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Donna recounts the often funny, sometimes harrowing awakenings arising from sessions with a cognitive psychologist, who helps her understand what she has been through and make sense of her sensory problems, information overload and 'shutdowns'. We travel with her in her breakthroughs in working with autistic children and other adults like herself, as she finally finds a way of belonging and 'simply being' among others, without selling out who she really is. Somebody Somewhere continues Donna's story in her uniquely poignant yet humorous voice. Read Less. All Copies ( 93 ) Softcover ( 52 ) Hardcover ( 35 ) Choose Edition ( 5 ) Book Details Seller Sort. 1994, Crown Publishing Group (NY) Arlington, TX, USA. Edition: 1994, Crown Publishing Group (NY) Hardcover, Fair Details: ISBN: 0812922875 ISBN-13: 9780812922875 Pages: 238 Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY) Published: 02/1994 Language: English Alibris ID: 16604596759 Shipping Options: Standard Shipping: $3.99. 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Costs may vary based on destination. ISBN 13: 9781853027192. The sequel to the powerful international bestseller Nobody Nowhere, Somebody Somewhere takes us deeper into Donna Williams' Journey into the world. Her war against it is finally over, but the pieces of her life lie scattered around her. Donna recounts the often funny, sometimes harrowing awakenings arising from sessions with a cognitive psychologist, who helps her understand what she has been through and make sense of her sensory problems, information overload and 'shutdowns'. We travel with her in her breakthroughs in working with autistic children and other adults like herself, as she finally finds a way of belonging and 'simply being' among others, without selling out who she really is. Somebody Somewhere continues Donna's story in her uniquely poignant yet humorous voice. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Sequel to the international bestseller Nobody Nowhere takes us through the next phase of Williams' journey. From the Publisher : "This book deserves every superlative a reviewer can muster." -The Globe and Mail. "To be able to do what [Donna Williams] has done, by age 27, and to write about it so poignantly and so articulately is to function on a higher level than most 'normal' folk achieve in a lifetime." -Boston Globe. "By illuminating her own unique perceptions, she allows us to understand our own perceptions as never before. And oh, can she write." -The New York Times Review of Books. "The artistically gifted Williams continues to build a bridge between 'my' world and 'the'world." -Publishers Weekly. "Somebody Somewhere. provides a shining light into the dark mystery of autism." -Detroit Free Press. Somebody Somewhere: Breaking Free from the World of Autism by Donna Williams. Despite what Tony Attwood says in the introduction to Lucy's Story (1999), Lucy's book is not the first nor the only book by a person who has never used speech. In fact, the apparent first *ever* book by an autistic person was called Understand: Fifty Memowriter Poems (1985), by David Eastham [of Ottawa, Canada], who never used speech. Other books, published by 1999 by people who had not used speech are Forever Friends (David Eastham, 1990), A Child of Eternity (Adriana Rocha and Kristi Jorde, 1995, admittedly nonsensical), I Don't Want To Be Inside Me Anymore (Birger Sellin, transl. 1995); In Dark Hours I Find My Way (Birger Sellin, transl. 1995); I Had No Means to Shout! (Charles Martel Hale Jr., 1999) Through the Eyes of Aliens by Jasmine Lee O'Neill was written in 1998 by someone who, while she has used speech, does no longer. As to the impression that more books are published by female authors with autism than male authors: Despite appearances, there are actually both more male autistic authors out there and more books by autistic male authors. Only slightly, but still more. Books by male autistic authors are, however, more likely to be written through facilitated communication (which many people thus don't read or hear of) and more likely to go out of print. If you factor in FC and staying in print, *then* there are more books by female autistic authors (which almost never go out of print). The problem is not one of books *existing*, but of books being widely distributed and read. List of autistic authors and their books, sorted by gender. The authors are numbered, and their books are also numbered. It will be noticable that there are slightly more autistic male authors than autistic female authors, and slightly more books as well. This is true even if you eliminate forthcoming books and Stephen Wiltshire's art (I included him because I think drawing is as valid a communication method as any other). 