I like these sorts of videos. It lets us see just how far Abbie has progressed in developing her balance etc. Plus it gives us an idea on what is required not only to do tasks that we take for granted as "simple", but even some idea on activities that help develop those skills. Changes in lifestyle mean even neurotypical kids who are otherwise developmentally on track are starting to fall behind in fine motor skills - e.g. scissors or holding a pencil isn't as well practised as it was before kids had so much access to technology. I'm not an expert in these things, but it is having an impact on the success of my students in high school (12-18 year olds here in Australia).
I just wanted to let you guys know that Abbie is helping my students. When they see Abbie do her therapies they go and get their things and work with her at the same time. If she is working on sensory things they want to do it as well. One of my students tells me Abbie is her buddy because she is like me. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING!!!
I just don’t get it. Why do people hit the dislike button?!?!?! Asa is doing exactly what the video says it is doing. If you don’t like this family for some reason don’t watch them. Just hitting it to be hitting it is rude!!!
I feel like I'm watching an OT Olympic event where the announcers talk over the event to explain the moves lol like when watching ice skating, for example. It was kind of cool!
No worries with the voice- over. Don't think too much of pleasing viewers. Your convenience and Abbie's first. We love to see anything with Abbie and how you take care of her - regardless how you present it. *Hugs to Abbie* God bless everyone!:)
Hi! Occupational Therapy Assistant here! Occupational therapy does so much more than just strengthening, coordination, and balance! We usually work on these things as a prerequisite to working on ADLs (activities of daily living). What Abbie does during ABA therapy like going out in the community, assisting in chores, bathing, brushing teeth, etc. is also occupational therapy! It’s probably more reasonable and realistic from a behavior standpoint to work on those goals with an ABA therapist at the home than with an OT. I understand that a lot of kids get overwhelmed when having too many therapists and that may be the case with Abbie. Great job, Abbie! You’re doing amazing!
Being present for/with ur girl+fam is absolutely, totally No. 1-Never anything other than absolute understanding here! Voice over vids don’t bother me-especially with ur content/vids-always awesomeness!
I appreciate/enjoy these voiceover vids that still show Abbie but give an in depth explanation of the hows & whys of therapy, school, daily life, etc. Applicable to more special needs than just autism so very educational & as always, spreading awareness! Thanks for sharing your lives & really enjoy all your videos & that they're not all the same format. Like a 'box of chocolates'!! LOL One of the few YT channels I'm subscribed to. 150k subscribers soon!
Yay I woke up from my nap and the vlog was posted at 5:27pm were I live I love abbie she's so strong she's my idol for never giving up I had a operation were I had my right leg amputated I'll never give up just like she'll never give up #faithinabbie #teamabbie
Hi am Kath! This is the first time i ever leave a comment to any videos I watch here on RUclips. I am a graduate of Psychology and used to work as a Special Education Teacher here in the Philippines. It’s almost been a month since I’ve seen your channel and I had been watching your videos all day long. I love it so much on how you guys embrace Autism. I had met family’s who are having a hard time copping with their situation but you guys gave your 101% on making sure that Abbi will live a fun, loving and a healthy life. I wish you guys the best and as Priscilla says “I am so Excited!” to see more of your videos.
I'm late to this party but I wanted to thank you for showing how Occupational therapy is helping Abbie! I am an occupational therapy assistant and I work in pediatrics as well. Abbie is learning so many skills just in this one video and has grown in leaps and bounds since I've started following her! I follow your family on Facebook and see most of your updates through there but came across this one while searching for some helpful videos to share with my patients caregivers. You families openness and willingness to share your daughters journey has helped so many people going through the same thing. I love sending friends and parents to your channel! Keep up the amazing work and never waver in your love for Abbie's unique gifts!
Abbie is doing amazing! I can see a huge difference just since I started watch your videos. Plus, when I go back and watch the older ones that came before I found my Maass family I can really see a difference. Way to go Abbs! I love you.
I would enjoy seeing more of this type of video. Abbie is making such good progress. I was really impressed with her compliance with direction. And the smile on her face when she successfully completed some of the tasks was so adorable. I was actually thinking as I was watching the balance exercises that I could use some of those of exercises myself. I'll have to try to improvise the bucket walking.
I love watching videos like this because it helps me to learn what skills I will need when I start in the occupational program. I’m currently finishing my general education, but next step is occupational program with the end goal of being a pediatric occupational therapist.
This is awesome to see Abbie doing so good in OT. I have had some surgeries and had to do therapy and it is amazing how much you have to relearn. Personally I think this is very beneficial for Abbie. She looked like she was having fun to.
Wow the clip of her balancing and walking across on those bucket shaped things really made me beam with joy! So much improvement! I know you guys may not always see it because you are physically with her everyday, but the Maass squad sure does! Way to go Abbie!
