I can't believe they diagnosed her with autism and then ask you to bring her back every year to be re diagnosed, that's ridiculous on their part.If they diagnosed her you shouldn't have to jump through hoops for her to get help,you're a great mum and your daughter is beautiful,it's really sad when the medical system fails people,being autistic doesn't go away,it gets easier to deal with when you're educated and you're given the tools to help your child,I'm floored that you have to worry about your insurance paying to help your daughter 😢

If something is effective but not good than it hard to figure out what it is good for

Thank you. This video has been very helpful

Some of my medications also require yearly blood tests for the same reasons you mentioned. I think people might not know that.

I use a harness and clipped carabiners to connect the harness to the LATCH car seat hooks in the car's back seat. Then I put the seat belt over it as usual. Works great!

I have the same two necklace I had the shark tooth one

A tough thing to talk about here. Congratulations on reducing the stigmas surrounding this.

Praying

Love this 😀 I never grew up!

You make some good points but I think there are extreme cases that it helps. And I have to say that my daughter nor my granddaughter with ASD could EVER tell me what was wrong amid their meltdowns. My asking always made it worse. No matter how I asked. And if I touched them, it didn’t help. We had to just wait. Always. Sitting in silence shortened them. No ASD’s are alike. So you are VERY fortunate. I regret not putting my ASD daughter into ASD therapy. Me & her dad weren’t able to keep her at home past the age of 18. She could function well enough as an adult and we had no rights. More about her below. Haveyou read the first book written by a non-verbal autistic boy called The Reason I Jump?This is an amazing book that helped me understand way more about ASD than I ever imagined. He shared so much that was surprising. The documentary is amazing also. Learning that even when someone with ASD uses THE WRONG words repeatedly to express what’s going on with them or what they want to do is mind blowing. I say this because what ASD’s say isn’t always what they mean. And their emotional expressions aren’t either. The author of the book talked so often about his deep desires not to distract or make things harder for his family or classroom. He talked about this A LOT. What do you make of this? A child who desires to not be disruptive or draw attention is one who may benefit from ABA. My granddaughter: The desire to sit in a classroom with other peers rather than being placed in a classroom with disabled children who have other kinds of disability has been a nightmare for my 5 year old granddaughter. And she was physically abused by an aide there. For MONTHS we tried everything we knew to find out why she hated school. Teacher meetings regularly. Shed loved pre1school! We put her in music therapy in hopes to help her because she is very musically inclined. When she came home with bruises she was finally able to have enough of our help to get out that a specific aide for another student (a one on one) held her down for screaming. Leaving bruises! And we did EVERYTHING with the school BEFORE we found out yet she couldn’t communicate it to us. She screamed and had horrible fits before school regularly. We asked in every way we knew ‘is someone hurting you?’ From calm talks to times when we would draw together & with toys. She’s show violent behavior between toys but she didn’t tell us. I know she couldn’t. She wanted to be in a regular classroom but some of her behaviors just were too disruptive. She could read by 3. She can play most any children’s song on piano after hearing it 3 or 4 times. So being in that class was wrong for her! And then the trauma she experienced. So when you talk about a child being vulnerable. . . I feel as if my granddaughter was more vulnerable because she was unable to control behavior in a normal classroom where she would’ve flourished. I do believe this. Now she has so much trauma. My adult ASD daughter is miserable because she cannot contain herself appropriately around people. I am certain ABA would’ve helped her as a child. She wants SO much to handle her emotions better and to have good friendships but because she simply cannot properly control herself emotionally & expressively. And she landed herself into a very toxic relationship once she was an adult. She was sexually assaulted by his roommate. So I’m picking up pieces everywhere and crying everyday when I am alone. I did everything I possibly knew to do. My daughter resisted EVERY type of therapy we put her in. We never tried ABA. I can’t change the past but my granddaughter is now in ABA. She will be 6 soon. I think it’s a good age. I don’t think before she 5 may be. Developmentally that’s just my thoughts.

I think that is her secretly reading. More than you know about, just like cheating on your significant other.

If the impetus behind it is making the victims somewhat less autistic it is Just another failure in the long row of good intentions

I love the new bike 🚴 🚲🚲

It’s 60 every month

Congrats on the new bike!! ❤Hope all is well with you all! ❤

I don't get your insurance. My old company just accepted it when I was four and didn't have to do this every year.

This really woke my brain up. I didn't know the difference between verbal and nonverbal that well. I thought that someone who had words couldn't be nonverbal.

