing and very valuable; others don't recommend it at all. http://www.jkp.com/catalogue/autism/wil_nob.html ISBN: 0385254253 ; ISBN: 0552995126 (paperback, Corgi, 1993); ISBN: 0380722178 (paperback, 248 pages, Avon Books, 1994); ISBN: 0812920422 (hardcover, 219 pages, New York: Time Books, 1992, LCCN: 92-053669); ISBN: 1853027189 (Jessica Kingsley, 1998); ISBN: 0944993818 (audio cassette, abridged, Audio Literature, 1994). [autism,account]
Donna Williams.: Not Just Anything (Future Horizons, 1995). Reader: a number of autistic people...are quite attached to it. ISBN: 1885477155 (paperback, 180 pages); ISBN: 1843102285 (paperback, 144 pages, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2004). [autism,account]
Donna Williams.: Somebody Somewhere: Breaking Free from the World of Autism (1993). Also Doubleday, 1994. Donna explores the four years since her diagnosis and her attempts to leave her 'world under glass' and live normally. Shows some of the distortions of perception an autistic person may have, and possibilities for un-learning them. But hard to read without having 1st read the other book, as it refers to events in that book. http://www.jkp.com/catalogue/autism/wil_nob.html ISBN: 0812925246 (paperback, Times Books, 1995); ISBN: 0812922875 (hardcover, 238 pages, New York: Time Books, 1994); ISBN: 0385255004 (paperback, Bantam Books of Canada); ISBN: 1853027197 (paperback, 208 pages, Jessica Kingsley, 1998, 1995); ISBN: 0552141984 (paperback, 288 pages, Corgi, 1995); ISBN: 0944993869 (audio cassette, abridged, Audio Literature, 1994). [autism,account]

Autism non-fiction books by Donna Williams.