I got to Shadow at an OT place with a kiddo I work with and it was honestly really cool. She has Down Syndrome, but worked on a lot of the same things Abbie did like balance beams, upper body strength, and cutting out shapes. Great video! :)
Hi from Manitoba, Canada. This video was amazing, I love seeing the progress Abbie is making. I just applied for my Masters in OT! In my application I even discussed how watching your family daily over the past few years has inspired me to pursue OT. *fingers crossed* I get accepted. 🤞❤
I love these types of videos. It's great to see how much she's improved and helps folks appreciate just how much work it takes. Also, for those of you that have never tried it before, just let me tell you that using those peanut balls like that is a whole lot harder than it looks and Abbie does much better than I do on it.
What's funny is, I literally just watched an older OT video and then today's video popped up. I'm working some overtime today which makes it a good time to binge your old videos! I hope you and Priscilla are having a wonderful vacation and that you're getting some rest and relaxation! ❤
This is awesome to see. Abbie you worked so hard and had some great successes today! Asa, I am so proud of your girl too! Wow! Loved the smiles and concentration I saw on Abbie as she worked. That school has wonderful positive staff teaching practical transferable skills that benefit Abbie and her classmates so much! Great vlog! Thanks again for sharing with us. 👌😊💖
I am currently in Graduate school to complete my OT degree! I love being able to see what types of skills the OTs are working on with different activities and how much they have helped her progress to be able to engage in daily functional activities!
Oh awesome I love this she definitely has great therapist you guys are literally doing everything you can for her and it's so beautiful, your family is the best💓🌻🌞✌
She was doing really well. Since I started watching y’all she has really improved. She is a joy to watch.as well as all of your family. I made the meatball recipe that Mrs.P had made. And my family went crazzzzy over it. Love all the Volga’s. Thanks so much for sharing everything with us out here in You Tube land.
Poor baby has bite marks. I remember when my son was biting. I would cry every time he would bite his self. It just kills me seeing them. But love the video. It makes me so happy that dad is shedding a light on the in’s and outs of autism.
Hi. I'm going to college to become an OT (finishing my general education at the moment.) What are some tips that I could use for my future goal? I'm planning to be a pediatric OT.
This OT is awesome! A lot of OT’s in these settings are just coming in as contractors, doing their cases and getting paid. But she seems really invested in Abbie’s success and building a rapport with her and giving lots of positive reinforcement!
Loved this video. I don’t have much interaction with autism so it’s interesting to see what Abbie’s working on. It was cool to see what goes on in therapy. She has amazing people on her team!
Now, this is a Pertinent one, seeing as I used to have to do OT to Help Me with My Severe Balance and Co-Ordination at Primary School, and then I had to OT to help Me keep My Autism issues "under control" after I was transferred to Special School in Secondary/High. I wonder if Abbie has to do any of the Tasks I used to. Hey Guys. I cant wait to see how Much Abbie has Improved in OT. Ahh, Swinging, one of Abbie's favourite Activities! glad to see that She gets to have Fun in OT :) I know that you don't like doing Voice Over, but, I do think its important to have it for those of your Subscribers who don't know what is going on, I know what is going on as I used to have OT, but I am sure plenty of your other Subscribers would be Bamboozled without your Voice over Explanation. Its really cool that the JSA allows Parents to watch their Kids at School to see how well they are doing. My Balance, to this Day, is all but non Existent. I have great Trouble balancing, that is why I like to stand on Wide, Flat Surfaces, and nowhere NEAR any Edges, as that's the only way I feel Safe. I still try to avoid uneven Surfaces at all Costs (not easy in then UK with its Completely Broken Walkway Surfaces because the Councils are too cheapskate to get them Repaired Properly :( ) , as, like Abbie, I am very unsure on where to put My Feet to balance. I am glad Abbie has fun with the "Peanut" and has a Blast doing OT! if it is Fun for Her, the more willing She will be to do it after all :) I am glad Abbie's neck Muscles are getting Stronger. Yes, I had to do throwing Beanbags into Hoops to Help Me with My Co-Ordination when I Did OT in Primary School. So I know that task :) No Cheating Abbie! I am glad Abbie keeps going at things! its great to see that She is Determined :) I am afraid I was, due to My Extremely Poor Confidence and non Existent self Image, something of a Quitter, as soon as a Task went wrong, I didn't want to do it anymore, and had to be forced to try again :( For that Standing on the Pots Task, even NOW I would need to have to Hold on to the Wall and to the Therapist, as I would never be able to Balance on those. Yes, I had to do Arm Exercises as well in OT. I used to have to do the Putty Squeezing as well in Primary , to Help Me with my Really bad Grip, but they stopped when they found out My Fingers are Double Jointed and they can bend RIGHT back, meaning My Grip cannot really be Improved much :(. Yup, I had to the Peg Board too back in Primary OT. I still find using Scissors accurately extremely Difficult to nigh on Impossible even now! Indeed, Abbie is doing Incredibly in Occupation Therapy! She is doing Superbly! Bye for Now, take Care.
I often wondered what OT did for my daughter. She dosen't have it now but, she did when she was younger. They would pull her out of class at school, a few times a week. They also had these wobble chairs at her desk, in her class, that she had to sit on to keep her balance. (They had other little fidget toys too. This little band that she could bounce her feet off of was her favorite. They put it at the bottom of her desk.)
