Donut meltdowns to a new Rainbocorn Adopt-A-Corn and everything in between || Autism Life

Hello friends around the world!
So much to explore each day, so much to learn and so much to share about life in general and life with an autistic toddler. The world is different for everyone and we enjoy sharing what we know about being on the autism spectrum from our daughter. She is the youngest of 3 and this is our first time really navigating autism. We want to make her life as enjoyable as possible while trying to maintain some form of normalcy as a family.
Our daughter was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder at the age of 2 with level 2 in both areas (social communication and restrictive, repetitive behaviors) the levels can change during her lifetime anywhere from 1 to 3 with 3 needing the most support. She can be reevaluated at age 5 to see if anything has changed especially since she does receive ABA therapy, physical therapy, occupational therapy and therapeutic horseback riding. Come along and learn how she interacts with the world.
Today we visit different coffee shops, restaurants, stores and have lots of new toys (a bit too many for one week) but we came across the new Rainbocorns adopt-a-corn surprise series 1 from Zuru (NOT SPONSORED) we ordered some new numberblocks and also bought a corgi pixel petz. Which do you think she liked best? We know these will all be a hit with her sensory wise no matter what. She loves opening up the toys! Who doesn't?
It's just so fun to see how she interacts with new toys/ items. Of course if something becomes too overwhelming we remove it and try again at a later time. Sometimes that works sometimes it does not. We want to show you how she plays with toys that are not specifically designed for special needs children and how they too can have fun with regular toys.
You will also see how she (and we) deal with being overwhelmed at a donut store causing an autistic meltdown (not to be confused with a tantrum!) How other loud places do not bother her as much and how we continue to integrate her in all our daily activities trying to desensitize her to the busy world. Sometimes they work, sometimes they do not. What might be happening and now please do remember this is all new terrain that we as parents are navigating, we are not experts and only try and try again to understand her feelings as best as we can. You will also get a glimpse of how a fun playground can be a very scary place for a very tall 4 year old. We think the fact that she is very cautious due to her hypotonia makes her be afraid of many activities.
Hypotonia is present in a large majority of individuals on the Autism Spectrum. It is a lifelong condition and the degrees can vary but what it does is it can make you tired very fast. You need more breaks than other individuals.
If anything we hope this opens up your knowledge of special needs individuals and how we can act and understand them better in society.
If you are interested in these cute toys I will let you know where you can get them.
Pixel dog: amzn.to/4fpsPRz
Plush dog: amzn.to/4dtKqpt
Numbers toy: amzn.to/3WSyF5x
xoxo
Sweetmarshmalou
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I love your videos

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hi I'm autistic and love rainbocorns too

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Me too I’m autism tomorrow it’s my first day of school sweetmarshmalou!

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