1. Jen Birch f1. Congratulations! It's Asperger Syndrome (2003) (Forthcoming) 2. Lucy Blackman f2. Lucy's Story: Autism and Other Adventures (1999) 3. Jennifer Fan f3. Cinderella With Wrong Shoes: Poems by a Young Woman with Autism (2001, with Autumn Fan) 4. Gunilla Gerland f4. A Real Person: Life on the Outside (1996) - translated from Swedish, En riktig människa , by Joan Tate f5. Finding Out About Asperger's Syndrome, High Functioning Autism and PDD - translated from Swedish, Det är bra att fråga. om Asperger syndrom och högfungerande autism (1997) 5. f6. Emergence: Labeled Autistic (1986) f7. Thinking in Pictures and Other Reports from My Life With Autism (1995) 6. Alison Hale f8. My World Is Not Your World (1998) 7. Ppinder Hundal (Forthcoming) f9. "now you know me think more": A Journey with Autism using Facilitated Communication Techniques (2003) - with Pauline Lukey. 8. Nita Jackson f10. Standing Down, Falling Up: Asperger's Syndrome from the Inside Out (2002) 9. Therese Joliffe f11. Autism: A Personal Account (year unknown) 10. Wendy Lawson f12. Life Behind Glass: A Personal Account of Autism Spectrum Disorder (1998) f13. Understanding and Working with the Spectrum of Autism: An Insider's View (2001) 11. Mary Newport f14. Autism - Asperger's and Sexuality: Puberty and Beyond (2002) - with Jerry Newport. 12. Jasmine Lee O'Neill f15. Through the Eyes of Aliens: A Book About Autistic People (1998) 13. Dawn Prince-Hughes f16. Aquamarine Blue 5: Personal Stories of College Students with Autism (2002) - editor f17. Songs of the Gorilla Nation: An Autistic Person's Emergence among an Ancient People (2004) - memoir not yet published, slated for 2004. 14. Adriana Rocha f18. A Child of Eternity: An Extraordinary Young Girl's Message from the World Beyond (1995) - with Kristi Jorde. 15. Clare Sainsbury f19. Martian in the Playground: Understanding the Schoolchild with Asperger's Syndrome (2000) 16. Georgiana Thomas f20. Overcoming Autism (year unknown) 17. Liane Holliday Willey f21. Pretending To Be Normal: Living with Asperger's Syndrome (1999) f22. Asperger Syndrome in the Family: Redefining Normal (2001) f23. Asperger Syndrome in Adolescence: Living with the Ups, the Downs and Things in Between (forthcoming) 18. Donna Williams f24. Nobody Nowhere: The Extraordinary Autobiography of an Autistic (1992) f25. Somebody Somewhere: Breaking Free from the World of Autism (1993) f26. Not Just Anything: A Collection of Thoughts on Paper (1995) f27. Like Color to the Blind: Soul Searching and Soul Finding (1996) f28. Autism - An Inside Out Approach: An innovative look at the mechanics of 'autism' and its developmental 'cousins' (1996) f29. Autism and Sensing: The Unlost Instinct (1998) f30. Exposure Anxiety - The Invisible Cage: An Exploration of Self-Protection Response in the Autism Spectrum (2002) 1. Sean Barron m1. There's A Boy In Here (1992) - with Judy Barron. 2. John Brine m2. Confusion, Loneliness, Depression: Asperger's Syndrome - A Journey (2000) - with Patricia Brine. 3. David Eastham m3. Understand: Fifty Memowriter Poems (1985) m4. Forever Friends (1990, posthumous) 4. Lincoln Grigsby m5. The Light Within (2001) 5. Charles Martel Hale, Jr. m6. I Had No Means to Shout! (1999) - with Mary Jane Hale. 6. Kenneth Hall m7. Asperger Syndrome, the Universe, and Everything (2001) 7. Luke Jackson m8. A User Guide to the GF/CF Diet for Autism, Asperger Syndrome and AD/HD (2001) - appendices by Jacqui Jackson m9. Freaks, Geeks and Asperger Syndrome: A User Guide to Adolescence (2002) 8. Patrick McCabe m10. Living and Loving with Asperger Syndrome - with Estelle and Jared McCabe. 9. Thomas A. McKean m11. Soon Will Come the Light: A View from Inside the Autism Puzzle (1994) m12. Light on the Horizon: A Deeper View Inside the Autism Puzzle (1996) 10. Desmond Meldrum m13. Growing Up With Asperger Syndrome (1994) m14. Coping with Asperger Syndrome (1997) m15. The Asperger Experience (1999) 11. Roger Meyer m16. Asperger Syndrome Employment Workbook: An Employment Workbook for Adults with Asperger Syndrome (2001) 12. David Miedzianik m17. My Autobiography (1986) m18. Now All I've Got Left Is Myself (1996 is my estimate of the *latest* date probable) m19. Taking the Load off My Mind (1996 is my estimate of the *latest* date probable) 13. Tito R. Mukhopadhyay m20. Beyond the Silence: My Life, the World and Autism (2000) 14. Jerry Newport m21. Your Life Is Not a Label: A Guide to Living Fully with Autism and Asperger's Syndrome for Parents, Professionals and You! (2001) m22. Autism - Asperger's and Sexuality: Puberty and Beyond (2002) - with Mary Newport. 