I’m about to start OT soon for coordination and stuff (I have slight Chiari Malformation) and I’m so excited! I can barely button my own clothing so I’m so pumped to be able to learn how to do that kind of stuff
Unusual social learning happens early in puberty. Autistic children are less aware of social stimuli, are less apt to grin or glance at others, and are less likely to call themselves by their own name. Autistic toddlers veer away from social norms in a variety of ways, including making less physical contact and taking less turns. Thank you so much for your time and effort in putting everything together!
Awesome stuff!!! 😊 I have ro get into occupational therapy myself at some point, as I'm on this disability program, to help with my independent living skills:) I'm an adult on the spectrum, they recommended O.T for me, but we just haven't got around to it yet ❤💙💜
The best part about OT for me was that it didn't seem like therapy, it seemed more like getting to stay in a playground for an hour or two. Being only a few minutes into the video right now, I know it's working well for Abbie too.
I need to tell you my family's story please so maybe you can give us advice. When my mum was 16 years old she discovered she was pregnant(against all odds) with me right after my dad left her. She tried to get help from her family and they alienated her, kicking her out of the home because there wasn't enough 'room for her anymore. She had a very rough pregnancy and ended up hospitalised through a large part of it with pre eclampsia and the doctors realised the baby wasn't responding to anything they did, they poked they prided they gave my mum special drinks and even tried mild shock treatment on her stomach and nothing would make baby react in the slightest. They performed an emergency c section and took the baby who seemed completely fine despite being larger than a full term baby at almost a month premature. They decided the baby was just sleeping and everything was fine and after mum healed up they sent her home ,(She was now 17) but mum felt like something wasn't right, she noticed that I never cried, ever, I slept constantly and she would have to wake me up and make me feed because I didn't seem to get hungry. She took me to the doctors multiple times and every time they brushed out off as her being a young mum and over worrying about things. They told her she was lucky and she should stop complaining. So she stopped taking me in, but the worry never left, as I got older I began to chew on hard objects I would get my hands on, the most memorable one being my mum's mobile phone. While mum worried about me she also had to worry about supporting a baby on her own working at McDonald's. She was very stressed and every odd thing she noticed about me growing up got put down to stress. I was like a zombie till I was two, if I had to stay still or be quiet for ten minutes I would fall asleep. But when I didn't sleep I would talk a mile a minute, run around crazily and run directly into walls and objects and then keep going. I was weird, basically, I also be a m e extremely attached to my mum, crying when she left me at school or daycare and the only one out of all the kids who would much rather spend time with my mum grocery shopping than at the zoo or waterpark with my friends or anyone else. Doctors thought I had a hearing problem and tested me, deciding in the end that I just had selective hearing meaning I was off in my own world and wasn't listening basically, I struggled with school, never wanting to sit still and listen for long periods of time, many teachers told my mum I had a bad habit of daydreaming in class and you would have to physically touch me sometimes to make me snap out of it. I would often just 'glaze over seeming to just stop being aware of my surroundings, my mum had to constantly watch me when we were walking to make sure I didn't just walk out onto the road even as I got old enough to know better. I have almost been hit by quite a few cars in my l life. But see I was always very good with English, by the time I started my first day o f preschool I knew the whole alphabet off by heart and I could spell my name which didn't help people believe my mum when she would try to explain how I was different, how I struggled, they would just be like, she's so sweet and smart, why are you c complaining? From the time I could speak I was determined to be liked by adults and never be in trouble so I was exceptionally well behaved which other mothers would tell mum was a blessing but mum worried it like many things in my life, was too extreme, from a very young age I was devastated at the thought that I had done something wrong, I would be inconsolable even at the slightest provocation. Mum would only have to say taylah that wasn't nice and I w would break down in tears and hate myself, apologizing profusely for what my mum thought was a very unhealthy amount of time. Anyway I was not like other kids in pretty much any way but no one really seemed to worry like my mum did s o she just tried to deal with it herself and ended up having to deal with it and all my other odd behaviors for 16 years without a diagnosis. You must understand that we were very poor to begin with almost homeless multiple times, so when my mum found a job that meant we had a steady home and a fully stocked pantry she threw her all into it, focusing on giving us the life she felt we deserved. So she kind of let go of her worries, brushing off all my oddities as just an overly anxious child. She still worried but by the time she knew enough to get me help she had gotten used to me being the way I was and didn't really think anything of it anymore, I rocked, I shook c constantly, I hid in corners at family gatherings, I chewed my nails excessively, I struggled at school with severe bullying and I didn't do well in classes though my mum knew I was smart I got low grades and hated school, even failing in English as I got older. But mum just thought it all had it's reasons, I struggled at school because of the bullying, and because j had a couple of nasty teachers which she thought had ruined my motivation to learn. I would always tell her how I hated being different and she would tell me I wasn't, I just thought I was. She would comfort me and convince both of us that I was just a shy, anxious person and it was fine. When I got into teenage years I started seeing a therapist as mum thought I needed help and our Medicare covered ten sessions a year. My therapist slowly began to open me up and started discussing the possibility of autism