Here’s an AWESOME YouTube video—a Trent University-produced “vignette” starring the multiple-award-winning Mr. Lewis “Codeboy” Schofield:
By now, you all know Donna Williams. Here’s a poem called “Butterflies” that Donna wrote recently.
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if someone takes your disabilities and makes them your
gilded cage
then you take charge of your disabilities like never before
for they are your fallibility, the keys to your cage
a key you allowed someone else to call theirs
because they taught you this was love and caring
and in the light of day you realise it had nothing to do
with you
so you look in the mirror and say, wow, there’s a fool
and brush off the dust and say, ok, so the world is full of
fools so I’m in good company
and you look at your life and say, wow, there’s an island
but islands can build bridges
and you look at your smile and say
wow, I’d forgotten I could wake up with this
and you look at your time and say
you ain’t Florence Nightingale, so follow that smile
because a heart shouldn’t be heavy
it should be light
because a heavy heart will never fly
and butterflies can.
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Buy Donna’s gorgeous (and reasonably priced!) paintings
(Holiday tip: Nothing says "I love you" like original art!)
(With a name like Donna and The Aspinauts, how can you resist?)
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The book Cowboy & Wills opens the day after critically-acclaimed author Monica Holloway’s adorable three year-old son Wills is diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. She takes him to a pet store; and from her first impulse purchase of a full aquarium, Holloway quickly graduates to hermit crabs, hamsters, African dwarf frogs, and a rabbit. But like all children, what Wills wants most is a puppy. That Christmas, eight-week old Cowboy arrives and forever changes their lives.
Where Wills is cautious, fastidious, and tender hearted, Cowboy is rambunctious, affectionate, and impulsive. Soon, the boy who could barely say hello to his kindergarten classmates is going on playdates, learning to swim, and sleeping in his own bed. Through it all, Cowboy is there, dragging him toward other children and giving him the confidence to face his fears—with her by his side. But love is not enough to save the beautiful Cowboy from her fate, and the cruel world of puppy mills quickly catches up to them. When Cowboy is diagnosed with lupus, Wills and his family realize that they must be there for her, just as she was there for them.
Monica Holloway sat down with Simon Spotlight Entertainment (a division of Simon & Schuster) for a discussion of her life’s path as a mother and memoirist, and the unexpected trajectory this path has taken through her life. Here are the highlights:
Tim Page, author of “Parallel Play: Growing Up with Undiagnosed Asperger’s” and a Pulitzer Prize winning music critic, was online at washingtonpost.com Tuesday, October 27 to take readers’ questions and to discuss the effects of Asperger’s syndrome on his life and coping mechanisms he uses to treat it.
The entire conversation was fascinating (and well worth the read), but in case you’re in a hurry…here are some excerpts from Tim’s responses that leapt off the page:
Back in January, it was announced that popular Autism Vox blogger Kristina Chew, PhD would no longer be blogging for Blisstree.com.
Then, two months later, we met Jeff and Jill—Kristina’s replacements.
Which is why we were shocked to read Jeff’s goodbye note posted yesterday.
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“Lewis, I think you embody the spirit of Trent—you’re mighty, tenacious and very creative,” said Su Ditta, a selection committee member, in front of a crowd of about 60 people.
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Remember Craig Evans, the wonderful man behind autismhangout.com who interviewed Donna Williams via Skype earlier this year? Well, Craig recently interviewed Donna and Dr. Stephen Shore for his new “Thriving with Autism” webinar.
Here’s the absolutely remarkable, riveting interview:
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Learn more at:
autismhangout.com >>
autismasperger.net >>
& donnawilliams.net >>
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Thisislewis.net has been updated in a major way…
According to Monsieur Lewis, “there’s lots of new and interesting links and some files you can download such as Famous People with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Famous People with Myasthenia Gravis.”
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According to beverlyneroproductions.com, the upcoming biopic about Donna Williams’ life—titled “Nobody Nowhere,” based on Donna’s international best-selling autobiography of the same name—is officially “in development”!!!
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Quoting author, filmmaker and co-founder of the Asperger’s Resource Group Larry Welkowitz, Ph.D.:
Special thanks to Anisha who sent me a notice about a real cool idea arising from a partnership between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Ashoka (the promoter of social entrepreneurship): A competition for new ideas about improving mental health, community by community (I might pass on an entry myself). The deadline is October 14 so hit their website and get going.
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