Donna Williams

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Donna Williams (2011)

Donna Leanne Williams , nee Keene , married Samuel (born October 13, 1963 in Melbourne - † April 22, 2017 in Australia ) was an Australian writer and artist . She was high-functioning autistic .

life and work

Her first book I Could Disappear When You Touch Me is an autobiographical work in which Donna Williams tells the story of her life from childhood to college. The book was published in the UK in 1992. It has been translated into twenty languages ​​and is a worldwide bestseller .

In her second autobiographical book If you love me, you stay away from me , Donna Williams told how she got her autistic idiosyncrasies under control and started a life of her own in Britain.

Another theme of the books is her childhood of violence and abuse. In 2010, her autism expert questioned the thesis that Williams had dissociative identity disorder .

On December 9, 2000, she married Chris Samuel. She lived with him in Australia. In June 2011 she discovered that she had breast cancer. She died of breast cancer on April 22, 2017.

Works in German

  • I could disappear if you touch me Memories of an autistic childhood. Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 1992 (and other editions), ISBN 3-455-08440-0 .
  • If you love me, you stay away from me. An autistic woman overcomes her fear of other people. Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 1994, ISBN 3-455-08601-2 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Donna Williams - About Diagnosis. In: donnawilliams.net. Accessed January 28, 2018.
  2. ↑ www.donnawilliams.net: Finale
  3. ↑ Vale Polly Samuel (aka 'Donna Williams') 1963–2017 In: donnawilliams.net. April 30, 2017, accessed May 20, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Williams, Donna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Williams, Donna Leanne; Keene, Donna (maiden name); Samuel, Donna Leanne (married name); Samuel, Polly
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian writer and artist
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Melbourne , Australia
DATE OF DEATH April 22, 2017
Place of death Australia