My son has pulmonary hypertension and sees a specialist at the Heart Institute at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. He went to Camp Joy in Clarksville, Ohio for the first time this year during Heart Institute week. I used the ziplock bags for all of his clothes and toiletries. I also made sure to put his initials on everything. He loved his first year of camp. He also loves watching your videos with me.
My daughter Hailey is 11 and she hors to a special needs day camp, they go on trips every day, an indoor water park, a fun plex We Rock The Spectrum, bowling, and on Fridays they help the local theater kids group with their play and put on a separate show for the campers families. She loves going. Thinking of maybe an over night camp next year. Will have to search around our area, we are in NJ, for next summer. Your vhannel is awesome and I always look forward to your pists and vlogs!!
I am almost completely fluent in sign language. But from watching y'alls videos I have caught myself doing abbies modified signs more than I do the actual signs 🤣🤣
I’m in my 30s and went to sleep away camp a lot growing up and my mom would pack my full outfits in plastic bags and usually put a card or maybe a surprise like a bracelet hidden in the middle.
Abbie has taught me lots os signs and communications because I’m around people that are death or has non verbal autism!!! You guys are the best love you always and forever♥️♥️
She's so sweet 😍 that smile is everything 😊 I used this tip for packing my hospital bag so it was easy for staff to grab something if needed or my partner, I had a C-section so until the spinal wore off I was getting help. I think I had seen an old vlog from last year so that's why I used it back in October when I had my son 😊
I love the ideas. But will you please consider getting small mesh laundry bags to pack her outfits separately? Our landfills and oceans are overfilled with single use plastic products and reducing those any place we can in our daily lives can make a big difference.
i may need to start doing this when it comes to packing i am a medically complicated young adult who needs several changes of clothes when going on a day trip but night trips i need over night meds and a couple of different types of medical equipment including oxygen
Abbies signs I remember are: Hi and goodbye, bathroom, bath, eat, drink, candy, pretzel, cookies, goldfish, popcorn, cereal, music, break, sleep, swing, open, thank you, go, car ride, golf cart, come here, help, one or one minute (more used from Brendee but Abbie knows it) I hope I got them all together, but I don't think so.
Her signs that I know: All done- she pats her thigh or other part of her body. Hello- waves Goodbye- waves :p (for closing out the vlog of course) Candy- index finger on cheek Toilet/bathroom- t in sign and turning of the hand Break- take hands and motion apart and down. As if breaking something. Eat- thumb touches other fingers and placed to lips (or food? I believe she does this) Thank you- flat hand chin and then down and away Go- fists held in front of her body parallel and then spinning them. She nods her head yes and no too. (Is that mostly intentional?) There’s probably more I’m forgetting. Okay imma go cheat and look at what everyone else said! Edit: added descriptions of each sign Edit2: OH PRETZELS how could I even forget? That and toilet is her GO TO. That one shard to describe. Like two v’s and one taps the other one.
I learn things by seeing so for me I can read about her signs but I would miss most of them unless I saw her do them then be told hey she wants this or that or she needs this when she does this I hope I didn’t confuse anyone with my comment I’m a little scatter brained sometimes when I try to explain myself lol
Let's see how many abbie signs I can remember Music Golf cart Go Bye Hello Thank you Swing Fly Candy Pretzels Popcorn Eat Bath Bed Break All done I think we saw swim once, maybe Open Help And the almighty TOILET that's all I can of off the top of my head but I know I've missed a ton. Someone tell me what I'm missing?
Can u be a buddy if ur out of state i would love to go and work with them, i have a worked at a special needs camp before and i love your family and would love to work there
yes i live in butler i go too a special needs camp and bring my bracelets and fidgets spinners and my squishyes and my camp is named camp apple and my art stuff to and i love watching you guys
I go to a 2 weeks camp every summer with a regular scout group, but I'm autistic and need some help sometimes so my scouters know about my needs, too. I've finally learnt to pack my own bag, but I do it like you. I'm not "aware" of how clothes match so I just pack full outfits with the help of my mother. We're located in Spain.
I actually know quite a lot of ASL! Not fluent yet, working on my interpreting licensure right now! I have 4 years of sign language under my belt 😊 it’s always so amazing to see Abbie sign, it works so well for kids who are non-verbal! Awesome job guys!
