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- Now, what may be the most remarkable
"coming out" event we've ever seen.
A little girl is unable to speak a word
or connect to the world around her in any way
until she turned 11. And suddenly, something remarkable happened.
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- Feel like this is gonna make me cry.
- I don't want to cry,
but I feel like this kid end up being up down that route.
- (voice-over) You don't know what it feels like to be me...
(computer beeps) ...when you can't sit still
because your legs feel like they're on fire.
- What?
- (voice-over) People look at me and assume I am dumb,
because I can't talk. - No way.
- (reporter) Carly's progress was excruciatingly slow.
That is, until one day three years ago, when Carly was 11.
She ran to a computer for the first time.
- (mother) She was quite distressed.
- Oh, typing, okay. - Awesome.
- (mother) ...U-R-- and it was like T: "hurt."
And then a little bit... - That's so sad.
- (mother) ...later on, she spells H-E-L.
We kinda pushed her to finish, and she puts P.
- Oh my goodness. - (mother) So she spells "help."
It told us that there was a lot more going there than we knew.
And to us, that was a breakthrough moment.
- That must be so difficult for a parent
to not know how to help your child.
- (reporter) It would be easy to dismiss Carly
as "intellectually challenged." - Damn, that's crazy.
- (reporter) That is, until you ask her a question.
(Carly: guttural humming) - (man) Why do autistic kids
cover their ears, hum, and rock?
- I'm interested to know what she said.
- And she answers through the computer. - (voice-over) It's a way
for us to drown out all sensory input... - Ohh.
- (voice-over) ...that overloads us all at once.
We create output to block out input.
- Wow. - Wow, that is so fascinating.
- Oh my gosh, she's so smart.
- (reporter) A year after we first met Carly,
she is happier, calmer... - I love that.
- She can finally communicate.
- (reporter) She also has her own internet blog
and Twitters regularly... - Yeah, girl.
- (reporter) She also has her own internet blog
and Twitters regularly...
- Amazing. - (reporter) ...answering
questions from people... - Wow!
- (voice-over) I think the only thing I can say is don't give up.
Your inner voice will find its way out.
Mine did. - Amen, sister.
- That's amazing. - What's your excuse?
- That's really incredible. Holy shit.
- Such an inspiring thing. - Aw.
Guys, you're gonna make me cry in a second.
- That's actually, like, incredible
to think about, like-- and if she didn't live in this generation,
maybe that never would've happened.
- (Finebros) So that report was from several years ago.
And recently, Carly started her own YouTube channel.
- Oh! Amazing!
- Oh my gosh, amazing.
- No! Oh my goodness.
- No! She's got a YouTube channel?
- No! - Really? Oh my gosh.
- Gonna subscribe.
- (Finebros) And we have her first video to show you.
- (dazzled) No way!
- Oh my god. - Oh, that's so exciting!
- That's so cool.
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- She's got a better intro than I do.
- Let's go, Carly.
- (Carly, through text-to-speech) I would like to introduce you
to my first guest ever. - Is that Channing Tatum?
- (Carly) He has been a stripper, a police officer,
a boyfriend to many,
and soon he will dump his wife to be with me.
- (chuckling)
- (Carly) ...a boyfriend to many... - Oh, this is awesome, yeah.
- (Carly) ...dump his wife to be with me. (laughter)
I welcome Channing Tatum. - Carly, how dare you.
- (Carly) How about that, Channing?
Would you date a 21-year-old person with autism?
- She's just going straight there.
Like, she is not holding back.
- (Channing) Uh, yes, if I got permission from my wife.
- (laughs)
- (Carly) All right, I've got my lawyers
working on your divorce papers as we speak.
(laughter) - Queen!
- She's so funny.
- (Carly) So I have to ask this question. - Okay, let's go.
- (Carly) I know you were a stripper growing up.
- Oh my god. - (Carly) How many girls
at the end of your night would take you home?
- Pretty big question to ask someone, especially Channing Tatum.
- (Channing chuckles) Some nights was more than others.
- (Carly) One of the hardest and scariest moments of my life
is sitting next to you and waiting...
- Aw. - (Carly) ...to find out if my dream
of being a talk show host... - I love this.
- (Carly) Channing, underneath your seat are two shoe boxes
marked Exhibit 1 and Exhibit 2. - (Channing) Oh man.
- (Carly) In these two boxes are your worst fears.
- (Channing) Oh! - Oh my god, she's doing an Oprah moment.
- (Carly) In these two boxes are your worst fears.
- What are his greatest fears, I wonder.
- He's nervous. She's got Channing Tatum on the ropes.
- (Channing) This is a new thing.
I've never been given a box of my greatest fears. (chuckles)
- Oh, don't open it.
- I would watch this. I would watch her show.
(Channing screams) - Oh god.
- A doll? (Channing chuckles)
He's scared of dolls?
- I don't like creepy dolls either.
- (Carly) Thank you, Channing,
for this once-in-a-lifetime interview.
My bags are at your house, and I'm ready to move in.
- Oh my god, she's hilarious.
- (Channing) Mwah. - (laughs)
She's like, "No, no, come back. Keep kissing me."
(laughter)
- Well, that's one way to get a kiss.
- Oh my gosh. - That's cool!
- She was more confident around a celebrity
than I think I would be. - Literally.
