I considered Abbie for that a while ago.
My two year old grandson knows that one.
Fathering Autism #34 With each new vlog the lies get bigger, so do the rolls on P's figure
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I tried putting my hand in that position and I can't. It hurts. How in the hell is that not hurting her? It's like she's made of play dough or modeling clay.
Remember she doesn't have fine motor skills like adults or neurotypical children do. That is probably her hands' resting position because her tendons are very tight from the lack of movement.
Look at how puffy Cilla's eyes are.
They have said in the past that besides her Autism she has multiple medical diagnosis' but they will not disclose what they are. God forbid this family gets honest and does what their channel set out to do. Educate people.
This is hilarious. Deep thoughts.....
I was hoping someone would get that!!This is hilarious. Deep thoughts.....
One of my favorite parts of SNL....talk about laughing until you cry!! 
Well she is majestic ya know. Asa saId so!
They have said that she has IDD before. I wish I could refer to the correct video(s) where they mention it, but there are too many and I probably couldn't find it. It might have been one of the videos about their "journey" (like the earlier years), but I'm not sure.
Now that I think about it, it might have been an episode where they were sponsored by the app which records conversations. I'll see if I can find it.
Edited: They mention it in this video around 2:30.
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how is sitting like this unusual??? I do this all the time.
i think they meant that usually both feet get tucked under the opposite knee but the way they and abbie sit the feet are on top of the knee.
They keep calling it developmental delay, though. Have you ever heard them say IDD? Maybe they have, but they don't seem very fond of that label.
I hate saying my child is this and my child is that but when I hear
saying how smart Isaiah is, it makes me laugh. My eldest son got a first class honours degree at university and then went on to win one scholarship out of our whole country to do his masters degree, he really is smart I agree with everything you say, the only thing is most of us on here think her main disability is IDD and he just won’t a admit it.
The only problem with using smart sounding words is that you have to be smart enough to use them in context.
I love that, I hate when I get a number instead of a letter on the top row on my iPad
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A really quick mention...just said 'developmentally delayed'
I think the point is that they dont say it much...EVER
A really quick mention...just said 'developmentally delayed'
I think the point is that they dont say it much...EVER
Hey I think it's the right thing for you to just say generally Autism when talking about your kids. but Assssa is using Abbie as the 'spokesgirl' for autism on a blog where he originally planned to educate people.
That's totally different than your situation.
Wow that hand is strange....good word for it...tarantula hand
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I get fixated on her new Live videos, so many quirks, that annoy the tit outta me...constant nose rubbing ( I actually do it too and I see how bad it looks now) the way she says ‘ummm” when she’s looking for the next question, he flat cold answers
I can't recall ever hearing them say IDD specifically, but it does not bother me personally. I understand the point some people are trying to make about it, in that their emphasis on autism 99.99% of the time could be considered misleading in multiple, potentially very significant ways. I can think of a truckload of reasons to cut them some slack about the issue, not the least of which is that an IDD diagnosis can be particularly painful to parents (even moreso than autism). The Wee Family have a video where they discuss their daughter's intellectual disability diagnosis (linked here), which shows some of the heartbreak and denial such parents can experience. I know that there are some people here who have special needs children and they are okay with criticizing the way the Maasses present information about their family, but personally I would never criticize the parents of an IDD child for not talking about their child's issues in the way I would prefer.
I honestly believe that people who have no experience with the process of having their child evaluated for or diagnosed with delays have no business criticizing the way the Maasses present the information. If you haven't been through it (or anything even remotely close to it), you simply do not understand. You cannot possibly understand. I have a daughter who has been evaluated multiple times, though never formally diagnosed. (Ultimately she'll almost certainly be placed somewhere "on the spectrum," though it does not so far meet clear criteria for any particular diagnosis.) This has been a source of the most intense and drawn out pain of my entire life by a wide margin. My reaction to this challenge is not rational or logical, and it is not my choice--it is like a primal, biological thing born from the attachment I have for her as well as my own emotional/mental shortcomings. My reaction is nothing like the reaction I would have deemed appropriate when I lacked first-hand experience. If anybody wanted to criticize the way I choose to share information about her, I honestly would tell them to go screw themselves. If my daughter ever receives a diagnosis, I will share it in exactly the way I feel is best for her.
Personally I think the absence of regular references to IDD is nothing more than the product of the Maasses finding the topic painful and potentially being in denial, wanting to believe that there is more to Abbie than can be categorized with tests. These explanations reflect perfectly normal and healthy parenting (whether it's ultimately imperfect or not, helpful for the public or not.)
In case some of you are not aware, it is not unprecedented that a person might be viewed as hopelessly impaired only for it to later be discovered that the person was merely imparied in ways which prevented them from making their full potential immediately and clearly obvious. The movie My Left Foot shows this extremely well.
It is probably painful for them, but also shows that they are in denial of who Abbie really is...things like not wanting her to have a "special needs" hair cut imo shows a need to distance themselves from that group and shows a lack of respect for a group she belongs to.
A lot of people here do have children with IDD. Not sure who you are wanting to tell go screw themselves, but the one time I get a reply on this site anymore, it's something like this. Not everyone talks about their private lives on here, and either way is fine. I don't because mine is too painful (then again I wouldn't make a You Tube vlog about myself). My sister was diagnosed with boarderline IDD as a child. Not the same as your own child, I know, but she's the only one I'll ever have. I know the sense of denial and disappointment, but that didn't last with me. She also has major behavior issues, has thrown knives at me, beat on me, cusses me out every day and is abusive to our mom and her dog. I would gladly take a severe IDD diagnosis if she would just be a nice person like a lot of her specal needs friends are.
In short, intelligence is overrated, and if the Maass' are in denial about who their daughter is they need to get over it sooner rather than later. I'm one of the least critical people on this thread, but some people seem to be here mainly to wag their finger at other posters.
you’re right! i can’t even recall what the “i” stands for anyway....but he has said it once or twice....like i’ve said once before, it was said once while entering Target (but i couldn’t find it when i looked many weeks ago)
she seems so much less stimmy than that other nonverbal brunette girl someone posted a cpl weeks ago, & perhaps more intelligent than that girl from what i saw....but most of the time, abbie seems much more developmentally delayed w/ the high sensory, etc.... & agree w/ other poster that she should be learning sign language like crazy! she definitely zips thru her signs tho, so not sure how efficient sign language is for her
They say this is why it takes so long to get discharged.
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