I’m going through a hard time right now and seeing y’all post videos brings me so much happy and I just want to say thank you so much 💛 I love you guys
Unless Llangrannog is a camp, then we don’t have camps here in South Wales, UK. I think it is a type of camp, but not the same camp as in the states. For one we HAVE to speak Welsh there and we go with our school. 😂
I love your videos! It’s the highlight of my week. I am hard of hearing, but don’t do ASL. I loved watching Abbie doing her modified signs. Thanks for including captions whenever you can!
I think it’s important to have another ziploc-bag just with some extra briefs. Sometimes you don’t need a whole new outfit rather than just a brief or shirt... Love from Germany, Mimi
They are some awesome tips, just even for any vacation... I like how you put each thing in a ziplock bag .. as a paraplegic this would be helpful for me so that i can just pick one ziplock bag with all my clothes in it for the day, and also have seperate ones as you showed for other things.. this was so helpful to me.. as a paraplegic it be so helpful, as trying to find things and your suitcase gets messy as you try to go through it looking for stuff.. this was a great video.. thank you so much. Abbie is going to have so much fun.. and she is with her big brother Isaiah.. I am so glad that he gets to go and help out.. I know he loves to do things like this.. he has such a big heart and has such a compassion for people.. Enjoy mom and dad and get out there and go lay on the beach and relax.. love you guys
There is a special needs camp here in Washington state! It’s in Blaine and is run by the lions club. It’s called lions camp horizon. They have campers from Washington and canada! My husband and I actually met while working there as teenagers. That experience definitely helped us with parenting our child with ASD!
Music, go, go golf car, popcorn, eat, bathroom,candy. What means the elbow sing? I looooove Abbie, I learn a lot with you guy's. I don't know anyone with autism, but thanks to you I learn sooooo much!!! Kisses FROM ARGENTINA
I know a few basic ones which I can use for when I stimm vocally during meltdowns or high anxiety. Hello, goodbye, water, bed, help. But they are bsl which is the British sign language so it's kind of different to the American signs. Blessings in Jesus name
Priscilla you are looking amazing. I had the lap band surgery in 2006. I wish I would have waited and had the surgery that you had. Keep going Momma you got this!!!!
I am not from the USA so I don't know ASL much. One word I know is "bee". In Finland (Northern Europe) we have FinSL (I'm not sure about right shorthand) which fascinates me so I will study it after high school.
I only know the alphabet in ASL and that's as far as I've gotten haha but Abbie's modded signs I've learnt are car, hi/bye, go, pretzel, music, food, candy, golfcart, bathroom, break, open, swing, thank you, goldfish, cookie, fly, drink, come here and thumbs up. I love learning Abbie's signs and while they might be slightly different, you still understand what she's saying :D
Enjoy work your videos I have special needs myself just wondering if you've ever thought of putting Abigail in any sports for Special Olympics I am in Special Olympics in Ontario Canada and I participate in eleven Sports open to provincial and National games with the Special Olympics I think she would have lots of fun I know I do
Abby is such a sweetheart and growing up very fast! Camp will be awesome for her especially as her brother is there too, (Happy campers) .. The way you pack her outfits in ziplock bags is something I was doing for my children back in the 90’s and now my children are doing it for their children, such a simplistic thing to do ... Have lots of date nights!!
My name is Hannah and I live in New York state, this is my last year at camp I have an autism spectrum (Aspergers) I go to GVRC (Genesee valley rotary camp) witch is a camp from 8 to 21 years old for people with mild disability to people in wheelchairs and has feeding tubes we go for a week this year it is August 18th to the 24th . we have a theme every year this year is "around the world".
My mom has iron on last name tags she would put on all our stuff. A few extra of things cuz stuff gets lost. And for me extra chap stick to be kept with the nurse and our camp consler...because I would eat them- why, I don't know. Oh and the sharpie Extreme or Rub-a-dub for labeling clothing and stuff.
