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Somebody Somewhere: Breaking Free from the World of Autism

by Donna Williams · 1994

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In the acclaimed sequel to Nobody Nowhere—in which Donna Williams gives readers a guided tour of life with autism—Williams explores the four years since her diagnosis and her attempts to leave her "world under glass" and live normally. NPR sponsorship.

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disabilitydisabilityMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 256 pages

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