Carly's Voice

The book Carly’s Voice I read recently. It was a very good and informative book and the book was partially written by Carly, a girl who has autism. This has helped me a lot with the special education class rooms I help in. The students in the rooms show similar signs and other things she describes in the book that she does when something is happening. I use her descriptions to help the other students that aren’t able to communicate what is wrong like she is.

The book was published under her father’s name but I think it was mainly her writing in the end. The book tells her life story and gives a nice look into the normally silent world of autism. The last chapter in the book is actually completely her own writing where she wrote a short story.

Another part that was very cool was is when she is finally able to describe what is going on and what is happening with her body. This can be very helpful when trying to help someone showing similar motions when they cant communicate for themselves. I think it is more helpful to have someone to tell you what is wrong that is experiencing it than a doctor or someone who has never felt it. 

My favorite part of the book is when she is finally getting her voice for the first time. I can only imagine how great it must feel to be able to finally communicate to everyone what is going on. That would be such a hard thing to know something and not be able to tell anyone. I wish there was some way every person with Autism could find their way they could communicate what is going on inside their mind.

The most memorable part of the story for me was the part when Carly described why she hit her head on things. She said it felt like the equivalent of someone shaking up a pop can. She said when she hit her head that the pressure in her head started to go away and get somewhat released. This was particularly memorable for me because a lot of the students I help do this and I was never able to figure out why until I read this. I found out of you give them pressure they tend to stop wanting to hit their head so the pressure build up in their head must go away.