So this morning Marlowe is filming the video ..( Is that really the job of a hired home care person?) Government funding for autistic families should not be spent on that..IMO.
As much as Val desperately tried to convince people Jessica doesn't " sniff" her cards, paper, fingers, colouring pages etc... She clearly does.
This morning all she wants to do is too out pages from her THOUDSNDS of colouring books to sniff and ask.... " what is this? " a billion times. She knows what stuff is... She SAW the puzzle page with numbers on it...Clearly said.. " this is a puzzle" but she can't make out a puppy???
Again...if Jessica had PROPER educators, care providers, therapists etc.. They would encourage her... Move her along teaching her how to say what she's looking at... This constant asking what this is...is just had habitual behaviours which of course no one attempts to address or help Jessica cope with.
It's clear Jessica didn't want to film today... She probably slept in a bit , her meds haven't kicked in yet...and she's in her own world obsessing over sniffing her colouring books.
What an extremely sad...pathetic life she has...it's honestly heart breaking to watch.
All I see is Jessica struggling day in day out... She's 35... Has ZERO coping skills...has no concept of reality because she's lied to daily by the people who are suppose to love her...she thinks she's buying a house...Marlow has been instructed by Val to not tell Jessica otherwise, same with " studying" becoming a nurse, moving out etc...
It's heartbreaking.
My autistic 25 year old study's with a speech therapist, goes to do volunteer WORK 2 days a week, participates in a weekly group with her peers and we as a family do a bi- weekly group therapy session, she also goes to a special needs swim class twice a week.
We try to give her outings, friendships, get her involved, enjoying life...learning to cope better with her stims, her self soothing habits ..most of which now at this age are non intrusive...she has her weighted blanket, her squeeze toys, her sensory room, etc... She use to walk on her tippy toes for years...it was causing damage to her legs and ankles so we got her into physio therapy after a few years she rarely does it.
I'm no perfect parent.... But when I see the quality of life Jessica has....or should I say barely has...it is beyond disturbing.
She looks and acts like an old deranged feral bag lady... All hunched over, braless, covered in scabs, scratching and picking, sniffing her fingers....no manners... Just roaming around obsessing over food, death, and dogs....while being forcefed a script of what to say and what she's not allowed to say...while having a camera shoved in her face when she's just rolled out of bed, Dragon breath, bed head, sweaty pajamas...rubbing her snotty nose, all her scabs red and raw...
It's sickening to see the horrific life she has.
This is why Val hides her away..and is not part of the autistic community in her area...she's an unfit mother...period. Abusive and neglectful.
How APS hasn't intervened is beyond me.