with my mum, mum had pretty much no knowledge of autism but was ecstatic that someone was finally listening to us and believed our concerns were validated. She did some research and tried to get me a diagnosis but the waiting lists were terrible and I was getting worse, finally a week before my 17th birthday I was hospitalized because I had started to cause more serious injury to myself. I was there for a week and was let out the day after my birthday with a piece of paperwork that would change our lives forever. It was a form to be given to a psychiatrist in only a few weeks to get my diagnosis. And so we went and the p psychiatrist saw us both and talked to us for a few hours and in the end we left with a formal diagnosis of autism, adhd and anxiety. That was it, one letter was all it took to change my whole life, the whole time I was growing up my mum thought she was going crazy, worrying o her nothing and she finally knew what had caused that worry, we were relieved, but we were also upset, because it had taken so long I had missed out on a lot over my childhood and my education was not what we would have liked, and the diagnosis meant people started treating us differently. But at least we got support after a few more months of my mum fighting determinedly for me to get maximum support available by the ndis. Because it was so late the ndis did give mum the support she asked, I got more therapy appointments a year, I had support workers. The problem was that it took a while for the support to happen and in that time I dropped out of school and my mum took three months off work to care f o r me because I could no longer be left alone at all and no one else could care for me like her, she was the only one who understood my needs properly and did the right things to help me, the three months ended and she went back but she kept having to come home or miss days entirely because I was so heightened. In the end her job was made redundant and she was fired. We decided at that time even though we had had support for some time at that point, that we should move to mum's home town where she would have a lot more family support we were hoping and where she would find a new job, since we moved here a year ago my grandad has passed suddenly, my grandma has been hospitalized, my cat has died, and we have been in a car accident. Given all that my mum has still not been able to find a job and with a loan we have tried starting our own shop selling handmade things. Mum is always worried about me since I have regressed since we got here and d o want want to leave me especially since our funding has now been cut and I can no longer have one on one support workers. So we are trying with this business and my grandad left mum enough money that she booked a holiday f oir layer this year however living on centrelink and having noit made our first sale online we are doing very poorly for money. I am scared. Some weeks we barely have enough money for food, let alone other stuff. Do you have any advice for my mama on how to run your own business with an autistic child? Technically I am an adult but it still seems like I am a child a lot of the time.
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I like these sorts of videos. It lets us see just how far Abbie has progressed in developing her balance etc. Plus it gives us an idea on what is required not only to do tasks that we take for granted as "simple", but even some idea on activities that help develop those skills.
Changes in lifestyle mean even neurotypical kids who are otherwise developmentally on track are starting to fall behind in fine motor skills - e.g. scissors or holding a pencil isn't as well practised as it was before kids had so much access to technology. I'm not an expert in these things, but it is having an impact on the success of my students in high school (12-18 year olds here in Australia).
I just wanted to let you guys know that Abbie is helping my students. When they see Abbie do her therapies they go and get their things and work with her at the same time. If she is working on sensory things they want to do it as well. One of my students tells me Abbie is her buddy because she is like me. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING!!!
That’s awesome!
Ahh thats brilliant
As a student studying OT, this makes me SO HAPPY to see!!! I love that Abby is progressing through the OT process!
I just don’t get it. Why do people hit the dislike button?!?!?! Asa is doing exactly what the video says it is doing. If you don’t like this family for some reason don’t watch them. Just hitting it to be hitting it is rude!!!
Your right.... I don't think I've ever seen a bad vlog from them!
I feel like I'm watching an OT Olympic event where the announcers talk over the event to explain the moves lol like when watching ice skating, for example. It was kind of cool!
Lol. I should have whispered while she was doing it then yelled, “She stuck the landing!”
@@fatheringautism 😂😂😂 next time
I’m a freshman undergrad student headed toward OT! I love watching your videos and learning how I can better serve the community.
That's amazing! Our community is short handed in OT! Here in Houston some places actually have waiting list to get therapy!
No worries with the voice- over. Don't think too much of pleasing viewers. Your convenience and Abbie's first. We love to see anything with Abbie and how you take care of her - regardless how you present it.
*Hugs to Abbie*
God bless everyone!:)
Hi! Occupational Therapy Assistant here! Occupational therapy does so much more than just strengthening, coordination, and balance! We usually work on these things as a prerequisite to working on ADLs (activities of daily living). What Abbie does during ABA therapy like going out in the community, assisting in chores, bathing, brushing teeth, etc. is also occupational therapy! It’s probably more reasonable and realistic from a behavior standpoint to work on those goals with an ABA therapist at the home than with an OT. I understand that a lot of kids get overwhelmed when having too many therapists and that may be the case with Abbie. Great job, Abbie! You’re doing amazing!
I loved seeing what Abbie does in her Occupational therapy class she does so well.
Abbie is doing SO WONDERFUL with her fine motor skills, etc...She is an amazing girl!!! Such a joy to be able to watch her improvements!!
Being present for/with ur girl+fam is absolutely, totally No. 1-Never anything other than absolute understanding here! Voice over vids don’t bother me-especially with ur content/vids-always awesomeness!
