I am glad you recognize it's not bad parenting, you all are wonderful parents!!! Parenting is the hardest job there is and I hope you both know your doing excellent!!
That is so amazing!!! Hearing those few words out loud was incredible. I understand how huge that is, we have only had the whispering to herself stage with no real words yet, so I can only imagine your excitement 😀💖. Well done Braylee, you are amazing 💖💖💖
wow, near the beginning when she was brushing her hair, I thought she said Popeye and I thought I heard " the Sail" after that, as in "Popeye the Sailor man". Yes, and "yellow bus" was very clear. Absolutely fantastic! Yeah Braylee! Keep building those connections in your brain! Brush your teeth, lol I could almost hear her even though you couldn't video it. Bless you both for your fantastic work with her.
Oh my goodness, when she said "school bus" my heart melted! That was adorable! I'm sorry you guys are dealing with eloping. We have one super eloper and like with Braylee it seems to be sensory and attention. And it's so hard not to reinforce because generally you have to do something to stop the eloping and that tends to be reinforcing like you mentioned, even when you hardly have any reaction other than stopping the running (it's the whole chasing after thing for our daughter... she loves being chased and loves the sensory thrill of running...). Hopefully this is one behavior that won't last very long!
“Yellow bus” is one of her best and common phrases and it’s the cutest 😊 You are exactly right. While it’s not ideal, I’m glad that we can really relate on that. I think part of what makes it hard for us is that it is so sporadic, that we aren’t always on guard when a “phase” of eloping starts. It really comes and goes in phases with her for some reason.
I often wonder if the whispers are just her sounding them out just to practice them? If so, does she think she’s just thinking it and not actually vocalizing them? Regardless, saying them louder is definitely her actively expressing them with confidence, maybe even as an attempt to share them. That’s pretty significant. By the way pretty soon those phrases are going to be more plentiful. Keep up the praise!
I’ve thought that her whispering could potentially be just lack of confidence in what she’s saying. It’s so hard to really know. She plays with so many sounds and tones that she gets creative with vocal expressions so maybe she’s just doing that as well. Even possible that she just doesn’t understand that control of volume (like when kids don’t understand inside voices). Then on the other hand, she VERY loudly sings jumbled words too? Sorry just kind of typing out all thoughts about potential things. It can be so complex sometimes, but it’s likely the simple explanation right in front of our face 🤦🏻♀️😂 Absolutely!! Verbal praise is a huge motivator for her as well. We are starting to hear a few of the phrases more frequently too.
I was non verbal at B’s age and only spoke odd words in whisper. I think it was an anxiety thing (most autistic behaviour is due to anxiety, the most of the rest is sensory). Autistic kids dont understand the social rules and interacting with people so not talking helps us avoid that. Theres lots of reasons for delayed or lack of speech for autistic kids but for me it was to avoid people trying to engage with me. Once i started to understand people better i got more confident. It helped when people didnt make a big deal when i did talk (i personally hate attention or fuss so lots of praise is too much. A quiet “good job” or just responding naturally to what I said was best). Ps i ran from loud noises, esp machines like hoovers, and lawnmowers. Sensory overload makes us go into flight/fight response hence the fleeing from anything and everything that seems like nothing to NTs but is painful for us.
Thank you for sharing some useful firsthand perspective and experience! 🙂 I know a large portion of things with B are sensory related, she is very much a sensory seeking kid and only avoids a few things sensory wise. She does say a handful of words when prompted or will repeat them but it isn’t functional language (yet). She has a speech disorder as well which hinders her speech. As long as she has some way to communicate (gestures, sounds, speaking device, etc) we are good with it. Ideally we want her to be understood and heard. ❤️
What a sweetie!! I feel for you at the conference. I tend to compare this to a baby crying in church. The congregation just can’t concentrate and hear. I would imagine the singing noise was just that, not more. Some parents don’t take their children out, while some in the congregation are so irritated because they could not hear. That is why they went to church. Often, the parents are learning as well and would like to hear, so baby can be in the nursery perhaps. Do you need a spotter when you are climbing on the bus? Please try to get more sleep and have your bloodwork checked to see if anything is low or too high. If so, it could make a world of difference. Yes, I have and it does. Your daughter reminds me of Abbie. I think Abbie sees a mini her. So sweet was the goodbye initiated on Abbie’s part while everyone was talking. Wow! Amazing girls!!!