Ziplock bags are my fav packing accessory! When my kids were small I always packed whole outfits just like you do because I’m on vacation too I want to help them help themselves as much as possible. Fun fact the first time I sent my Nero typical daughter to camp she only wore 2 outfits and never used her soap or shampoo all week. She had a GREAT time but she was 7 sooooooo
I go to brainy camps through Children's National Healthcare System.I attend camp Take Hold for kids and teens with Cerebral Palsy as a counselor in training. I also attend camp Next Step also through Children's National healthcare system . Camp Next Step is for teens and young adults who are working on independence skills . Camp Next Step are buddies to camp Super Smile for kids and teens with down syndrome. The goal of Camp Super Smile is for the campers with downs syndrome to learn independence skills ( how to fill up their water bottles) without any assistance. These camps are always staffed with a physician who specializes in that conditionand other staff [ nurses, Nurse practitioners and residents]
Outfits in ziplock bags are essential for us. My daughter has ADHD/mild Autism and stresses out if we don't plan out her outfits ahead of time. Recently my mom took her to visit my sister in another state. My daughter and I worked together to plan out her outfits and labeled them by day in each bag. My mom though told me that what I was doing was over the top and thought I was being ridiculous. But you know what, I saved my mom from having a meltdown when she couldn't decide what to wear or couldn't find a piece of an outfit. She just doesn't get that point.
I recognize some of Abbie's signs! Popcorn, pretzel, candy, bathroom, car, go, swing, music, thank you, bed, goodbye/hi, come here, golf cart, Goldfish, open, break, and cookie!
I volunteered at a special needs camp called Camp Summit in Paradise Texas!! It is literally the happiest place on earth!!
My son has pulmonary hypertension and sees a specialist at the Heart Institute at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. He went to Camp Joy in Clarksville, Ohio for the first time this year during Heart Institute week. I used the ziplock bags for all of his clothes and toiletries. I also made sure to put his initials on everything. He loved his first year of camp. He also loves watching your videos with me.
I couldn’t stop smiling when Abbie showed us her signs! She looked so excited to show off her skills! 😍
i work at a special needs camp called camp ramapo in new york and i love it , it changed my life
My daughter Hailey is 11 and she hors to a special needs day camp, they go on trips every day, an indoor water park, a fun plex We Rock The Spectrum, bowling, and on Fridays they help the local theater kids group with their play and put on a separate show for the campers families. She loves going. Thinking of maybe an over night camp next year. Will have to search around our area, we are in NJ, for next summer. Your vhannel is awesome and I always look forward to your pists and vlogs!!
I am almost completely fluent in sign language. But from watching y'alls videos I have caught myself doing abbies modified signs more than I do the actual signs 🤣🤣
Abbie's a stubborn little goat. Leave it at that lol!! Love her.
I’m in my 30s and went to sleep away camp a lot growing up and my mom would pack my full outfits in plastic bags and usually put a card or maybe a surprise like a bracelet hidden in the middle.
Abbie has taught me lots os signs and communications because I’m around people that are death or has non verbal autism!!! You guys are the best love you always and forever♥️♥️
Abbie looked so proud to share all her signs with us!! Hope camp is/was the best! I’m so excited for you, Abbie!
When our son was young, he attended Camp Kudzu, for children with Type 1 Diabetes. It is located in Cleveland, Ga. He loved it and we did too!
The ziploc trick : amazing !!!! I do that even for myself
I knew all of the ASL signs except for the second to last one. I don't think I've seen that one before!
I do the initial thing on the tags for football camps, and even over night trips! Great idea 💡💛
Dose Abby have any sisters
Abbie has taught me some of ( her ) ASL signs, bathroom, pretzels, candy, break, car ride.
Amanda B umm that’s why she said (her) 🙄
She's so sweet 😍 that smile is everything 😊 I used this tip for packing my hospital bag so it was easy for staff to grab something if needed or my partner, I had a C-section so until the spinal wore off I was getting help. I think I had seen an old vlog from last year so that's why I used it back in October when I had my son 😊
I love watching how Abbie experience new things she is amazing ❤️❤️❤️
Great tips. Have fun at camp Abbie!!!!
Great video! Defiantly taking some of these packing tips for future trips! And maybe I’ll work up the courage to send my son to camp next year!