I appreciate/enjoy these voiceover vids that still show Abbie but give an in depth explanation of the hows & whys of therapy, school, daily life, etc. Applicable to more special needs than just autism so very educational & as always, spreading awareness! Thanks for sharing your lives & really enjoy all your videos & that they're not all the same format. Like a 'box of chocolates'!! LOL One of the few YT channels I'm subscribed to. 150k subscribers soon!
Yay I woke up from my nap and the vlog was posted at 5:27pm were I live I love abbie she's so strong she's my idol for never giving up I had a operation were I had my right leg amputated I'll never give up just like she'll never give up #faithinabbie #teamabbie
Hi am Kath! This is the first time i ever leave a comment to any videos I watch here on RUclips. I am a graduate of Psychology and used to work as a Special Education Teacher here in the Philippines. It’s almost been a month since I’ve seen your channel and I had been watching your videos all day long. I love it so much on how you guys embrace Autism. I had met family’s who are having a hard time copping with their situation but you guys gave your 101% on making sure that Abbi will live a fun, loving and a healthy life. I wish you guys the best and as Priscilla says “I am so Excited!” to see more of your videos.
I'm late to this party but I wanted to thank you for showing how Occupational therapy is helping Abbie! I am an occupational therapy assistant and I work in pediatrics as well. Abbie is learning so many skills just in this one video and has grown in leaps and bounds since I've started following her! I follow your family on Facebook and see most of your updates through there but came across this one while searching for some helpful videos to share with my patients caregivers. You families openness and willingness to share your daughters journey has helped so many people going through the same thing. I love sending friends and parents to your channel! Keep up the amazing work and never waver in your love for Abbie's unique gifts!
Abbie is doing amazing! I can see a huge difference just since I started watch your videos. Plus, when I go back and watch the older ones that came before I found my Maass family I can really see a difference. Way to go Abbs! I love you.
Abbie is a rockstar! She has come so far in the past couple years that I have been watching the vlogs. It is so amazing to see her progress!
I would enjoy seeing more of this type of video. Abbie is making such good progress. I was really impressed with her compliance with direction. And the smile on her face when she successfully completed some of the tasks was so adorable. I was actually thinking as I was watching the balance exercises that I could use some of those of exercises myself. I'll have to try to improvise the bucket walking.
Thank you for sharing Abbey with us. This was such a great video!!
I love watching videos like this because it helps me to learn what skills I will need when I start in the occupational program. I’m currently finishing my general education, but next step is occupational program with the end goal of being a pediatric occupational therapist.
This is awesome to see Abbie doing so good in OT. I have had some surgeries and had to do therapy and it is amazing how much you have to relearn. Personally I think this is very beneficial for Abbie. She looked like she was having fun to.
Wow the clip of her balancing and walking across on those bucket shaped things really made me beam with joy! So much improvement! I know you guys may not always see it because you are physically with her everyday, but the Maass squad sure does! Way to go Abbie!
I like these types of activities which are very important during her sessions where it focuses on more than one aspect. Love it.
I got to Shadow at an OT place with a kiddo I work with and it was honestly really cool. She has Down Syndrome, but worked on a lot of the same things Abbie did like balance beams, upper body strength, and cutting out shapes. Great video! :)
Hi from Manitoba, Canada. This video was amazing, I love seeing the progress Abbie is making. I just applied for my Masters in OT! In my application I even discussed how watching your family daily over the past few years has inspired me to pursue OT. *fingers crossed* I get accepted. 🤞❤
I love these types of videos. It's great to see how much she's improved and helps folks appreciate just how much work it takes. Also, for those of you that have never tried it before, just let me tell you that using those peanut balls like that is a whole lot harder than it looks and Abbie does much better than I do on it.
What's funny is, I literally just watched an older OT video and then today's video popped up. I'm working some overtime today which makes it a good time to binge your old videos! I hope you and Priscilla are having a wonderful vacation and that you're getting some rest and relaxation! ❤
This is awesome to see. Abbie you worked so hard and had some great successes today! Asa, I am so proud of your girl too! Wow! Loved the smiles and concentration I saw on Abbie as she worked. That school has wonderful positive staff teaching practical transferable skills that benefit Abbie and her classmates so much! Great vlog! Thanks again for sharing with us. 👌😊💖
I am currently in Graduate school to complete my OT degree! I love being able to see what types of skills the OTs are working on with different activities and how much they have helped her progress to be able to engage in daily functional activities!
Abbie is doing so well. Im so excited for her future!
I love seeing that our girsl are doing similar occupational therapy tasks. Great job Abbie!
It's amazing how those ot activities help her body so much . Wonderful job Abbie 😍😍
Love love this family. Great to see what all Abbie does.
She is doing great.
I love to see how enthusiastic Abbie is about her therapy, she doesn’t see it as a chore at all!! She’s a beautiful and intelligent young girl 😘 xxx
I love seeing her progression in OT and everything else. Way to go abbie!!!!