Great vlog, the speach was amazing, we'd love to hear more. Go Braylee. Please don't beat yourself up about Braylee eloping the other day, we all make mistakes occasionally esp with kids they are crazy unpredictable little monkies all of them including neurotypical. You are doing great with Braylee and you'll all get there. Ever thought of a service dog like maverick one of his functions was tether for running? 💜❤️💜❤️
We are hoping to keep capturing more of the speaking!! We have been on a waitlist for a service dog for a couple of years and I anticipate a few more before she gets one. 🙂
Dad: "Brush your hair. Brush brush brush." B: "I brush." Dad: "What? (laughs) Brayleigh say brush hair. Brush hair. Brush brush brush. Brush brush brush. Brush your hair. Brush your hair. You're talking this morning." B: "I did it daddy."
Stacey and David, don't beat yourselves up about this. It happens with neurotypical children too. My son, when he was 5 and we were 4 hrs away from our home, at my hometown, and my sister and I took him and my 3 nephews all under 9 at the time and my 11 yr old stepdaughter to the supermarket. My nephews were familiar with the store and always helped by getting to go get an item and bringing it back to the cart. Well asked to help and of course my son wanted to do like the boys did, so I let him. They all came back giggling, should have been a clue, but I was so happy to be home and with my sister I was distracted talking. So when the 4 of them came back, I tried to get my son to go with my oldest nephew, but he said he could do it and he was in the gifted program at school and we approached it logically. The weekly ad had a store map and aisle guide on last page and inside back cover. It showed all items and the numbers like E2, H4, F1 on the aisles and an alphanumeric list on the adjoining page listing most used items in the aisles. So we picked aisle H4 and a 24 pack of Angel Soft just like we use at home. When we told my nephews their items the didn't just take off, the oldest said, "We need to wait for Jef.", my son. Should have been a clue, but I didn't catch it. My nephews came running back and the youngest grabbed the cart and said "First!" and the others second and third in turn and then, "Jeff lost." I asked them, "What do you mean?" They said we were racing. We had written the Aisle number H4 and TP on his hand and our aisle number F1 there too. After 5 minutes and no Jeff, I headed to front of store and my sister in the direction he went. I told the first employee I saw,"My son is missing. He is 5. His name is Jeffrey and he is wearing red boardshorts, a white tank top and sneakers. He is about 3 and a half feet tall with a buzz cut." He immediately got on walkie and said "Code Red." and relayed all the info I gave him. What followed was impressive. Employees left checkouts in middle of transactions, some headed towards the doors, locked them and posted themselves there. And some gathered around manager and employee I spoke to and got my son's stats. Even shoppers joined them to stay rd the search. Everyone fanned out and took an aisle and I headed to H4. At the 15 minute mark, I was crying and praying out loud as I searched the Aisle. And then I heard it. "Please don't cry Mommy. I want to win." I thought I was nuts, because I couldn't see him anywhere and thought I was just praying so hard, I imagined it. Then I heard it again coming from my left, but all I saw was packaof Angel Soft. Then one moved and I could see an empty space behind the rolls and there sat my zon. He had made a box fort of TP and was sitting there. I immediately started throwing packages of TP on the floor, snatched him up and yelled "Got him!" and headed to the front meet up spot. They unlocked the doors, stopped searching carts and headed our way.as I questioned my son, I realized he thought they were playing Hide and Seek and wanted to beat the bigger boys. Needless to say, he rode in the cart for quite some time after that. So as I said, it happens to almost all of us at one time or another to every parent. Just know beating yourselves up over it will not help. Take comfort in the fact, that you could see her the whole time and you were in familiar territory.
Luckily she has never gotten away from us quite like that before, mostly just elopes and gets too far ahead of us chasing after trying to catch her because she has no sense of safety near streets etc.
