Another thing that gets me about "just a normal teen" narrative is the whole acceptance thing. Isn't he all about accepting her as she is, which he should. Example, IMO, is the hair. They keep it long so she doesn't look "special needs". I think he is being offensive saying that. If anything, Abbies hair looks MORE "special needs" keeping it long. They don't style it correctly, it's pulled incredibly tight by tiny hairbands that pull at the hair. It's always a mess. It looks like she sleeps in those multiple weird hair sections and braids which I'm sure the hairbands need to be cut out. If they want her hair to look NT, they should cut it in a cut short style that is current and easy to manage, style, and not able to be eaten/sucked on. Also...can someone fill me in on P and the bowl cuts?
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We can only imagine...but I have a multitude of things to call him and her and Hogsaiah, just can't post them here
Did they actually say that about her hair? That they want it long so she doesn't look special needs? Honest question, because I rarely watch the vlogs anymore. I'm sure that IS mostly why they want her hair long, but man if they really said that they need to be chased out of the "acceptance" community with pitchforks. Not wanting her to look special needs means they have a problem with something that partially defines who their daughter is as a person.
I think the main concern would be that she might chew on and ingest the longer hair. Someone posted an article about a girl who had to have an operation to remove a hairball from her stomach, and Abbie wouldn't be able to tell anyone if something like that was wrong.
I know most people think it is mainly Priscilla who insists on the long hair and that might be true, but Asa is borderline creepy sometimes talking about how pretty her hair is. I think it is important to both of them that Abbie is cute because to the audience and people they see casually on an every day basis, that is the first thing they are going to notice. I mean, for people who are not emotionally invested in her...she can't do tricks or make sassy comments or hold intelligent conversations, but she can be cute to look at for a couple more years. It's not right but I think that's part of it. Though it's not like she can't be cute with a shorter hairstyle.
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They did say that, and although we (me included) tit all over them about it because it was stupid wording, I actually got the impression that what they meant was they didn't want to cut her hair super short because people seem to just automatically do that with girls who have special needs...rather than allowing them to have the hairstyles a "normal teen" would have. I.e., it wasn't that they didn't want her to look like she had special needs, it was that they didn't want to force her into a certain box just because she has special needs.
I don't think the short pixie cut is actually a good idea for Abbie's hair texture (it was constantly in her face, her hair texture is hard to keep in one place) but I do wish they'd cut it a bit and QUIT IT with the millions of elastic bands pulling it back super tight. I love having long hair, but it's so heavy when it's pulled back...I'm getting a few inches trimmed off soon because my head just needs a break from it. I can't imagine the headache she has at the end of the day. (Oh that's right, they don't have to care, because "Abbie doesn't feel pain like the rest of us.")
Yes they did.
He did say he was going to put netting over it I think
Here's Cilla in 2018 and comments about Abbie having short hair start around 14:30 in the vlog. Asshat says it's mostly her that wants long hair on her daughter.
It would be so much easier in all ways. A cute short wedge (kind of like Emily's) or pixie. Would make swimming tons easier, would make the washing and drying process so much quicker. She could rock all she wants and it would stay the same. I just don't understand why they don't want to do something that would make all their lives easier - plus they have pulled her hair so taught her hairline is just sad now.
Her haircut in this vlog is so cute. She can't chew it. Totally wash and go. I know that short hair would mean more haircuts but in the long run would be so much easier. So Prissy wants her daughter to have long hair...BUT....she never fixes her hair. Sounds about right.
I agree @SCCOct66
This is what gets me riled. If they don't want their feelings hurt, stay off of social media!
People are expressing how they feel about the haircut (like and dislike), do they have to praise them to the hilts?
Also - her hair was cute in this video; however I would like to see bangs that don't get in her eyes.
Ass seems to love doing Abbie's hair and has a weird obsession with it. I don't know why he puts the stupid rubber bands in it- makes her look like a toddler from the 90's.
This would be fine if Abbie actually cared about the length of her hair. As far as we know, she doesn't. So why not give her the style that is the most convenient and comfortable for her? As usual, it's about what A and P want and they try to make it about disability discrimination if you disagree.
And its also about them not wanting anyone to tell them what to do. There was an overehelming response saying they should cut it short. Not just in here but on their page too.
Still trying to dress like a younger woman. I swear some of the things she says and does eminates her trying to capture back youthful years (teenage and early 20s) that she didn't experience for whatever reason. All it's accomplishing, in my eyes, is making her look or seem more ridiculous! JMO
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She sounds simple to me when she is doing that cackling hyena laugh all the time, not a good look.Definitely, but that doesn't make her a "simpleton". She was manipulated from an early age by them. Clever people can be manipulated, I read an article only today about a highly intelligent university professor who was scammed. It happens. Summer does come across immature for her age. My daughter is. She's the same age as Summer but acts as though she's a teen sometimes. She lost some of her teen years due to trauma and regressed. Again, it happens, we're all different and mature at different ages and that's ok. I can look at my daughter and think "I had my own business, a house and a child at your age" but that's me and my life, not hers. She can be naive and gullable but it doesn't make her any less intelligent, she's actually extremely bright and got a scholarship for her uni. I think Summer could be very similar. Unfortunately intelligence isn't the same as common sense but I'm hoping that comes with my daughter
Summer IS a simpleton. The way she talks, the way she behaves, everything. I honestly don't know how she graduated college.
They don’t want her looking “special needs” but look how they title the vlog. I can’t stand these two!
Looks like his room is a mess! If he's still in the dorm I'm surprised the RA hasn't seen it and told him to tidy thibgs up! I'm assuming the roomie found other accommodations?!God love him, he's not the sharpest tool in the box....Here's Isaiah's vlog.
Spoiler Alert - he left his shoe at the ER
UGHHHH he blathers on and on and on at the end, preaching like his dumb ass Dad
This popped up on tattle not too long ago. That picture makes her look the exact opposite of how they want her to appear.
She doesn’t look like a 15-year-old who represents autism.
She looks like a toddler which is what we all know Abbie is cognitively/mentally, however, they insist on pushing the "typical teen" flowing long hair narrative.
Most younger kids chew on their hair at some point. NT kids are taught not to do it and it's usually something they grow out of early on.
With Abbie, as long as she has access to her hair, she will chew it, regardless of her chronological age. Imagine her in her 20s, 30s, or 80s chewing on her hair.
To say they don't want a short haircut because it makes her look special needs is awful, to begin with,
but the state of her long hair brings more attention to her, further destroying their desire to have her not look special needs. 
I wonder if they think their nieces look special needs, they both have cute short hair cuts.
They are boneheads.
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