• Email address: bookings(at)donnawilliams.net
• Web site: www.donnawilliams.net

(* denotes solo exhibit)

• 2004: Postcard Exhibition, Linden Gallery, Melbourne
• 2005: * Original works and prints, Art@8 Gallery, Melbourne (solo)
• 2005: Frankston Festival Art Exhibition, Melbourne
• 2006: * Autism and Sensing, Vanguard Gallery, Melbourne (solo)
• 2007: * Alternative Normalities, Gallery 15, Melbourne (solo)
• 2007: Spectrum art auction, Cornwall, UK
• 2007: Prism Gallery, Huntington, Virginia, USA
• 2008: * Alternative Normalities, Grenfell Gallery, Adelaide, Australia (solo)
• 2008: World Autism Awareness Art Exhibition, United Nations Building, New York, NY, USA
• 2008: The Savant Exhibition, Manhattan Children's Centre, New York, NY
• 2008: * Beyond Words, Gallery 15, Melbourne, Australia (solo)
• 2008: Footsteps Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
• 2009: * A Place of Belonging, Grenfell Gallery, Adelaide, Australia (solo)
• 2009: Jarmbi Gallery, Burrinja Cultural Centre, Melbourne, Australia
• 2009: UN Plaza, New York, NY, USA
• 2010: 1812 Theatre, Melbourne, Australia

• 1997: Sculpture Exhibition, Malvern Hills College, Great Malvern, UK
• 1998: * Victorian Water Cure Exhibition, Malvern Museum, Great Malvern, UK (Commissioned museum exhibit for public display)
• 2006: * Autism and Sensing; the Unlost Instinct, Vanguard Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
• 2009: Jarmbi Gallery, Burrinja Cultural Centre, Melbourne, Australia

• 1990: Nobody Nowhere became a number one international best-seller and was the first mainstream published autobiography of a person diagnosed with autism. It was a controversial and groundbreaking book at that time which became translated into 20 languages, was 10 weeks at number one on the New York Times Best-Seller list and sold over half a million copies. Its worldwide exposure paved the way for so many others who have since had their works published throughout the world.
• 1992: Somebody Somewhere also became an international number one best-seller.
• 1996: Autism; An Inside Out Approach.
• 1998: Autism and Sensing; The Unlost Instinct.
• 1998: Like Colour To The Blind.
• 2003: Exposure Anxiety; The Invisible Cage of Involuntary Self Protection Responses.
• 2004: Everyday Heaven.
• 2004: Not Just Anything.
• 2005: The Jumbled Jigsaw.
• 2010: Weirdos Like Me.

• 1999: Nobody Nowhere (named after the book)
• 2005: Mutation
• 2010: Broken Biscuit

In 2000 two songs from the Nobody Nowhere album were featured in a Japanese TV series, Things You Taught Me (TBS) that has been released internationally and released on the soundtrack for the film.

In 2007 and 2008 two tracks from the Nobody Nowhere album made the top 50 on Artist Underground and the track Beautiful Behavioural Mutations had 15,000 hits in a year on You Tube.

In 2008 Donna formed an inter-arts rock band, Donna and The Aspinauts which began performing in 2009.

They produced their debut album, Broken Biscuit, in 2010, produced by Paul Spears at PV Sounds Studio.  

• 2005: Wrote the screenplay to Nobody Nowhere (now under option to Hollywood producer Beverly Nero).
• 2005-2006: Wrote 5 other feature films, now represented by a Hollywood film agent, Liz Hanley of Bicoastal Talent, Burbank, CA.
• 2007: Awarded a commendation for the feature film screenplay The Tower.

I featured in four television documentaries:

• 1993: Autism, Emotion and Behavior, Eye to Eye with Connie Chung, USA
• 1995: Jam Jar, Fresh Film, in association with Channel 4, UK
• 1995: Krankheit Als Schicksal, Spiegel TV, Germany
• 1995: Yokoso Watashi No Sekai E "Jiheisho" Donna Williams, NHK, Japan

and five other television appearances:

• 1992: Person Of The Week on Peter Jennings, ABC News, USA
• 1998: Midlands Today Evening News, UK : appeared with my life sized sculpture, My World, The World
• 1994: Norwegian Evening News, Norway.
• 1999: BBC, UK.
• 2006: Insight, SBS, Australia.
• 2007: Win News, Channel 9, Australia.
• 2008: Visions, Channel 31, Melbourne, Australia

• New York Times (US)
• Los Angeles Times (US)
• Boston Globe (US)
• Washington Post (US)
• Toronto Star (Canada)
• National Post (Canada)
• Maclean’s Magazine (Canada)
• Mirabella (US)
• Life Magazine (UK)
• Hello (UK)
• Women’s Day (UK)
• The Guardian (UK)
• The Mail (UK)
• The Express (UK)
• The Independent (UK)
• The Age (Australia)
• Leader (Australia)
• MX (Australia)
• Other publications in Norway, Germany, Israel, France, Japan, Italy.

• Women’s Hour, Jenny Murray, BBC, UK
• Morningside Program, Peter Gzowski, CBC, Canada
• National Public Radio, New York, USA
• Autism One Radio, USA
• ABC, Sydney, Australia
• 3CR, Melbourne, Australia
• MDR, Melbourne, Australia
• Also featured on German radio.

• Entered as mature a age returning student (previously left secondary education at age 15 with three years in the workforce before resuming education).
• Passes in Social Psychology, Sociology, Biology, English.
• Qualified for entry to university.

• Took a double major in Linguistics and Sociology before majoring in Sociology.
• Achieved a BA in the school of Social Sciences.

• Sociology Honours. Thesis on “Deviance and normality as exercises in alienation”.
• Achieved BA Hons in Sociology.

• Achieved a Dip Ed with a ‘High Recommendation’.
• Qualified to teach Primary School level and to teach Social Studies at a Secondary School level.