Complex sentence: Lucy Blackman (born 1972 in Melbourne, Australia) is the first functionally non-verbal person with autism in Australia to become credited as a published author, with her book "Lucy's Story" (2001).
Split into simpler sentences: Lucy Blackman (born 1972 in Melbourne, Australia) is an author with autism. She was the first functionally non-verbal person with autism in Australia to become a published author with her book "Lucy's Story" (2001).