Oh boy my heart dropped with this title! I'm so glad that everyone is ok! Just a thought, do you think that her running could be for the excitement sensory input? I babysat during many summers for a couple that has an autistic son and they had me go to his day camps to learn from his teachers and therapists. He was very reserved, creative and the only time he did "risky behavior" was when he needed a dopamine rush. We found he only achieved this goal when it was via a rush of rapid input. (Back then it this was new technology....) We used windows media player, playing his favorite song, with the graphics playing on the monitor. The monitor settings were calibrated to be bright along with changing most of the available options to create a "simulated environment". Utilizing this input for the flashing colors, rapid shifting of random shapes/patterns and a bonus strobing effect drastically increased positive behavior and helped avoid sudden outbursts. This "revolutionary option" was also an effective activity/tool for him to self sooth. We learned when he was getting close to seek that input and it eventually turned into his way of communicating to ask for audible and/or visual stimuli or to communicate what sense was getting over stimulated. He was very shy, barely spoke above an auditory level for the person closest to him to hear and he preferred creative activities versus physical activity. I only offer this feedback because I noticed she loves creative activities. It also came to my mind when you were talking about how she went through the grass and yards but not the street; which made me think she might have acted on the behavior knowing that the street was dangerous but that she could satisfy the "desire" by staying in the yards(maybe I'm way off base). You both have given her a huge leg up in the world and you're educating the community on ways to help keep her successful. Don't doubt yourselves!!!! She is highly intelligent and I think that she is figuring out that there are new creative ideas the world has in store for her. Ohhhh boy..... she's growing up and branching out😁😉💗 Keep that camera on standby.... I'm looking forward to her coming out of her shell and gaining strong communication skills. 😁🤩😎
That’s a really interesting thought! She doesn’t give any indicators before she elopes, she did it again this morning. It’s hard to know for sure what she is looking for out of it. I know in our house she does a lot of running back and worth as a sensory thing. She does enjoy the open free feeling of a big grassy area from what I can tell but our yard isn’t super small and she is allowed to run free back there where it’s fenced but she hasn’t been prompting. She also isn’t responding to any prompts when she’s running like she typically would. We will just have to see how it plays out. She is so strong and always learning and growing up 🙂
@@TheWeeFamily I'd ask her yes or no questions to see if she is bored, needs attention or maybe give her a daily option of running in the yard! You might be able to change the strategy to offence. She's hitting a ton of milestones and she could be doing it for a celebration! She is smart and it's so exciting to see her progress. I'm so excited for you both, she's really making some huge breakthrough. (Sorry if my input crossed a line, I have no filter lol)
Baby start whispering at a very young age and move the mouth almost making the smallest o lowest sound is called practice but is only to themselves... and then when they are ready the make a louder sound.... so keep the hopes up she is on the good paths to speak...
it was awesome to hear her say yellow bus Maybe she ran because something cought her eye and started chasing what ever it was good thing she didn’t run into the street and that you got her back to you and safety
Maybe consider an angel sense device? Just in case she gets away from you guys then you have a gps track. Just a thought as I have experience with eloping and non verbal autism it does get scary.
It’s not bad parenting at all, eloping is part of the traits you have to be more aware of the possibility of this happening but don’t stop encouraging independent it builds self confidence and self stem to go shopping. Yo did great because you rethink and assess the situation.
Yes last year I had to go get an autistic kid because he ran outside in Sunday school it was like a while back he use to go in different rooms I said it scares me when you run away
In case some kids with autism run away, there is a name of a police group. I don't remember the name, but it is advertised here on TH-cam all the time.
This is just a guess, but does she possibly whisper because her hearing is so sensitive? I see she wears noise canceling headphones and covers her ears a lot. Why do you guys have the bus, though? Planning a large family? 🙃 (I’m new to your channel..found you through Fathering Autism, so forgive me if you’ve covered all this!)
It is possible, we can never know for sure. She is sensory seeking in almost all ways except when it comes to sound. We do have a video about it, but we bought her a bus to transport her to and from ABA since they don’t have transportation and the bus ride was her favorite part of the day and it made transition much easier for her. 🙂 No plans for more kids for us though.
Not sure, we haven’t really been in that situation besides that day. It typically happens more in public. We will be talking to her BCBA about it at our next meeting though for sure.
Surely that would just confuse her or make her feel punished, which isn't really appropriate. Eloping isn't bad behaviour as I understand it, it's something that autistic children can be prone to doing and needs to be managed for safety etc.
She doesn’t go to school, she is at an ABA day center for therapy full time and we call it “school”. She works on a lot of different skills. Some self care, some school readiness, and other skills.