I love the ideas. But will you please consider getting small mesh laundry bags to pack her outfits separately? Our landfills and oceans are overfilled with single use plastic products and reducing those any place we can in our daily lives can make a big difference.
that would take up to much room to get indiviual laundry bags for each day she is at camp this is to make things easier
@@Kcnbs4ever1 they sell mesh bags that are the same size as gallon ziplocks
I know some signs, but Abby has taught me a lot more.
They did the same when I went to camp which is also special needs. Always put a sheet of what I packed. It’s a camp in Sumter SC called camp burnt gin
you're the sweetest momma ever, love you!
Great packing tips! I used to use the ziplock method of packing when I went backpacking. Ziplock baggies are wonderful things!
I wish I was half as organized as Cila!! she just is so amazing!
I know them all!!! That was cute of Abbie doing the signs
i may need to start doing this when it comes to packing i am a medically complicated young adult who needs several changes of clothes when going on a day trip but night trips i need over night meds and a couple of different types of medical equipment including oxygen
Abbies signs I remember are:
Hi and goodbye, bathroom, bath, eat, drink, candy, pretzel, cookies, goldfish, popcorn, cereal, music, break, sleep, swing, open, thank you, go, car ride, golf cart, come here, help, one or one minute (more used from Brendee but Abbie knows it)
I hope I got them all together, but I don't think so.
I know Abbies little nods for yes and no, hello/goodbye, toilet, bath, thank you, go, follow me/come here, golf cart, car, fly, eat, candy, pretzel, music, all done, drink, break, open, thumbs up!
Just moved go Colorado. Hoping to find a camp for my two aus-ome kiddos.
I knew most of the modified ASL signs even though I’m British. Makes me happy ❤️
I love this so much! Also can you please link the summer camp Abby attemds! Thank you and have tons and tons of fun Abby!
Love love the packaging ideas.
Her signs that I know:
All done- she pats her thigh or other part of her body.
Hello- waves
Goodbye- waves :p (for closing out the vlog of course)
Candy- index finger on cheek
Toilet/bathroom- t in sign and turning of the hand
Break- take hands and motion apart and down. As if breaking something.
Eat- thumb touches other fingers and placed to lips (or food? I believe she does this)
Thank you- flat hand chin and then down and away
Go- fists held in front of her body parallel and then spinning them.
She nods her head yes and no too. (Is that mostly intentional?)
There’s probably more I’m forgetting. Okay imma go cheat and look at what everyone else said!
Edit: added descriptions of each sign
Edit2: OH PRETZELS how could I even forget? That and toilet is her GO TO. That one shard to describe. Like two v’s and one taps the other one.
Abbie's signs that I know: bathroom, candy, pretzel/snack, go, open, break, bed, eat, music, help, and bath
For several years I went to music camp. I'm trying to find a camp to go to that's a week.
I learn things by seeing so for me I can read about her signs but I would miss most of them unless I saw her do them then be told hey she wants this or that or she needs this when she does this I hope I didn’t confuse anyone with my comment I’m a little scatter brained sometimes when I try to explain myself lol
U.K. I Dous be to France on a school trip
And have lots of wine 😂😂😂😂
Pls put videos on your channel from upload
Let's see how many abbie signs I can remember
Music
Golf cart
Go
Bye
Hello
Thank you
Swing
Fly
Candy
Pretzels
Popcorn
Eat
Bath
Bed
Break
All done
I think we saw swim once, maybe
Open
Help
And the almighty TOILET
that's all I can of off the top of my head but I know I've missed a ton. Someone tell me what I'm missing?
What kind of camp does she go to ?
I know 19 of Abbie’s signs
i love u guys!
Can u be a buddy if ur out of state i would love to go and work with them, i have a worked at a special needs camp before and i love your family and would love to work there
Each cabin much be loud
Hi
I know how she ask for bathroom, snack, candy, go music and golf cart
I saw car ride
I just thought of a fun video could we do a Abby sign quiz For the viewers sometime?
It is ASL - Abie's sign language 😉
Pisall
Abbie.
I love this 😂❤❤❤❤😊😊😊
I love this❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊😂😂😂😂😂😂
Another thought Pricilla, you could add a photo of Abbey doing her sign. That way there's no confusion. Love the channel, so informative. 😃
Was just watching Pricilla’s WLS and I’m so proud of her n her confidence in her own skin is so inspiring ❤️❤️
Part where Abbie is standing in front of u, she looks so much like u.
