Carly Fleischmann’s heart wrenching call for help
A desperate and garbled plea for help appeared on the autism advocate and Social Media spokesperson Carly Fleishmann’s Facebook page on Wednesday February 25. The message appeared allegedly written by Carly and translated by a person unknown calling for help from two of her doctors. In a previous interview with Autism Daily Newscast, her father […]
What happened to Carly Fleischmann? : an exclusive interview with her father
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 behavioural and communication therapy, Carly remained largely unreachable. Then, […]
Neurodiversity Advocates Use #AutismSpeaks10 to Express Their Anger
This week Autism Speaks celebrated their ten year anniversary by encouraging their followers on Twitter and Facebook to share “how autism has touched your life” using the hashtag #AutismSpeaks10. While some individuals took the time to congratulate the group, others were less complementary. Ari Ne-eman, President of the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, told Buzz Feed News. […]
Neurodiversity, what is your view?
Editors Note: Our sister publication Autistic Spectrum Digest is looking for articles for an upcoming issue that will focus on Neurodiversity. Anyone on the spectrum is welcome to submit an article to editor@asdigest.com Cut off date is March 15, 2015. During the week of March 17th, Autism Daily Newscast is planning on publishing some of […]
