You guys are too much! I was super busy yesterday as my State of Pennsylvania slowly but surely is shutting down. I'm very grateful that I don't have Children right now, especially young ones because my friends who do and do not have special needs children are starting to figure out how to explain this to them and you have people running around and panicking which really does not help the kids at all in your lives. My cousin told her kids who are not on the spectrum to 'pay attention what's happening in the world, this is going to be in History books' and they're in 5th and 3rd grade. I don't really say this because then people get more concerned, I actually AM immune compromised and could get this but I'm at just like 'Meh, it can take me out. I'm good with that.' as long as I don't infect others, come at me virus. I sadly DO have to go out tomorrow to pick up an order for my Mom who is also immune compromised and it's not for bullshit, it's a generator and some household essentials and then after tomorrow morning, I'm not leaving this house. I came back to over 20 news pages of replies and I started quoting these YESTERDAY and just left the tab open and added more things to reply to, to my list lol
Let's do this tit!
Abbie isn't starving by any means. They can skip the extra 5 snacks and allowing her to eat off their plates. She'll be fine. I dread Butcher Box sponsoring them because they'll just be like 'Our Autistic Daughter loves the butcher box!' and show her slamming some down. Like, just because she ate it does not me she loves it. You could probably put down some bullion cubes in front of her and she'd eat them. If it's food, she'll eat it. If it smells good to her, she'd probably eat it.
Let's do this tit!
I've seen that bullshit so much where she has this smirk and smile where she knows she can be an asshole and get what she wants. It makes Abbie super unlikable and I'm not saying I'd starve a child in any means but if I had a child like Abbie and that kid would smirk at me every damn time they got what they wanted, I wouldn't be doing that child any favors and sneaking them bonus treats. For me, I'd teach my kid that little obnoxious smirk is noticed and I'd be like 'I know when you smirk like that, you think you're getting your way and that's not happening again.' and I'd show my child a smirk so they'd know EXACTLY what I was talking about. Abbie should be lucky that I don't work with her, that smirk wouldn't be getting her tit from me unless it was designated meal/snack time and she'd get nothing else. That smirk isn't cute, it makes people like me irrationally angry as duck.Regarding Abbie throwing a fit to get what she wants, I'm reminded of a vlog where towards the end, Asa was getting himself a bowl of chili because he had missed dinner and Abbie began to get upset, making angry noises and pounding her fist on the counter top. Asa told her she'd already had her dinner and that he can have food without her having some. She continued to throw a fit. Cut to the next clip where she now has a bowl of chili and is smiling. Asa tried to make it seem like this was 'cute', but it just shows that Abbie knows she can throw a fit and get what she wants and Asa reinforced that by giving in and letting her have more food
They can't teach Abbie regular mealtime's or they'd get a tantrum from her. If Abbie wakes up at 1-2am, you can guarantee 100% that she walks into the living room and they're sitting on the couch, on their phones and they're munching on food. They seem like the type to 'wind down' on the couch until all hours of the night. Even if one of them is sleeping, you know the one who is up is probably eating some food and if it's heated up, Abbie probably could be in a sound sleep and wake up to even the damn smell of food.Regular mealtimes can help your child adjust to eating certain quantities of food at certain times.
Another thing I never see them do. For two adults, TWO! And TWO respite workers......Abbie is never on a consistent meal time. They are very spontaneous with what they feed her as well. I thought I heard them say she doesn’t like pizza yet we have seen pizza at least 2 times in recent vlogs. They seem to randomly feed her at all hours.
I don't know who this woman is but I subscribed to her because she is actually amazing with that boy! However, that boy actually seems interested in something other then food and THIS was filmed without bribing a child with food. You're right, Abbie wouldn't focus because she's not interested in much. This boy, I can actually see him having a bright future where he can be calm and focused AND actually communicate. He may never be able to speak but he can at least express his interests and actually communicate where he can say 'yes' and 'no' in some way where he will be heard and understood. You can tell just by how he acts that whoever raised him did an amazing job! He's the complete opposite of Abbie and it shows. If ASSa ever socialized Abbie with other non-verbal autistic kids, he has to know she's not even really on the same level as a lot of them either and while every child is different, you can clearly see who works with their kids and who doesn't and it's clear they don't and if they didn't have youtube, they wouldn't even be taking Abbie to half of these things. They know if they don't, people will call them out....I'm so sorry Florida that you have to pay for their way on these services.I looked up ST w/ IDD individuals the other day. A ST was working w/ a non-verbal 4? yr old & explained how important mimicking was in order to begin the process of speech. She had a little toy camera & toy video camera & was encouraging him to push the same buttons she was pushing & also hold the camera up like she was. Maybe Assa can start teaching her w/ his many cameras. Then she can break them.
I found it... (maybe he is 3?...so focused tho/Abbie is not)
I feel like Abbie does not ever need to worry about someone stealing her food, Abbie is probably one of the biggest food thieves at that school. Granted, their may be a few others but I've seen Abbie just snatch a plate and pull it close to her and then eat it super fast. Abbie could easily grab a lunch, polish it off in under a minute a move on to the next. If there are even 2 other kids like Abbie, R.I.P. everybody's lunches. If Abbie does swipe food, they probably have a teacher to sit next to her and monitor her specifically and they probably don't even tell ASSa and Pisscilla anymore because they know Abbie's their 'autism princess' and such a 'sweet girl' who may do something like this but it's okay because she's just going to go home and have 5 snacks, 2 dinners and sign candy x50 the second she gets home and at least x10 of those x50 she'll get that candy.hmmm, could be both. At home they take away her plate when she's eating too fast (shown in old vlogs), my guess is it came from there.
I do wonder how she interacts with the other children at her school. I wonder what she does if another child is having a meltdown near her? How would she behave if a child tried to steal food from her? What do they do when Abbie is having one of her violent, stomping, flailing meltdowns? What do they do at school when she steals food, she has no self-control so obviously she would treat lunchtime like a free-for-all buffet unless they have strict measures in place for her?
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Abbie isn't starving by any means. They can skip the extra 5 snacks and allowing her to eat off their plates. She'll be fine. I dread Butcher Box sponsoring them because they'll just be like 'Our Autistic Daughter loves the butcher box!' and show her slamming some down. Like, just because she ate it does not me she loves it. You could probably put down some bullion cubes in front of her and she'd eat them. If it's food, she'll eat it. If it smells good to her, she'd probably eat it.