Been lurking about reading and figured I would jump in. I should start by saying I am on the spectrum but to a very different degree than many. So while I have an understanding of some things I am an outsider on others. Also I went school for early childhood development and have worked with children and adults with disabilities.
To speak on Abbies mental age it is not as simple as calling her a toddler or small child. She seems to vary in different areas but in no way is she an infant or baby. She openly displays more advance grasp of certain concepts (object permanence, etc) that are not developed until later in development. Though socially her mental age appears rather young. So throwing a label on her is unfair. We are all complex creatures and non of us are equally developed in everything. And it is made trickier with her nonverbal to know for a fact what is IDD and what is Autism. Also a comment was made about Abby staring appeared schizophrenic. Some with autism, and many who are not, have scopotic sensitivity (irlen syndrome) and are effected by harsh, bright lights and colors. I often when under fluorescent lighting will start seeing moving lights. Things seem to swim around me. I can look ay neon colors without getting sick. Also can cause headaches, nausea, and irritability. Being none verbal it would be impossible to know if she has this issue but could explain what she could possibly be seeing.
I have begun to wonder if A and P did not have some form of munchausen. They get attention and money from their daughter being "sick." They seem unwillingly to work with her to improve and ignore obvious communication from her. There are countless times she tries to interact with them and is shoved aside and they wonder why she acts out. If you could only communicate 5 things, and really want attention and commonality with those around you, of course you will constantly ask for food or the bathroom. It is the only way you can feel part of things around you or you have any control of things. I didn't watch for as long as some but even in a short time you can tell they went from doing at least something to doing barely anything.
P seems to be suffering from both bring not as big as she was and having kids so young. So now she is trying to live and act in ways to experience the life she didn't get. Add in that both A and P are trying everything to stay relevant. Why they are trying to be "famous tiktokers." The more people see them, the more attention they get, more chances for money. None of this has anything to do with awareness, advocacy, or Abby. All about they own egos and money.
Poor Isaiah can't even express his own feelings without being treated dismissively and spoken down to. His parents are constantly invalidating his anxiety. It is terribly sad and infuriating.
I know I rambled a lot there lol. One final random thing. I ran across Ps pinterest and she has a collection called food truck ideas. Did I miss something she was doing at one of the schools in the past or project they mentioned? Or are they toying with the idea of starting a food truck?
And yes, she's again trying to copy some young kids who apparently all have better eye coordination than she does.