That"yellow bus" came out so clear. I am so proud. Good for you Braylee!! Hugs and kisses to Braylee!❤❤❤
Mistakes do happen to everyone you are both good parents
I am glad you recognize it's not bad parenting, you all are wonderful parents!!! Parenting is the hardest job there is and I hope you both know your doing excellent!!
I was so shocked when I heard this. I'm sorry you have to go through these tough times. It'll all pass through.
I really enjoy watching your vlogs and your family
I love how B says yellow with an accent so cute!
That is so amazing!!! Hearing those few words out loud was incredible. I understand how huge that is, we have only had the whispering to herself stage with no real words yet, so I can only imagine your excitement 😀💖. Well done Braylee, you are amazing 💖💖💖
We still get a lot of whispering, but the words said our loud just have that much more impact because of it 😊
The hair cute makes her eyes big and more beautiful. Can't get over her haircut, absolutely gorgeous.
wow, near the beginning when she was brushing her hair, I thought she said Popeye and I thought I heard " the Sail" after that, as in "Popeye the Sailor man". Yes, and "yellow bus" was very clear. Absolutely fantastic! Yeah Braylee! Keep building those connections in your brain! Brush your teeth, lol I could almost hear her even though you couldn't video it.
Bless you both for your fantastic work with her.
Oh my goodness, when she said "school bus" my heart melted! That was adorable!
I'm sorry you guys are dealing with eloping. We have one super eloper and like with Braylee it seems to be sensory and attention. And it's so hard not to reinforce because generally you have to do something to stop the eloping and that tends to be reinforcing like you mentioned, even when you hardly have any reaction other than stopping the running (it's the whole chasing after thing for our daughter... she loves being chased and loves the sensory thrill of running...). Hopefully this is one behavior that won't last very long!
“Yellow bus” is one of her best and common phrases and it’s the cutest 😊
You are exactly right. While it’s not ideal, I’m glad that we can really relate on that. I think part of what makes it hard for us is that it is so sporadic, that we aren’t always on guard when a “phase” of eloping starts. It really comes and goes in phases with her for some reason.
Good job sweetie!!!! Shes so talkative I love it!
I'm so Happy that she is talking!
Every word is so fantastic to hear 😊
I often wonder if the whispers are just her sounding them out just to practice them? If so, does she think she’s just thinking it and not actually vocalizing them? Regardless, saying them louder is definitely her actively expressing them with confidence, maybe even as an attempt to share them. That’s pretty significant.
By the way pretty soon those phrases are going to be more plentiful. Keep up the praise!
I’ve thought that her whispering could potentially be just lack of confidence in what she’s saying. It’s so hard to really know. She plays with so many sounds and tones that she gets creative with vocal expressions so maybe she’s just doing that as well. Even possible that she just doesn’t understand that control of volume (like when kids don’t understand inside voices). Then on the other hand, she VERY loudly sings jumbled words too? Sorry just kind of typing out all thoughts about potential things. It can be so complex sometimes, but it’s likely the simple explanation right in front of our face 🤦🏻♀️😂
Absolutely!! Verbal praise is a huge motivator for her as well. We are starting to hear a few of the phrases more frequently too.
It may be apart of Paliliah I can’t spell it
I was non verbal at B’s age and only spoke odd words in whisper. I think it was an anxiety thing (most autistic behaviour is due to anxiety, the most of the rest is sensory). Autistic kids dont understand the social rules and interacting with people so not talking helps us avoid that. Theres lots of reasons for delayed or lack of speech for autistic kids but for me it was to avoid people trying to engage with me. Once i started to understand people better i got more confident. It helped when people didnt make a big deal when i did talk (i personally hate attention or fuss so lots of praise is too much. A quiet “good job” or just responding naturally to what I said was best).
Ps i ran from loud noises, esp machines like hoovers, and lawnmowers. Sensory overload makes us go into flight/fight response hence the fleeing from anything and everything that seems like nothing to NTs but is painful for us.
Thank you for sharing some useful firsthand perspective and experience! 🙂
I know a large portion of things with B are sensory related, she is very much a sensory seeking kid and only avoids a few things sensory wise.