The headboard and its shadow is tripping my eyes out lol
I know, I thought it was out of focus lol
@@fatheringautism 😂😂😂
Same lol
FatheringAutism glad to know I’m not alone.
Right when I read this comment my eyes started tripping out too from the boards. XD
I loved Abbie showing us her signs! Her sweet dimples when she smiles are so cute!
yes i live in butler i go too a special needs camp and bring my bracelets and fidgets spinners and my squishyes and my camp is named camp apple and my art stuff to and i love watching you guys
ashleigh nicle Butler, PA? That’s where I am ☺️ Hello! 👋🏻
I never clicked on a notification so quickly in my life ! ❤️
I go to a 2 weeks camp every summer with a regular scout group, but I'm autistic and need some help sometimes so my scouters know about my needs, too. I've finally learnt to pack my own bag, but I do it like you. I'm not "aware" of how clothes match so I just pack full outfits with the help of my mother. We're located in Spain.
I actually know quite a lot of ASL! Not fluent yet, working on my interpreting licensure right now! I have 4 years of sign language under my belt 😊 it’s always so amazing to see Abbie sign, it works so well for kids who are non-verbal! Awesome job guys!
Just FYI they make a 2 gallon bag also but not easy to find for bigger items/clothes.
I’m going through a hard time right now and seeing y’all post videos brings me so much happy and I just want to say thank you so much 💛 I love you guys
I have learned several of her signs, but my favorite is ”popcorn.” mainly because Abbie usually smiles and laughs when she does that sign. 😄
Unless Llangrannog is a camp, then we don’t have camps here in South Wales, UK. I think it is a type of camp, but not the same camp as in the states.
For one we HAVE to speak Welsh there and we go with our school. 😂
I love your videos! It’s the highlight of my week. I am hard of hearing, but don’t do ASL. I loved watching Abbie doing her modified signs. Thanks for including captions whenever you can!
Would love a place like camp I am special ! We sent our son to a camp and had to collect him before bedtime because there was no way he was staying !
Great advice - I sent my boys in wheel chairs to Indian Trails camp in Northern Michigan - great camp too -
I accompany my respite care kiddos to Camp Courageous in Montecello, Iowa!
I know bathroom,go,candy,swing, come,bath,and fly or plane I don’t remember what it is but I think that’s all I know
I love y’all so much! Always and forever ♾!❤️💕
I hope Abbie had an awesome time at Camp I Am Special! She is truly a special girl who deserves the best!!! Love always!
Candy. Snack? Go. I wanna say golfcart. Bathroom. I rewatched that too many times to try to figure them out.
There is a special needs camp here in Virginia (Richmond VA) called Camp Baker.
3:12 what sign was that? I've never seen her do that before!
Thank you!
That's the one I think I missed when I commented on the fb video lol
Or at least one of the signs I missed
I have 7 grandchildren and I wish they would do this packing tips for when they come to sleep over
I am always looking for everything
I have 6 grandchildren. I feel your pain lol
I think it’s important to have another ziploc-bag just with some extra briefs. Sometimes you don’t need a whole new outfit rather than just a brief or shirt...
Love from Germany, Mimi
They are some awesome tips, just even for any vacation... I like how you put each thing in a ziplock bag .. as a paraplegic this would be helpful for me so that i can just pick one ziplock bag with all my clothes in it for the day, and also have seperate ones as you showed for other things.. this was so helpful to me.. as a paraplegic it be so helpful, as trying to find things and your suitcase gets messy as you try to go through it looking for stuff.. this was a great video.. thank you so much.
Abbie is going to have so much fun.. and she is with her big brother Isaiah.. I am so glad that he gets to go and help out.. I know he loves to do things like this.. he has such a big heart and has such a compassion for people.. Enjoy mom and dad and get out there and go lay on the beach and relax.. love you guys
Also Cilla, you look so great! I’m so proud of you! You got this girl!
There is a special needs camp here in Washington state! It’s in Blaine and is run by the lions club. It’s called lions camp horizon. They have campers from Washington and canada! My husband and I actually met while working there as teenagers. That experience definitely helped us with parenting our child with ASD!