15. Tomas S. Page m23. Caught Between Two Worlds: My Autistic Dilemma (2002) 16. Chammi Rajapatirana m24. The Vial (2002) 17. Craig Romkema m25. Embracing the Sky: Poems Beyond Disability. 18. Edgar Schneider m26. Discovering My Autism: Apologia Pro Vita Sua (With Apologies to Cardinal Newman) (1999) m27. Living the Good Life with Autism (2003) - Forthcoming. 19. Marc Segar m28. Coping: A Survival Guide for People with Asperger Syndrome (1997) 20. Birger Sellin m29. I Don't Want To Be Inside Me Anymore: Messages From An Autistic Mind (1995) - translated from German, Ich will kein inmich mehr sein, botschaften aus einem autistischen kerker (1993), by Anthea Bell m30. In Dark Hours I Find My Way: Messages From An Autistic Mind (1995) - possibly translated from the same book (1993) - note that he did write two books *in German* (other is "Ich deserteur einer artigen autistenrasse" - neue botschaften an das volk der oberwelt ), there are 2 published in English, so I counted him as "2 books" 21. Stephen Shore m31. Beyond the Wall: Personal Experiences with Autism and Asperger Syndrome (2001) 22. Christopher Slater-Walker m32. An Asperger Marriage (2002) - with Gisela Slater-Walker. 23. William Stillman m33. Demystifying the Autistic Experience: A Humanistic Introduction for Parents, Caregivers, and Educators (2002) Somebody Somewhere: Breaking Free From The World Of Autism. In her first book, Nobody Nowhere, Donna Williams gave readers an incredible and unprecedented guided tour of the world of autism--a mysterious and little-understood condition. From her earliest years, Donna''s world was dominated by disembodied patterns, sound, color, and movement. Cut off from her emotions and unable to make any true connections with other people, Donna lived largely in isolation, avoiding the incomprehensible actions of others yet yearning to be normal. After she endured twenty-five years of imprisonment, a diagnosis of autism enabled her to take the first steps toward freedom, to begin the arduous trek from her "world under glass" to the real world. Somebody Somewhere chronicles the four years since Donna''s diagnosis and continues the journey she began in Nobody Nowhere. Certain that she can no longer survive by straddling two opposing worlds, Donna vows to abandon entirely the comforting isolation of her universe of one. The decision has brought both agonies and rewards. She describes her trial by fire as she abandons the two alternate identities she used to hide behind, Carol and Willie, and goes forth nakedly as Donna alone. She recounts her intensive sessions with her therapist, where she learns devastating truths behind her misconceptions of the real world. She overcomes the prejudice of teachers and classmates in her quest to obtain a degree in education and recounts her breakthrough working with autistic children. She comes to terms with the unwelcome --and for someone with autism, the particularly horrifying--demands of instant celebrity when her first book becomes an international bestseller. She describes the pain and joy of recognizing for the first time her own emotions. She learns to own her self and to love the person she discovers in the mirror. Most poignantly of all, she learns she can at last reach out to others for friendship and finds the pleasure of a "special-ship" with a kindred soul. Once again, Donna Williams proves herself a gifted gatekeeper, that rare individual who can illuminate a shadow world that continues to be deeply misunderstood, who can shatter the myths of autism and rise above its greatest challenges. Donna''s journey is far from over, but readers will cheer her tenacity, eloquence, and courage. Somebody Somewhere by Donna Williams. What is 'autistic culture' and where did the concept of autistic culture, autistic communities begin? What would happen if, for a change, autistic people began showing the way for their own communities? This book takes you on that journey. Published in 1995, Somebody Somewhere is Donna's Williams' second number one international bestseller in the mainstream publishing world. It is the second book in the autobiographical