This video is heartbreaking to me because while it was happy and he seemed to actually care for her without being so damn aggressive and rude to her but it's sad because you don't see this happy girl anymore.
She opened the cabinet, got her food by herself,got in the car, seatbelt help, blanket, giggling and laughing in the Doctor's office and she actually seemed like she was at least fond of her folks. Also, ASSa with that snide little comment 'Isiah developed so quickly so we were basically concerned early on with Abbie' even if she didn't have Autism, maybe Isiah is just the smarter of the two? Can you just accept that?
My point for this is she was so happy but I couldn't help roll my eyes at the end of the visit that they gave Abbie more food as a treat. It started off easy there, she was at least willing to share food and not just try to grab it out of ASSa's hand. She made eye contact and was constantly laughing. You don't see that anymore unless they're forcibly tickling her.
She would actually look at them and it looked like she was actually trying to connect with them but they lost that because they're constantly vlogging her life. Part of me truly wants to believe that she is unaware of the reasons for these videos and that she's unaware of what 'fans' are because it would be hell if you knew that someone was filming you going to the bathroom or having an anxiety attack for so many people to see and you want to scream and express how much you hate it but you simply can't.
Abbie never wants to Vlog with them unless they're offering up food, I know they won't because the money will stop but if they actually had any amount of respect for their child's privacy or feelings they wouldn't film her in distress and acting like an animal when she eats. They allow these things BECAUSE they need her to have these little episodes so they can have content 'Father Autism' more like 'Wandering Autism' because Abbie has to feel like she's wandering alone in this world.
They can't even make eye contact with her when only one of them is in the room with her because then who is going to engage with the suckers who want a show at the cost of their child's happiness.
My heart hurts for Abbie, she made quite a bit of progress where she at least seemed happy and interested in things. Maybe she just purposely chooses to not look at them because she does not want to be filmed. I wouldn't want to look at Summer if she kept going *boop* on my nose so I can't really blame her if that's the case.
They also need to respect her space, in recent Vlogs Summer is practically nose to nose with Abbie and doing some baby talk
tit. Like, get out of her space and her damn face! Yeah, I hope they watch the old videos like this and see just what they've done to her since they got greedy.
I can't recall which video it was but it was a more recent one, they yelled at Abbie for hitting/pinching and I was actually mad about that because they yelled at her when they didn't care/ignored her clearly expressing she didn't want that done. It was ASSa's arm and then she was maybe pinching him? He was rubbing her arm or back and she didn't like that, did her grunted 'no' and the head shake and tried to remove herself from the situation. Finally after about the 4th time of him doing that
tit, she hit him or pinched him and then smiled and laughed and then when she saw the look on his face that we could not see, she started to like rub up against his arm with her face.
When Abbie actually pinched/hit him I was rooting for her so much. I was like 'you go girl! you told him you didn't like that! Give that bastard hell!'
I root for Abbie when she hits or pinches them ONLY after you can see her express that she does not want to do something and they still force her to do it. It happens often, I've actually watched some of her meltdowns and the one they titled 'we caused the meltdown' is probably the most accurate title for any video ever and should be the title for them all.
I've seen her pull on the sleeves of their shirts to get them to follow her and they brush her off or ask her if she wants something stupid like a snack or music when she just wants them to follow her. She has tried to ask for things before and then they don't listen. THAT is when most of that horrible yelling happens. She's yelling because she's pissed that she's trying to communicate and you're trying to take her away from what she ACTUALLY wants to show you! Then you proceed to direct her to what you THINK she wants and she gets more pissed because you keep invading her space when she's trying to calm down and then she gets nasty and hits, pinches, pushes.
Since you won't give her a 'yes' and 'no' button because you know that would allow her to have actual choices that you couldn't lie to the fans about what she wants, maybe add a 'follow' or 'come' button for her so you can at least understand what she wants. It baffles me how so many of us here can see what she wants but you can't or won't. You live with her! We see 20 minutes a day, if that.
Seriously, if Abbie could give consent I doubt she'd want to be a youtuber. She probably dreads seeing the camera's coming out because she knows you're going to make her do something she doesn't want to. You want a topic for your next video? Here you go! 'How are we going to care for Autistic Daughter as she grows'
I'd LOVE to hear the bullshit of what you're going to do with her when she's older. ASSa, you're short, stubby and fat. With those pounds you and
have on, how are you going to carry that sweet girl of yours? Summer's a twig, so Faux-Bestie isn't helping lift her. It's going to come down to the point if she does not want to go somewhere, Bro you're not gonna make her because she won't let you and will be too hard to handle.
Go on, let's also address Mini Hulk's strength while we're at it. What's going to happen when Abbie grows 2-5 more inches and gains some more weight as she grows. What happens then when you go try to make her yell in her room when she's older and she wants to come out and because you never taught her any of this, now she's annoying ASSa and BOOM, she slams him into a wall as hard as she can and then leaves anyway. It's not going to be you following and going 'Abbie, hey! if you wanna yell go do it in your room!'
Abbie does not know the strength she has, YET. If you're aware of how strong she's getting, please tell me you at least have some plan set in place as well as a plan if only one of you are around her.
There you go, I gave you a video title and a topic. You want to actually be an advocate for Autism? Cool, tell all your fans of your plans for Abbie when she gets older and realizes just how strong she is. The sad part is, you won't even consider sending Abbie to a facility where she can live and get help because then the state money would go to where she stays and Dunkin' would have to be cut down to twice a day, 4 times a week.