I know it's been beaten to death but WHY DON'T THEY DO SOMETHING WITH HER HAIR...I know they want it long like a typical teen girl...but if it ends up always like the above picture, what's the point? It makes her look even wilder.
You are exactly right!
Sad. I see a few kids who appear to be on the spectrum and look mighty uncomfortable.
I think she was watching the TV which was definitely on because the mother and that non family member girl were down there watching it so she probably wanted to be down there hanging out too so then she was trying to get out of the work session by acting out..just my opinion
I believe she was just wanting to get food ... hence her trying to run in the direction of the fridge. She was probably so confused as to why she was in the “eating” area and here he is trying to make her do some work matching some damn colors. Ok can someone tell me what is the point of these color matching activities ? She doesn’t even know numbers ... she doesn’t know most stuff outside of eating and music. So what are they trying to accomplish at this point? Right now they need to be teaching hygiene, not jumping in the pool with clothes on, how to avoid strangers (as opposed to forcing her to hug them), how to eat properly and not grab others’ food etc... all the numbers, colors and stuff like that needs to go cause it’s too late imo
Truly...I am so bothered but the total lack
Exactly. No follow through. She tried that on Brandy and her teacher. All they had to do was stand and look at her. Body language is universal. They dont keep grabbing her, yaking at her, talking about her as if she isnt there.... they do nothing to reinforce the behavior and Abbie quickly moves on most of the time.
I find it very interesting that you brought up ADHD. Quite some time ago I explained my history of ADHD to another member. I had ABA and CBT for years. My behavior was as bad as one could imagine before therapy and medication, I was even removed from school at one point. And this was in the 70's when the term ADHD wasnt even used yet. It was diagnosed simply Hyperactivity Disorder. I expressed gratitude toward my mother, psychologist and therapists for teaching me, and becoming who I am today. You immediately replied and said you were "tired" of hearing people say they "think" they have ADHD when they do not, and then tried to say I never had ABA because if I had I wouldn't support it. You literally changed my own life story to fit your beliefs, then began to hurl around the ableist term and told me to get on Facebook to "educate myself."Well absoutlely not, I don't want to cause division or anything, etc x And your last sentence, yes, that's correct, but sadly, there are many ablest people out there in the word who love to make fun of disabled people and discriminate and not give out resourcesx
I'd have to refresh my memory, but I believe you said that people told Abbie 'hands waiting' while doing tasks so that she'd concentrate better? Please feel free to remind me, I don't want to be mistaken
But many adults who aren't autistic do speak over us - such as Assa! - and try to tell us why we do certain things. For instance, many years ago, people believed that autistic people didn't have any empathy. This is simply untrue as many autistic people, including me, will point out and demonstrate, particularly when we see people - especially vulnerable people like ourselves - in distress. Yet the lack of empathy theory damaged many autistic people for years, it would've made them targets for being isolated and bullied at school by teachers, students, etc, and made parents believe they need to "learn how to socialise appropriately" - which is also an ablest and arbitrary notion. Or the suppression of stims, or forcing eye contact. All of that was created with (what I call) Neurotypical Bias, because they only saw it from *their* point of view, not the autistic persons' - therefore showing a lack of theory of mind and empathy (haha, get it?!) Also another example could be thinking (many years ago, although some people might still hold this belief today, who knows
Again, another (potential) example of Neurotypical Bias, of not taking the time to listen to the real experts and learn to help the way those who do experience these challenges (caused by a challenging and overwhelming environment) say is helpful, such as using OT/PT/ST/communication devices to your advantage, and provide support and resources
But your reply was very helpful, and did remind me to take into consideration all of the kind NT's who are indeed listening to autistic people, donating to ASAN (NOT A$, supporting our preference of the neurodiversity symbol, etc etc. x
(In case people need reminding, Assa and Pissicilla don't do any of that, there are still hundreds of posts in FB autistic-led groups blasting this family for their horrific treatments of their daughter and their unwillingness to listen, and hundreds of comments blasting them for ignoring these such posts/comments). smh.
They are desperate to show some type of progress..when they tried her on camera it was just pushing random buttons..
usually means she’s been dancing or having fun lol 