Sounds like grooming behaviour wtf? Get the person addicted and make sure you are the supplier in order to control theyre behaviour and get what they want despite what the other person wants

Giving a kid a cupcake to reinforce, in essence, self-harm, is abuse in most parts of the world. But if it's to correct "behavior problems", it's somehow in their best interest. That seems awfully convenient. It's no coincidence that parents in support of it always talk about the ways they personally have benefitted from it, often framing it as if they are speaking for their child. It's also worth noting that the child they're speaking about is often right there and they act like there's no point in speaking to them. Just because a child (or anyone) is non-speaking and not looking at you doesn't mean you're wasting your breath because they're in their own world. Most parents will do this while the kid shows evidence of being aware he/she is been spoken to/about. I imagine the kid would, in fact, have meltdowns or be quickly frustrated. I can hardly imagine the child's frustration, because after just a moment of watching it, I'm also visibly frustrated. Those parents also love making signs for their kids to hold up about how ABA works. I bet it does.

I knew my son was on the spectrum. I kept my eye on him and wouldn't let him do the zone out thing that autistic kids do. I would interact with him all the time.

Congrats on your sons bike also did you get a new dog

Maggie is good with her words! I don't know what she's saying until you repeat it, then it's really clear! I'm sure you know most of her words!

Hi Cammie, I just thought of something... Is Tessie short for something? Lol I just realized I don't know 😅❤ And congrats to Patch on his cool new bike! How exciting!!! He'll be able to ride that for many years!

Congratulations on Patrick being selected for that worthy event! It DEFINITELY made his day and they gave him a bike to boot🙂👍! That was very nice of them! Thanks for sharing👍! Love you all and God bless✝️🙏🏻🙂❤️🚴🏽‍♀️!

Yay!!! It looks like a fun event! I'm sure Patrick will enjoy his bike a lot :D (What a fun way to start summer!!!)

Excellent vlog. Keep posting. 😂 kids are getting so big. Have to ask what is that cutting grass. Fantastic that Patrick was awarded that beautiful bike. Well done Patrick!!!

That's awesome, congrats Patrick!

My mom has dementia and she acts the exact same way! Also she can only walk so far cause she's in her 80s and the first time I saw that cart it was the BEST shopping experience I ever had! She thought she was in a parade lol and would say hello to everyone she passed. Thankfully I haven't experienced what you have, where people think the cart is just for fun.

Tessie looks so much like Maggie sometimes. And I loved how you do the closing video words with Maggie.

We love you!!

I know I have smth atleast similar to autism or ADHD bc I’ve done a lot of research on it I’m so excited to get hopefully diagnosed either this week or next week :D

I’m her age (the age this vid was posted lol) and I’m getting tested for ADHD and maybe if I can Autism ^^

I believe it can be seen in newborns, with autism newborns babies do not have a strong fist clenching reflex, instead of keeping the thumb tucked in they straighten fingers out. Another thing I've noted with autism is a reluctance to relax when held constantly arching spine away.

seems aba treats kids like dogs... dogs can't understand the idea of "love bombing" they're just obedient... This is NOT good... I didn't know what all aba entails, but watching this explanation has opened my eyes. I have an appointment with Caravel Autism Center and they use ABA Therapy and I wasn't all sure, people say it's effective but not all what is involved... Thank you for this and now I can make a crucial decision for my son... he's only 4 this type of interaction is something would ruin him in the long run =/

Keep posting.

Man sweet Maggie is full of energy. Makes me tired watching her. Lol😅 . She loves tramp. Your kids are amazing

Happy Mother’s Day!! ❤

Are you able to Leave Maggie home alone when taking another kid out by yourself?

You’re doing amazing. Happy Mother’s day

Hope you had a great weekend with your mom and the girls celebrating mother's day <3 Thinking of you and the kids!! Sometimes we just need a simple mellow day like this :D

I love how Sadie and Maggie always participate in coloring and art projects. 😊

Another great video. So happy you all had a fun day🙂! Love you all and God bless✝️🙏♥️🙂🌈!

Does Sadie go to school?

I so far have run into two girls with autism: one when I was in high school (11th grade) and one during a youth program.

I do remember seeing that video you are referring to. I really liked it.

Hope you had more fun than ever🤘❤️

Taking away stimming from an autistic person is taking away their regulation altogether. ABA teaches to mask and to behave as the parents/teachers expect. When I was a child my mother would slap me hard across the face if I stimmed; ABA is no better.

Shes adorable but I don't see anything abnormal about how she plays? And she's very very.

Uh-Oh! I just realized I unconsciously do this with my child. I give him treats and prizes when he behaves well. What are my alternatives? I don't know another way to convince him to cooperate. By the way I will NOT be putting my child in ABA therapy.

Long term is insane I think it’s critical for safety and it’s mainly on us as parents to to not some stranger to be the rule maker.. just insane we need to stop putting so many kids with autism into all the treatments that were created for SEVERE the ones who need 1;1 will be in residential homes, can’t feed themselves, can’t go anywhere without eloping, very severe cases are the only ones I see that this helps in the short term.. everyone in special ed is doing ABA every professional that will work with autistic kids have ABA training and most of us don’t know to an many teachers don’t even know that’s what they are doing.. only escape really is home school