Original sentence: "  Williams said that these claims were an attempt to discredit her.According to the Gollan interviews, Dr Kathleen Dillon (a Professor of Psychology at Western New England College in Massachusetts) "thinks that Donna's symptoms owe more to the abuse she suffered as a child than to autism".Donna Williams' books in my view, while very interesting, are not typical of the experience of at least the 20, 30 or 40 higher functioning autistic people that I have come to know fairly well.Fred Volkmar, an autism expert and the director of the Yale Child Study Center said, " ... it's hard for me to know what to make of Donna Williams.Gollan said there was "serious doubt about whether Donna Williams is autistic, and her books should be read with that in mind".In a 1996 radio interview, Kathy Gollan (a producer for Australian Broadcasting Corporation) raised questions about whether Williams is autistic or characteristic of persons with autism
Edited sentence: Donna Williams' books in my view, while very interesting, are not typical of the experience of at least the 20, 30 or 40 higher functioning autistic people that I have come to know fairly well".Gollan herself stated that there was "serious doubt about whether Donna Williams is autistic, and her books should be read with that in mind".In a 1996 radio story, Kathy Gollan (a producer for Australian Broadcasting Corporation) raised questions about whether Williams is autistic or characteristic of persons with autism.In phone interviews, Kathleen Dillon (a Professor of Psychology at Western New England College in Massachusetts) said she thought "Donna's symptoms owe more to the abuse she suffered as a child than to autism", and Fred Volkmar, an autism expert and director of the Yale Child Study Center commented " ... it's hard for me to know what to make of Donna Williams.She sought and received clarification from Professor Volkmar on his comments.Williams, who was diagnosed in person by leading Australian autism expert Lawrence Bartak, has responded that Gollan's claims were part of a persistent, painful attempt to discredit her