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At the age of two, Carly Fleischmann was identified as having severe autism and an oral engine condition that prevented her from speaking. Doctors forecasted that she'd never intellectually develop beyond the skills of a tiny child. Although she made some improvement after years of rigorous behavioral and communication remedy, Carly remained largely unreachable. Then, at age 10, Carly experienced a breakthrough. While seated in her kitchen with her dedicated therapist, Howie, Carly reached over to the laptop and typed "MEAN", referring to Howie's efforts to get her to do her work for the day. She then went on to further make clear her recalcitrant spirits by typing "TEETH HURT", much to Howie's astonishment. This was the beginning of Carly's journey toward self-realization. Although Carly still battles with all the symptoms of autism, which she explains with uncanny precision and fine detail, she now has regular, witty, and profound conversations on the computer with her family, her therapists, and the hundreds of people who follow her via her blog and on Facebook and Twitter. A 2009 segment on 20/20 brought her report to nationwide attention, and she has since appeared on television set with Larry Ruler, Ellen DeGeneres, and Holly Robinson Peete, most of whom have developed warm connections with her. In Carly's Tone, her father, Arthur Fleischmann, mixes Carly's own words with his story of getting to learn his remarkable girl. Among the first books to explore firsthand the challenges of coping with autism, it brings listeners in the once-secret world together with an motivating young woman that has found her voice and her objective.