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Aww I am so happy to see Abby has her bracelet I made her on. I am so glad she likes it and keeps it on. Love you guys.
I think it's amazing how everyone has stepped up for abby. What a great family ❤
She's doing a great job! It's amazing watching her improve and try so hard..Such a sweet girl 💖 She brightens my day!
Oh awesome I love this she definitely has great therapist you guys are literally doing everything you can for her and it's so beautiful, your family is the best💓🌻🌞✌
She was doing really well. Since I started watching y’all she has really improved. She is a joy to watch.as well as all of your family. I made the meatball recipe that Mrs.P had made. And my family went crazzzzy over it. Love all the Volga’s.
Thanks so much for sharing everything with us out here in You Tube land.
Thank you for sharing OT with us, it's nice to see what she does in school. 💕
I love Abby’s follow through with the tasks! She’s a hard worker!
Poor baby has bite marks. I remember when my son was biting. I would cry every time he would bite his self. It just kills me seeing them. But love the video. It makes me so happy that dad is shedding a light on the in’s and outs of autism.
I love seeing how far she has come she is such a sweet little girl yall keep doing what you are doing
I’m an OT so I love love love this content! Very nice clinic, great session.
Hi. I'm going to college to become an OT (finishing my general education at the moment.) What are some tips that I could use for my future goal? I'm planning to be a pediatric OT.
This OT is awesome! A lot of OT’s in these settings are just coming in as contractors, doing their cases and getting paid. But she seems really invested in Abbie’s success and building a rapport with her and giving lots of positive reinforcement!
Love seeing my fellow OT in different parts of the word.
And so proud of Abby for mastering the so manny skills.
Loved this video. I don’t have much interaction with autism so it’s interesting to see what Abbie’s working on. It was cool to see what goes on in therapy. She has amazing people on her team!
That was impressive how she turned the paper with her left hand while she was cutting out the square. Also great job with the peg board, Abbie!
Now, this is a Pertinent one, seeing as I used to have to do OT to Help Me with My Severe Balance and Co-Ordination at Primary School, and then I had to OT to help Me keep My Autism issues "under control" after I was transferred to Special School in Secondary/High. I wonder if Abbie has to do any of the Tasks I used to.
Hey Guys.
I cant wait to see how Much Abbie has Improved in OT.
Ahh, Swinging, one of Abbie's favourite Activities! glad to see that She gets to have Fun in OT :)
I know that you don't like doing Voice Over, but, I do think its important to have it for those of your Subscribers who don't know what is going on, I know what is going on as I used to have OT, but I am sure plenty of your other Subscribers would be Bamboozled without your Voice over Explanation.
Its really cool that the JSA allows Parents to watch their Kids at School to see how well they are doing.
My Balance, to this Day, is all but non Existent. I have great Trouble balancing, that is why I like to stand on Wide, Flat Surfaces, and nowhere NEAR any Edges, as that's the only way I feel Safe. I still try to avoid uneven Surfaces at all Costs (not easy in then UK with its Completely Broken Walkway Surfaces because the Councils are too cheapskate to get them Repaired Properly :( ) , as, like Abbie, I am very unsure on where to put My Feet to balance.
I am glad Abbie has fun with the "Peanut" and has a Blast doing OT! if it is Fun for Her, the more willing She will be to do it after all :)
I am glad Abbie's neck Muscles are getting Stronger.
Yes, I had to do throwing Beanbags into Hoops to Help Me with My Co-Ordination when I Did OT in Primary School. So I know that task :)
No Cheating Abbie!
I am glad Abbie keeps going at things! its great to see that She is Determined :)
I am afraid I was, due to My Extremely Poor Confidence and non Existent self Image, something of a Quitter, as soon as a Task went wrong, I didn't want to do it anymore, and had to be forced to try again :(
For that Standing on the Pots Task, even NOW I would need to have to Hold on to the Wall and to the Therapist, as I would never be able to Balance on those.
Yes, I had to do Arm Exercises as well in OT.
I used to have to do the Putty Squeezing as well in Primary , to Help Me with my Really bad Grip, but they stopped when they found out My Fingers are Double Jointed and they can bend RIGHT back, meaning My Grip cannot really be Improved much :(.
Yup, I had to the Peg Board too back in Primary OT.
I still find using Scissors accurately extremely Difficult to nigh on Impossible even now!
Indeed, Abbie is doing Incredibly in Occupation Therapy! She is doing Superbly!
Bye for Now, take Care.
My youngest just started OT its rough. but I cant wait to see him grow and learn.
Abbie is such a rockstar! Go, girl go! I have a dress that's the exact same print as her shirt. She pulls it off much better than I do!
I often wondered what OT did for my daughter. She dosen't have it now but, she did when she was younger. They would pull her out of class at school, a few times a week. They also had these wobble chairs at her desk, in her class, that she had to sit on to keep her balance. (They had other little fidget toys too. This little band that she could bounce her feet off of was her favorite. They put it at the bottom of her desk.)
Not going to lie. I want one of those peanut thingies!
