Val uses autism as the excuse for everything because it's such a large umbrella...this infuriates me being the parent of a REAL autistic child.
The diagnoses of autism is not an excuse for bad behaviour, violent out bursts, laziness, rudeness, etc...
Autism isn't a get out of jail free card... As a nurse Val should know better. When children display " severe" anxiety, lack social cues, display aggression etc... We as parents, care givers are suppose to TEACH coping skills, TEACH them tools to navigate through such behaviours, redirect and help them! Not allow lying, slapping, laziness... Etc... How does this help ??
Proper sleep, healthy foods, exercise and routine...consistency is crucial. Jess as I said is feral....shes up 1/2 the night because she's napping every day...She's lazy because she's allowed to not participate or help at home. She has Marlow her slave to do everything while Jess sniffs her cards all day, pretends to be a nurse, and obsesses over how many bags of chicken nuggets and boxes of cake mix she's having for dinner.
They feed into her lies.... My autistic child ( 24 yrs. Old) does volunteer work at the local animal shelter 3 days a week... And can HONESTLY say she works, and be proud of herself. We don't feed into delusion and lies it's just cruel.
There is serious mental illness with this entire family ... And claiming its autism is a disgrace to those who are truly on the spectrum.
At 36...Jess should be comfortable in a routine, understand LYING is not acceptable, manners are important, helping around the house is mandatory being apart of the family unit. Eating and food and all her obsessions should of been dealt with...tools should of been taught to her on a daily basis ... Along with personal hygiene. Dressing up in scrubs and allowing her to LIE claiming she's an RN... Is beyond sad.
I just can't with these people.