Carly Fleischmann

Update: On Sunday, Carly Fleischmann issued a new statement on Facebook. She removed her original Facebook post, saying “people were threatening” her family and put her address online. She added she has “started working on making [her] life a safer place” and that she is safe. On Friday, Feb. 1, media producer and YouTube personality Carly Fleischmann, [...]

Has anyone ever said this about you or your child? When I work with parents of children on the autism spectrum, they tell me a typical unsolicited comment includes, “Oh, your child is on the spectrum? But he seems so smart!” When I was growing up on the spectrum, I was seen exactly like this because of my ability to [...]

Carly Fleischmann is a “Glamour Girl.” That’s the name of the talk show host and author’s debut country song. Fleischmann most recently made headlines in April as the first nonverbal person on the autism spectrum to host a talk show. The pilot episode of her show, “Speechless With Carly Fleischmann” was viewed over three million times and featured an interview with Channing Tatum. [...]

Carly Fleischmann is nonverbal, but she’s become the voice of autism awareness. The young woman, who uses a communication device, gained notoriety when a video giving insight to how she processes the world went viral in 2012. It’s since been viewed more than two million times, and brought well-deserved attention to her book “Carly’s Voice.” [...]