Everyday Heaven : Journeys Beyond the Stereotypes of Autism

Everyday Heaven is the much-awaited fourth installment in Donna Williams' series of best-selling autobiographies about her life with autism. A humorous, riveting, roller-coaster of a book, Everyday Heaven covers the monumental nine years from the time Ian left their accidental, "autistic marriage," to Donna's candid, funny, often bumbling explorations of sexuality and orientation, the challenge of coming to terms with the sudden deaths of those closest to her and finally knowing what life was like without the invisible cage of her "Exposure Anxiety". Described as enthralling, deeply moving and gripping, this book will strike a lasting chord not only with autistic readers and professionals seeking to better understand those on the autism spectrum but all of us who simply dream of daring to love deeply, to adventure and to deal triumphantly with the losses along the way. Annotation "With warmth and honesty, Donna Williams recounts her experiences of being in and out of relationships. Following on from her previous account of coming to terms with being diagnosed with autism aged twenty-five, in this book she describes coming to terms with her sexuality. There is the adoring Ian, who accompanies Donna through the trials of revisiting strained family relationships, speaking at her first conferences and making her first TV appearances, Mick who doesn't want a relationship, the unsympathetic Shelley and Chris, her dream man. This tale of intimate relationships and their associated feelings of security, insecurity, isolation, desire and love will strike a chord not only with autistic readers but with all those who have experienced the ups and downs of such relationships." Donna Williams was not diagnosed with autism until adulthood. As well as writing, composing and sculpting, she runs her own consultancy, Alternative Approaches To Autism, and has her own website: www.donnawilliams.net. Now based in Melbourne, Australia, she has made TV and radio appearances around the world and speaks at conferences, and her autobiographical worldwide bestseller Nobody Nowhere is now to be made into a film. This is the fourth installment in Williams' series of autobiographies about her life with autism. A humorous, riveting, roller-coaster of a book, Everyday Heaven covers the monumental nine years from the time Ian left their accidental, 'autistic marriage', to finally knowing what life was like without the invisible cage of her 'Exposure Anxiety' I think you will always be a travelling girl,' said Fritz, the German man in the seat next to me, in his broken English.