Am new here but have been reading the posts concerning the Maas family. I wasn’t a faithful follower of their vlogs,blogs,posts etc but when it came up on my feed a while back I did follow semi often. I was at first impressed w the info they shared(have grandchildren,nephews,w autism). Thing is,as the weeks went by,things started to slowly change. It became more and more about product endorsements,including their own and of course attracting more sponsors. I also noticed a change in how they were interacting w not just Abby,but their son as well. P seems to be more interested in her business( which I had done some research on,think it’s more of a pyramid scheme),shopping trips,etc. The Dad seems so wrapped up in videotaping that I don’t know when he actually has the time to spend quality time w any of his family( vids,vlogs,editing,etc). Such a shame that a once informative page has become like so many others where the content has been forgotten due to the hustle to make one more dollar.
It was not my intention to hurt anyone. I do know there are autistic people who post here and provide very valuable insight, which I appreciate a great deal. I didn't say Abbie was "unlovable"; I said she was hard to love. I think the thing is she just seems so unreachable. Who knows what she is thinking or feeling? Her IDD+autism makes her seem very far away to me. As for you, you are clearly highly intelligent. Even I, an internet stranger, can connect with you in some way. But with Abbie, she just seems so very locked inside her own mind that it must be very hard to bond with her on any level.