Nelphoto Thought I was the only one lol
I've used one in OT and they're the best thing I've ever experienced
Nelphoto the peanut shaped exercise ball? I love these.
she is doing so well..its very noticeable. I found my self clapping today for her when she was doing so well.
Wow!! What an AMAZING school!! So glad y'all fought the good fight and were able to get her in there!! JSA seems like a really good fit for her!!👍❤
I’m about to start OT soon for coordination and stuff (I have slight Chiari Malformation) and I’m so excited! I can barely button my own clothing so I’m so pumped to be able to learn how to do that kind of stuff
I have mild autism and I love your videos and Abbie is awesome 😎
Great job Abbie so proud of you.
Way to go Abbie! We are in a waiting list for ot here in Houston. There is a shortage of therapist! Can you imagine?
Awesome video. I love seeing Abbie progressing. It's cool to see her learning in the classroom:)
Literally so proud of Abby, despite her being a total stranger.
I am planning to go to college for OT. This video is really cool to watch!
I have to say at first I thought OT would be just a pointless exercise for her. But, your video showed me how it helps. Abbie did great!
Way to go Abbie!! I absolutely love these videos Asa seeing her at school and progress
I love that I get ideas to work with people on the spectrum as well! Thank you Assa!!
Wow! She’s come so far since some of your earlier videos! Great job, Abbie!
She never fails to amaze me.
I want to become an occupational therapist and specialize in working with children with special needs so this was very helpful!
thank you so much for this i love watching videos like this since i will be an ot student in the fall!!
Way to go Abbie, heck Abbie cuts a straight line better than I do.
Great video about OT! Great job Abbie keep up the awesome job 😬👍🏻
Thank you for the video, this is so informative! I study psychology so I love videos about Abbie's therapy. :)
I really liked the voice over style!! Would love to see more of these type of videos
your voiceover was fine. they are helpful in explaining what we see even though we can see what she's doing. make some more.
I’m ot assistant and worked in nursing homes 20 yrs and ready try peds ... thanks for the video
Unusual social learning happens early in puberty. Autistic children are less aware of social stimuli, are less apt to grin or glance at others, and are less likely to call themselves by their own name. Autistic toddlers veer away from social norms in a variety of ways, including making less physical contact and taking less turns. Thank you so much for your time and effort in putting everything together!
I found this video great loved seeing the OT in action and the voice over really helped . Many thanks would love yo see more like this 💕
She’s doing amazing! Great job Ab!!!!!
Aww this is amazing to see!! Great job Abbie!! 💙💙
I did both oc therapy and pt now i do yoga ive done it all of my life it dose help
Awesome stuff!!! 😊 I have ro get into occupational therapy myself at some point, as I'm on this disability program, to help with my independent living skills:)
I'm an adult on the spectrum, they recommended O.T for me, but we just haven't got around to it yet ❤💙💜
I used to do OT. Unfortunately, the place I went to wasn't very good, but their PT was excellent!
Lovely video, very good asa it was like a profesional televised documentry! Thoroughly enjoyed watching as always
Excellent excellent yesss abbie did wonderful 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽
Abbie killed it in OT!!
Abby your doing an awesome job at therapy!
The best part about OT for me was that it didn't seem like therapy, it seemed more like getting to stay in a playground for an hour or two. Being only a few minutes into the video right now, I know it's working well for Abbie too.
Ikr I loved it so much
Im glad you put your bloopers in.
This was awesome, I would love to see follow ups on her progress.
Wow Abby your doing a wonderful job😊! Have a wonderful week!
Great to see Abbie, keep it up. You're kicking butt!
Abbie is doing so well
I need to tell you my family's story please so maybe you can give us advice.