Hi! i lov you gys so much! 😄 sad that we dont hav sumer camp her 😅 (momy helpes with speling 😁)
Aw your girl is so adorable ❤️
Priscilla great tips for packing ..
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love this video!
do campers get a new buddy every year or can they request to have the same one?
Her smile absolutely melts me! Love love love your family so much! 😍
I loved going to camp, my absolute favorite was Texas lions camp, because we were outside the entire time
Woo! Early squad!
Music, go, go golf car, popcorn, eat, bathroom,candy. What means the elbow sing? I looooove Abbie, I learn a lot with you guy's. I don't know anyone with autism, but thanks to you I learn sooooo much!!! Kisses FROM ARGENTINA
I'm planning on sending my son to this camp next summer! So excited!
I know a few basic ones which I can use for when I stimm vocally during meltdowns or high anxiety. Hello, goodbye, water, bed, help. But they are bsl which is the British sign language so it's kind of different to the American signs. Blessings in Jesus name
Priscilla you are looking amazing. I had the lap band surgery in 2006. I wish I would have waited and had the surgery that you had. Keep going Momma you got this!!!!
I am not from the USA so I don't know ASL much. One word I know is "bee". In Finland (Northern Europe) we have FinSL (I'm not sure about right shorthand) which fascinates me so I will study it after high school.
I only know the alphabet in ASL and that's as far as I've gotten haha but Abbie's modded signs I've learnt are car, hi/bye, go, pretzel, music, food, candy, golfcart, bathroom, break, open, swing, thank you, goldfish, cookie, fly, drink, come here and thumbs up. I love learning Abbie's signs and while they might be slightly different, you still understand what she's saying :D
Didn’t know all off her signs
But after watching your videos
I know she said
Go
Pretzel
Eat
And bathroom
Enjoy work your videos I have special needs myself just wondering if you've ever thought of putting Abigail in any sports for Special Olympics I am in Special Olympics in Ontario Canada and I participate in eleven Sports open to provincial and National games with the Special Olympics I think she would have lots of fun I know I do
Abby is such a sweetheart and growing up very fast! Camp will be awesome for her especially as her brother is there too, (Happy campers) .. The way you pack her outfits in ziplock bags is something I was doing for my children back in the 90’s and now my children are doing it for their children, such a simplistic thing to do ... Have lots of date nights!!
My name is Hannah and I live in New York state, this is my last year at camp I have an autism spectrum (Aspergers) I go to GVRC (Genesee valley rotary camp) witch is a camp from 8 to 21 years old for people with mild disability to people in wheelchairs and has feeding tubes we go for a week this year it is August 18th to the 24th . we have a theme every year this year is "around the world".
My mom has iron on last name tags she would put on all our stuff. A few extra of things cuz stuff gets lost.
And for me extra chap stick to be kept with the nurse and our camp consler...because I would eat them- why, I don't know. Oh and the sharpie Extreme or Rub-a-dub for labeling clothing and stuff.
Ziplock bags are my fav packing accessory! When my kids were small I always packed whole outfits just like you do because I’m on vacation too I want to help them help themselves as much as possible. Fun fact the first time I sent my Nero typical daughter to camp she only wore 2 outfits and never used her soap or shampoo all week. She had a GREAT time but she was 7 sooooooo
I go to brainy camps through Children's National Healthcare System.I attend camp Take Hold for kids and teens with Cerebral Palsy as a counselor in training. I also attend camp Next Step also through Children's National healthcare system . Camp Next Step is for teens and young adults who are working on independence skills . Camp Next Step are buddies to camp Super Smile for kids and teens with down syndrome. The goal of Camp Super Smile is for the campers with downs syndrome to learn independence skills ( how to fill up their water bottles) without any assistance. These camps are always staffed with a physician who specializes in that conditionand other staff [ nurses, Nurse practitioners and residents]
Outfits in ziplock bags are essential for us. My daughter has ADHD/mild Autism and stresses out if we don't plan out her outfits ahead of time.
Recently my mom took her to visit my sister in another state. My daughter and I worked together to plan out her outfits and labeled them by day in each bag. My mom though told me that what I was doing was over the top and thought I was being ridiculous. But you know what, I saved my mom from having a meltdown when she couldn't decide what to wear or couldn't find a piece of an outfit. She just doesn't get that point.