William Stillman

William Stillman has been dubbed “The Autism Whisperer,” by talk show host Frankie Picasso, for his innate ability to understand and interpret children and adults on the autism spectrum.

Lisa Rudy, About.com’s autism moderator, has said, “William Stillman is one of the few who can translate the workings of the autistic mind to the neuro-typical community.”

He is a nationally recognized autism spectrum self-advocate, speaker, and award-winning author of numerous special needs parenting books including his latest, Empowered Autism Parenting.

He has advocated for people with different ways of being since 1987, serves on several autism advisory boards, and writes columns for Autism Voices and Choices and Children of the New Earth online magazines.

In his work, Stillman seeks to passionately transform perceptions of autism from those defined as “afflicted sufferers” to those with valuable gifts to offer the world.