series and like each book can be read as a stand alone book. Diagnosed in the 1960s as psychotic at the age of two when autism was known as Childhood Psychosis, Donna has lived 26 years believing she was born mad. Now, Donna meets psychologist and autism expert Dr Marek who reconfirms her diagnosis with the more modern day term of autism and offers to work with her. But when he suggests he can give her training in social skills and handshakes, she is not interested in learning to further bury herself in 'acting normal'. Instead she determines to get from him the non-autistic translations for the array of experiences and concepts she has only ever made sense of in her own special language, kept secret within her own world. Dr Marek is soon not the only teacher. Navigating the combinations of xenophobia, charity, curiosity and kindness, Donna graduates as a teacher and travels overseas to work with autistic children and other adults like herself. In the process, she finds a way of belonging and 'simply being' among others without selling out who she really is and lays foundations for changing forever the way autism is understood by the wider world. * Anyone wanting to understand the social world of people with autism * Teens and adults living with disabilities and dealing with estrangement from the mainstream world, * Those living with or in relationships with people with autism and mental health challenges, * Those working with people with autism who dare to challenge the assumptions and stereotypes, What readers said: By illuminating her own unique perceptions, she allows us to understand our own perceptions as never before. And oh, can she write - The New York Times Every few years I read a book that completely captivates me, taking over my imagination and changing forever my perception of the world. Somebody Somewhere is such a book - The Washington Post To be able to do what Donna Williams has done, by age 27, and to write about it so poignantly and so articulately is to function on a higher level than most 'normal' folk achieve in a lifetime - Boston Globe Provides a shining light into the dark mystery of autism - Detroit Free Press. You can order this book from the publishers. The current publishers for Somebody Somewhere are listed here. If in Australia you can order this book from the distributor, Footprint Books here. If you're a publisher looking to acquire other foreign language rights, please contact JKP to discuss acquisition. Why I wrote the book. I wrote my second autobiography, Somebody Somewhere because I was changing so fast I feared I'd move on from this important new phase without ever documenting my perception, thinking, values and communication style at that time. Somebody Somewhere was so completely different to Nobody Nowhere and exposed a world of such different, forgotten citizens of the world, that the story had to be told, to give a voice to the voiceless, to be a starting point for solidarity and building bridges. It too became a number one international bestseller. Excerpts. Together inside of a Hula Hoop, Michael and I went for "a walk“ with Michael leading. We stopped at the playground, climbed out, and played follow-the-leader until neither of us could tell who was the follower and who was the leader. We made musical patterns out of the sounds made by tapping various wooden beams and metal pipes, and filled in each other's tunes, composing. Two girls came by chattering with each other. They shot a strange expression in our direction before detouring to play several feet away. Michael stood stock still like a shop mannequin. His smiling face grew solemn, his eyes stopped smiling. His fist came tensely up to his chest and he glared at me. In a loud, deep monotone, he hit himself with each syllable as he announced, ˜NOR-MAL'. I looked at the girls and looked back at him. ˜Yes. ' I said, Michael and Donna are NOR-MAL.' . 'I lost my legs today,' said Olivier excitedly. ˜I had no sense of my body from my waist down. I felt like I was flying. It was wonderful.' ˜I got lost in my reflection today too,' said Olivier, ˜I was lost in my eyes and by the time I woke up it was several hours later. What was so crazy, though, was that I was so far asleep that at first I couldn't tell which side of the mirror I was on until I moved.' One cannot fly with a physical body they say. Nor can one walk into a mirror. Olivier was sane. They were illusions, not delusions. If you had asked him if people can fly, he would have told you straight, no.