From ABC News (with videos):
Carly Fleischmann, a 14-year-old with autism who does not speak, is able to communicate by typing, according to her family and therapists.
Carly Fleischmann, a 14-year-old with autism who does not speak, is able to communicate by typing, according to her family and therapists.
Her message:
“I am autistic but that is not who I am. Take time to know me, before you judge me. I am cute, funny and like to have fun.”
“I am autistic but that is not who I am. Take time to know me, before you judge me. I am cute, funny and like to have fun.”
Carly has received intensive early intervention therapy from the age of three. Her family and therapists say she experienced a breakthrough at the age of 11, when she began to type independently. She has written that she feels like a normal person trapped in a body she cannot control.
She has her own internet blog and twitters regularly, answering questions about her experience with autism. She is also writing a novel.
Her family says no one is physically directing her or prompting what she should type. Experts caution that Carly’s abilities are extremely rare and that her case should not raise false hope.
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