When my mum was 16 years old she discovered she was pregnant(against all odds) with me right after my dad left her. She tried to get help from her family and they alienated her, kicking her out of the home because there wasn't enough 'room for her anymore. She had a very rough pregnancy and ended up hospitalised through a large part of it with pre eclampsia and the doctors realised the baby wasn't responding to anything they did, they poked they prided they gave my mum special drinks and even tried mild shock treatment on her stomach and nothing would make baby react in the slightest. They performed an emergency c section and took the baby who seemed completely fine despite being larger than a full term baby at almost a month premature. They decided the baby was just sleeping and everything was fine and after mum healed up they sent her home ,(She was now 17) but mum felt like something wasn't right, she noticed that I never cried, ever, I slept constantly and she would have to wake me up and make me feed because I didn't seem to get hungry. She took me to the doctors multiple times and every time they brushed out off as her being a young mum and over worrying about things. They told her she was lucky and she should stop complaining. So she stopped taking me in, but the worry never left, as I got older I began to chew on hard objects I would get my hands on, the most memorable one being my mum's mobile phone. While mum worried about me she also had to worry about supporting a baby on her own working at McDonald's. She was very stressed and every odd thing she noticed about me growing up got put down to stress. I was like a zombie till I was two, if I had to stay still or be quiet for ten minutes I would fall asleep. But when I didn't sleep I would talk a mile a minute, run around crazily and run directly into walls and objects and then keep going. I was weird, basically, I also be a m e extremely attached to my mum, crying when she left me at school or daycare and the only one out of all the kids who would much rather spend time with my mum grocery shopping than at the zoo or waterpark with my friends or anyone else. Doctors thought I had a hearing problem and tested me, deciding in the end that I just had selective hearing meaning I was off in my own world and wasn't listening basically, I struggled with school, never wanting to sit still and listen for long periods of time, many teachers told my mum I had a bad habit of daydreaming in class and you would have to physically touch me sometimes to make me snap out of it. I would often just 'glaze over seeming to just stop being aware of my surroundings, my mum had to constantly watch me when we were walking to make sure I didn't just walk out onto the road even as I got old enough to know better. I have almost been hit by quite a few cars in my l life. But see I was always very good with English, by the time I started my first day o f preschool I knew the whole alphabet off by heart and I could spell my name which didn't help people believe my mum when she would try to explain how I was different, how I struggled, they would just be like, she's so sweet and smart, why are you c complaining? From the time I could speak I was determined to be liked by adults and never be in trouble so I was exceptionally well behaved which other mothers would tell mum was a blessing but mum worried it like many things in my life, was too extreme, from a very young age I was devastated at the thought that I had done something wrong, I would be inconsolable even at the slightest provocation. Mum would only have to say taylah that wasn't nice and I w would break down in tears and hate myself, apologizing profusely for what my mum thought was a very unhealthy amount of time. Anyway I was not like other kids in pretty much any way but no one really seemed to worry like my mum did s o she just tried to deal with it herself and ended up having to deal with it and all my other odd behaviors for 16 years without a diagnosis. You must understand that we were very poor to begin with almost homeless multiple times, so when my mum found a job that meant we had a steady home and a fully stocked pantry she threw her all into it, focusing on giving us the life she felt we deserved. So she kind of let go of her worries, brushing off all my oddities as just an overly anxious child. She still worried but by the time she knew enough to get me help she had gotten used to me being the way I was and didn't really think anything of it anymore, I rocked, I shook c constantly, I hid in corners at family gatherings, I chewed my nails excessively, I struggled at school with severe bullying and I didn't do well in classes though my mum knew I was smart I got low grades and hated school, even failing in English as I got older. But mum just thought it all had it's reasons, I struggled at school because of the bullying, and because j had a couple of nasty teachers which she thought had ruined my motivation to learn. I would always tell her how I hated being different and she would tell me I wasn't, I just thought I was. She would comfort me and convince both of us that I was just a shy, anxious person and it was fine. When I got into teenage years I started seeing a therapist as mum thought I needed help and our Medicare covered ten sessions a year. My therapist slowly began to open me up and started discussing the possibility of autism with my mum, mum had pretty much no knowledge of autism but was ecstatic that someone was finally listening to us and believed our concerns were validated. She did some research and tried to get me a diagnosis but the waiting lists were terrible and I was getting worse, finally a week before my 17th birthday I was hospitalized because I had started to cause more serious injury to myself. I was there for a week and was let out the day after my birthday with a piece of paperwork that would change our lives forever. It was a form to be given to a psychiatrist in only a few weeks to get my diagnosis. And so we went and the p psychiatrist saw us both and talked to us for a few hours and in the end we left with a formal diagnosis of autism, adhd and anxiety. That was it, one letter was all it took to change my whole life, the whole time I was growing up my mum thought she was going crazy, worrying o her nothing and she finally knew what had caused that worry, we were relieved, but we were also upset, because it had taken so long I had missed out on a lot over my childhood and my education was not what we would have liked, and the diagnosis meant people started treating us differently. But at least we got support after a few more months of my mum fighting determinedly for me to get maximum support available by the ndis. Because it was so late the ndis did give mum the support she asked, I got more therapy appointments a year, I had support workers. The problem was that it took a while for the support to happen and in that time I dropped out of school and my mum took three months off work to care f o r me because I could no longer be left alone at all and no one else could care for me like her, she was the only one who understood my needs properly and did the right things to help me, the three months ended and she went back but she kept having to come home or miss days entirely because I was so heightened. In the end her job was made redundant and she was fired. We decided at that time even though we had had support for some time at that point, that we should move to mum's home town where she would have a lot more family support we were hoping and where she would find a new job, since we moved here a year ago my grandad has passed suddenly, my grandma has been hospitalized, my cat has died, and we have been in a car accident. Given all that my mum has still not been able to find a job and with a loan we have tried starting our own shop selling handmade things. Mum is always worried about me since I have regressed since we got here and d o want want to leave me especially since our funding has now been cut and I can no longer have one on one support workers. So we are trying with this business and my grandad left mum enough money that she booked a holiday f oir layer this year however living on centrelink and having noit made our first sale online we are doing very poorly for money. I am scared. Some weeks we barely have enough money for food, let alone other stuff. Do you have any advice for my mama on how to run your own business with an autistic child? Technically I am an adult but it still seems like I am a child a lot of the time.
I love this! Abbie looked like she was so focused and working so hard and I loved seeing what she was working on right now! Very cool!
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Love these types of videos. Awesome
GREAT JOB ABBIE!!
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