What an amazing person.
- Carly is amazing.
Comedy genius. I'm all in.
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- (Finebros) So this episode is about Carly Fleischmann,
who has autism but communicates using her computer.
What do you feel after watching what we just showed you?
- I want to know more. I want to follow her.
I think it would be so good and so healthy
for more people to see this, 'cause it really is just a pinnacle
of "don't judge a book by its cover."
- The fact that she went 11 years
without anyone knowing she could
potentially interact with the world is crazy.
- I think the fact that she has a YouTube channel
is really awesome.
I want to watch someone hit on Channing Tatum.
That's amazing.
- Really inspired and heartwarmed after watching that.
- Obviously incredible to see her so happy
filming of one of her idols.
- I feel like my job is threatened on YouTube.
How dare you, Carly?
And I also feel wildly inspired.
- To see her not only communicating
but also making jokes and being witty.
It kind of like really opened up my mind, you know?
It's kinda crazy.
- Very inspiring, man.
Like, the thing is, too,
is I have a lot of friends that hit me up.
And they're just like, "Oh my god, my life sucks,"
and blah, blah. I show them stuff like this.
Look at her problems, and look how she's overcoming.
- It makes me so excited,
because it opens the whole world
to what we don't know about people that have autism.
- It's such a cliche thing to say, but you can do anything.
- (Finebros) So Carly said in her video with Channing Tatum
that her biggest fear and her biggest dream
is to be a talk show host.
After watching her first episode, how do you think she did?
- I think she absolutely killed that.
Like, I was laughing throughout.
- So good. She's so confident.
- I thought she did absolutely amazingly.
- She came out the gate with Channing Tatum.
She killed it! Wow, that's very impressive.
- She was great. - I think she was awesome.
- I think it was really funny,
and I'd definitely watch more of the videos.
- I think the best talk shows
offer something completely different, and she's done that.
- The fact that I was like, "Oh, she's gonna give him a gift."
No, she brings out something that he's scared of.
That's brilliant.
- She really has so much feeling and so much life.
- She did everything a good talk show host does,
and that's make the person there feel vulnerable.
It's what Letterman or Leno does well,
is getting these people to open up
or talk about their weaknesses.
- She did amazing.
Do you need an executive producer on your talk show, Carly?
Because I am ready and available.
- (Finebros) When you see her doing this
and someone like Channing Tatum also getting involved,
what do you think that does for awareness for autism?
- I think it's incredible.
- I feel like I learned already a lot just from that small video.
And so imagine Carly having a platform to
share her story with the world.
- The more people that gonna try and help spread messages
of understanding or education, the better.
- In order to understand something like autism,
you just have to see people with it visible.
And I think that's exactly what's happening with her.
- I think it's amazing that Carly's able to tell her story
without her story necessarily being the first thing
that you hear about her.
I look at her, and I think, that's a funny girl.
- I have a family friend with autism.
And he says that it's really frustrating
that he gets judged all the time, as if he is mentally deficient
or he can't communicate, when I know
that he's a really smart, funny person
with an amazing sense of humor.
And I think that that's exactly what she is showing.
- When you see somebody who has a personality
and is making jokes that make me laugh,
then it becomes more personal.
This isn't something I can write off as just a disease.
Like, this is a real person with real thoughts and emotions
and who really the only difference between me and her
is that she can't say what she wants to say.
- It's incredible when you see Hollywood stars getting involved
with campaigns that do need more eyes on it.
And I think the autism community is very lucky to have her
as a voice for them.
- (Finebros) So finally, so far,
she has about 25,000 subscribers. - Wow.
- (Finebros) But we think she deserves so much more.
- Yes, of course.
- (Finebros) So what do you want to say
to everyone watching this episode about her channel?
- I want all of you right now to go and subscribe to Carly
and give her loads of support,
because she is an amazing human being.
- You guys need to subscribe to Carly, because she's hilarious.
- We need to smash her subscribers.
I want her to get over 100,000 subscribers. No pressure.
- Why would you not want to subscribe?
I think that's hilarious. I think she's so intelligent.
I'm gonna go subscribe right now!
- Everyone watching, go subscribe now.
- You need to go subscribe. I mean, she is clearly very funny.
- I'm gonna subscribe straight away, and so should you.
- Go subscribe to this brilliant, hilarious genius.
- Yeah. Go subscribe, absolutely.
You'll probably learn so much more about life in general
than you ever thought you could.
- Go and subscribe to Carly, because she is hilarious.
- She is basically Ellen meets Chelsea Handler
meets a girl you've never seen before.
So I think that she deserves everyone's eyes.
- It's amazing, so definitely go subscribe and support her.
- (aggressively) If she doesn't have 2.5 million subscribers
by the end of this episode, I am gonna cut my arm off!
- Go over right now and get your subscribe on.
Actually, unsubscribe from me and go subscribe to Carly.
- Thank you guys so much
for watching another episode of YouTubers React.
- Instead of what we usually tell you to do,
which is subscribe to all these people
that already have subscribers, I'ma tell you something else.
Go subscribe to Carly
and make sure that she's got enough subscribers,
and then she can be on the next episode of YouTubers React.
- Thank you for watching.
I hope you're all feeling inspired and heartwarmed like us now.
- Yes, see you very soon.
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