She does say a handful of words when prompted or will repeat them but it isn’t functional language (yet). She has a speech disorder as well which hinders her speech. As long as she has some way to communicate (gestures, sounds, speaking device, etc) we are good with it. Ideally we want her to be understood and heard. ❤️
You guys do such a great job as parents. Getting that yellow bus was out of the box. But, Braylee loves it great idea!
Thank you. We always joked about it until we went for it and she does truly love it. 😊
She will probably say it again! How exciting
glad she is ok you do amazing as a mom lv the 🚌 bus we all have oh crap moments i use to hide my poor mom another great video
What a sweetie!! I feel for you at the conference. I tend to compare this to a baby crying in church. The congregation just can’t concentrate and hear. I would imagine the singing noise was just that, not more. Some parents don’t take their children out, while some in the congregation are so irritated because they could not hear. That is why they went to church. Often, the parents are learning as well and would like to hear, so baby can be in the nursery perhaps. Do you need a spotter when you are climbing on the bus? Please try to get more sleep and have your bloodwork checked to see if anything is low or too high. If so, it could make a world of difference. Yes, I have and it does. Your daughter reminds me of Abbie. I think Abbie sees a mini her. So sweet was the goodbye initiated on Abbie’s part while everyone was talking. Wow! Amazing girls!!!
Glad Braylee was ok~Have a wonderful week and weekend! 💜💜💜💜🦋🦋🦋🦋
Great vlog, the speach was amazing, we'd love to hear more. Go Braylee. Please don't beat yourself up about Braylee eloping the other day, we all make mistakes occasionally esp with kids they are crazy unpredictable little monkies all of them including neurotypical. You are doing great with Braylee and you'll all get there. Ever thought of a service dog like maverick one of his functions was tether for running? 💜❤️💜❤️
We are hoping to keep capturing more of the speaking!!
We have been on a waitlist for a service dog for a couple of years and I anticipate a few more before she gets one. 🙂
Omg I love her talking its amazing she said yellow bus and bye bye awe
Honestly I would not care at all if she whispered any words over saying that loud. If my daughter spoke in only a whisper I'd be completely happy 💜
Her doctors must be so proud!!
That's how she learns
You guys are doin absolutely amazing, dont beat yourself up, it happens to the best of us! B's 1 lucky young lady! #hi52autismlife
Dad: "Brush your hair. Brush brush brush."
B: "I brush."
Dad: "What? (laughs) Brayleigh say brush hair. Brush hair. Brush brush brush. Brush brush brush. Brush your hair. Brush your hair. You're talking this morning."
B: "I did it daddy."
Stacey and David, don't beat yourselves up about this. It happens with neurotypical children too. My son, when he was 5 and we were 4 hrs away from our home, at my hometown, and my sister and I took him and my 3 nephews all under 9 at the time and my 11 yr old stepdaughter to the supermarket. My nephews were familiar with the store and always helped by getting to go get an item and bringing it back to the cart. Well asked to help and of course my son wanted to do like the boys did, so I let him. They all came back giggling, should have been a clue, but I was so happy to be home and with my sister I was distracted talking. So when the 4 of them came back, I tried to get my son to go with my oldest nephew, but he said he could do it and he was in the gifted program at school and we approached it logically. The weekly ad had a store map and aisle guide on last page and inside back cover. It showed all items and the numbers like E2, H4, F1 on the aisles and an alphanumeric list on the adjoining page listing most used items in the aisles. So we picked aisle H4 and a 24 pack of Angel Soft just like we use at home. When we told my nephews their items the didn't just take off, the oldest said, "We need to wait for Jef.", my son. Should have been a clue, but I didn't catch it. My nephews came running back and the youngest grabbed the cart and said "First!" and the others second and third in turn and then, "Jeff lost." I asked them, "What do you mean?" They said we were racing. We had written the Aisle number H4 and TP on his hand and our aisle number F1 there too. After 5 minutes and no Jeff, I headed to front of store and my sister in the direction he went. I told the first employee I saw,"My son is missing. He is 5. His name is Jeffrey and he is wearing red boardshorts, a white tank top and sneakers. He is about 3 and a half feet tall with a buzz cut." He immediately got on walkie and said "Code Red." and relayed all the info I gave him. What followed was impressive. Employees left checkouts in middle of transactions, some headed towards the doors, locked them and posted themselves there. And some gathered around manager and employee I spoke to and got my son's stats. Even shoppers joined them to stay rd the search. Everyone fanned out and took an aisle and I headed to H4. At the 15 minute mark, I was crying and praying out loud as I searched the Aisle. And then I heard it. "Please don't cry Mommy. I want to win." I thought I was nuts, because I couldn't see him anywhere and thought I was just praying so hard, I imagined it. Then I heard it again coming from my left, but all I saw was packaof Angel Soft. Then one moved and I could see an empty space behind the rolls and there sat my zon. He had made a box fort of TP and was sitting there. I immediately started throwing packages of TP on the floor, snatched him up and yelled "Got him!" and headed to the front meet up spot. They unlocked the doors, stopped searching carts and headed our way.as I questioned my son, I realized he thought they were playing Hide and Seek and wanted to beat the bigger boys. Needless to say, he rode in the cart for quite some time after that. So as I said, it happens to almost all of us at one time or another to every parent. Just know beating yourselves up over it will not help. Take comfort in the fact, that you could see her the whole time and you were in familiar territory.
