Autistic Communication
I’m not sure why I find this extremely interesting, but I’m very inspired by an autistic girl called Carly Fleischmann, who is unable to speak a word due to her autism. Two years ago, working with pictures and symbols on a computer keyboard, she started typing and spelling out words, and the computer became her voice.
“It feels like my legs are on first and a million ants are crawling up my arms,” Carly said through the computer. “It is hard tobe autistic because no one understands me. People look at me and assume I am dumb because I can’t talk or I actdifferently than them. I think people get scared with things that look or seem different than them. 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.”
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