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Autism From the Inside: Carly Fleischman’s Story
, 09 03rd, 2008
13-year-old Carly Fleischman has severe autism and has spent her life unable to verbalize. After years of extensive autism therapy, Carly had a breakthrough two years ago, beginning to spell out words on a computer keyboard. Her speech pathologist and parents are amazed and excited by how articulate and intelligent Carly is. She began to open up to them, describing what it is like to have autism, and there are things she wants people to understand about her disorder. “It is hard to be autistic because no one understands me. People look at me and assume I am dumb because I can’t talk or I act differently than them. I think people get scared with things that look or seem different than them.”
Therapists say the lesson to be learned from Carly’s story is for families to persevere and continue to be creative in their attempts to help children with autism find their voice. Carly’s father points out that if her parents had listened to what many people told them years ago, they wouldn’t have the child they have today. Carly’s speech pathologist asked Carly to speak to her colleagues about autism, asking what she would like to tell them. Carly’s response? “I would tell them never to give up on the children that they work with.” Carly had more to say to people who don’t comprehend autism: “Autism is hard because you want to act one way, but you can’t always do that. It’s sad that sometimes people don’t know that sometimes I can’t stop myself and they get mad at me. If I could tell people one thing about autism it would be that I don’t want to be this way. But I am, so don’t be mad. Be understanding.”
Adapted from ABC World News Report story by John McKenzie, February 19, 2008
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September 9th, 2008 at 7:48 am
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September 9th, 2008 at 8:27 am
Autism From the Inside: Carly Fleischman’s Story | Help With Autism…
One of the problems with autism is that most aren’t that informed of the condition. And go get the best resources and the best information, you only need this site that I recently saw. See this site and you’ll learn so many things about it….
September 9th, 2008 at 8:28 am
Autism From the Inside: Carly Fleischman’s Story | Help With Autism…
One of the problems with autism is that most aren’t that informed of the condition. And go get the best resources and the best information, you only need this site that I recently saw. See this site and you’ll learn so many things about it….
September 9th, 2008 at 8:28 am
Autism From the Inside: Carly Fleischman’s Story | Help With Autism…
One of the problems with autism is that most aren’t that informed of the condition. And go get the best resources and the best information, you only need this site that I recently saw. See this site and you’ll learn so many things about it….
September 9th, 2008 at 8:28 am
Autism From the Inside: Carly Fleischman’s Story | Help With Autism…
One of the problems with autism is that most aren’t that informed of the condition. And go get the best resources and the best information, you only need this site that I recently saw. See this site and you’ll learn so many things about it….
September 9th, 2008 at 8:35 am
Autism From the Inside: Carly Fleischman’s Story | Help With Autism…
One of the problems with autism is that most aren’t that informed of the condition. And go get the best resources and the best information, you only need this site that I recently saw. See this site and you’ll learn so many things about it….