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Carly's Voice: Book summary and reviews of Carly's Voice by Arthur Fleischmann

Carly's Voice

Breaking Through Autism

by Arthur Fleischmann

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Carly's Voice by Arthur Fleischmann
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  • Published Mar 2012
    400 pages
    Genre: Biography/Memoir

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In Carly's Voice, her father, Arthur Fleischmann, blends Carly's own words with his story of getting to know his remarkable daughter. One of the first books to explore firsthand the challenges of living with autism, it brings readers inside a once-secret world and in the company of an inspiring young woman who has found her voice and her mission.

At the age of two, Carly Fleischmann was diagnosed with severe autism and an oral motor condition that prevented her from speaking. Doctors predicted that she would never intellectually develop beyond the abilities of a small child. Although she made some progress after years of intensive behavioral and communication therapy, Carly remained largely unreachable. Then, at the age of ten, she had a breakthrough.

While working with her devoted therapists Howie and Barb, Carly reached over to their laptop and typed in "HELP TEETH HURT," much to everyone's astonishment.

This was the beginning of Carly's journey toward self-realization. Although Carly still struggles with all the symptoms of autism, which she describes with uncanny accuracy and detail, she now has regular, witty, and profound conversations on the computer with her family, her therapists, and the many thousands of people who follow her via her blog, Facebook, and Twitter.

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"In this unsparing but affecting account ... it's clear that while most people take the ability to communicate for granted, for Fleischmann it defines her daily struggles and miraculous successes.... [An] inspiring story." – Publishers Weekly

"To read along as [Carly] expresses her feelings in conversations with her father is almost as stunning as when she writes of life inside her autistic head. ... Both heart-wrenching and deeply inspiring." – Kirkus Reviews

"Starred Review. Throughout Arthur Fleischmann's exceptional memoir about his and wife Tammy's experience raising a child with severe autism, it is the plaintive 'voice' of the wordless-from-birth Carly that resonates. ... It is Carly's chapter, written in her words, and her charm that set this memoir apart." – Booklist

"A well-written story of one family's struggle, perseverance, and triumph in helping a child with autism find her voice. This book will benefit people with autism, their families, and all who interact with them." – Library Journal

"For anyone who's ever fallen in love with their child, misjudged a person, had their heart broken and then restored, Carly's Voice is for you. Wise beyond her years, Carly takes us inside her world - a young girl who cannot speak, but has more to say than anyone I've ever met. This book is exquisitely written with courage, honesty, and, most of all, love. I've never read anything like it." - Monica Holloway, author of Cowboy & Wills and Driving with Dead People

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Arthur Fleischmann

Arthur Fleischmann is the founder and president of John St. Advertising and lives with his wife, Tammy, and their two other children in Toronto, Canada.

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