OBAMA'S DEMOCRATIC LANDSLIDE, Nov 2008

DEMOCRATIC LANDSLIDE by Donna Williams, Nov 2008

November fifth, in 2008

the world had held its breath

to wait

to take to hell the express train

all the way to hell's front gate.

Economies around the world

were on their knees

as it unfurled

upon the screens, through radio waves

the news we just may be yet saved.

An end to torture, wholesale slaughter,

illegal wars made by design,

an end to wholesale wastage by a culture bent on 'mine'

an end to strong-arm tactics in the trade amidst the poor

an end to social cancer in an era bent on more,

an end to white supremacy, separatism and the status quo,

an end to jobs all shipped away along with Plumber Joe,

an end to slaughter of the polar bears on Alaska's melting ice

and a start to an America that had a chance to pass for 'nice'.

Obama held the hope that day, not only of his nation,

he delivered in a landslide, a global feeling of salvation.

Donna Williams

I'm known as 'the arty autie' and have been described as the embodiment of creative chaos

I'm an international bestselling author with 9 published books.

I've been a public presenter since 1994 and an autism consultant in the field of developmental differences since 1995.

I'm a qualified teacher with a background in sociology but largely I'm a prolific, fairly mad artist and singer songwriter with the band, Donna And The Aspinauts since 2008

I was assessed as psychotic at age 2 in 1965 when I was also thought deaf. Although I had stored speech (delayed echolalia), I was still tested for deafness till late childhood by which time I was labeled disturbed. It was then that my meaning deafness became understood and I was helped to discover interpretive meaning and with it, functional language. I was diagnosed with autism in my 20s.

Today I'm a bestselling author with 9 published books (all with Jessica Kingsley Publishers), an artist, screenwriter, autism consultant and public speaker. I live with my wonderful husband Chris Samuel in the hills, in Australia.
My website donnawilliams.net features my art works and books as well as articles and events and my blog.

I helped found an international self employment site for people on the autistic spectrum at www.auties.org and anyone autism-friendly is welcome to help us build a more autism-friendly world for what is one of the most under-employed groups of people the world over.

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