Luckily she has never gotten away from us quite like that before, mostly just elopes and gets too far ahead of us chasing after trying to catch her because she has no sense of safety near streets etc.
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Oh boy my heart dropped with this title! I'm so glad that everyone is ok!
Just a thought, do you think that her running could be for the excitement sensory input? I babysat during many summers for a couple that has an autistic son and they had me go to his day camps to learn from his teachers and therapists. He was very reserved, creative and the only time he did "risky behavior" was when he needed a dopamine rush. We found he only achieved this goal when it was via a rush of rapid input. (Back then it this was new technology....) We used windows media player, playing his favorite song, with the graphics playing on the monitor. The monitor settings were calibrated to be bright along with changing most of the available options to create a "simulated environment". Utilizing this input for the flashing colors, rapid shifting of random shapes/patterns and a bonus strobing effect drastically increased positive behavior and helped avoid sudden outbursts. This "revolutionary option" was also an effective activity/tool for him to self sooth. We learned when he was getting close to seek that input and it eventually turned into his way of communicating to ask for audible and/or visual stimuli or to communicate what sense was getting over stimulated. He was very shy, barely spoke above an auditory level for the person closest to him to hear and he preferred creative activities versus physical activity. I only offer this feedback because I noticed she loves creative activities. It also came to my mind when you were talking about how she went through the grass and yards but not the street; which made me think she might have acted on the behavior knowing that the street was dangerous but that she could satisfy the "desire" by staying in the yards(maybe I'm way off base).
You both have given her a huge leg up in the world and you're educating the community on ways to help keep her successful. Don't doubt yourselves!!!!
She is highly intelligent and I think that she is figuring out that there are new creative ideas the world has in store for her. Ohhhh boy..... she's growing up and branching out😁😉💗
Keep that camera on standby.... I'm looking forward to her coming out of her shell and gaining strong communication skills. 😁🤩😎
That’s a really interesting thought! She doesn’t give any indicators before she elopes, she did it again this morning. It’s hard to know for sure what she is looking for out of it. I know in our house she does a lot of running back and worth as a sensory thing. She does enjoy the open free feeling of a big grassy area from what I can tell but our yard isn’t super small and she is allowed to run free back there where it’s fenced but she hasn’t been prompting. She also isn’t responding to any prompts when she’s running like she typically would. We will just have to see how it plays out.
She is so strong and always learning and growing up 🙂
@@TheWeeFamily I'd ask her yes or no questions to see if she is bored, needs attention or maybe give her a daily option of running in the yard! You might be able to change the strategy to offence. She's hitting a ton of milestones and she could be doing it for a celebration!
She is smart and it's so exciting to see her progress. I'm so excited for you both, she's really making some huge breakthrough. (Sorry if my input crossed a line, I have no filter lol)
Baby start whispering at a very young age and move the mouth almost making the smallest o lowest sound is called practice but is only to themselves... and then when they are ready the make a louder sound.... so keep the hopes up she is on the good paths to speak...
We tend to be reserved about her speech, but we still get incredibly excited and love hearing any words that she does say 🙂
I’m new to the blog, what’s with the yellow bus they drive ?
Here’s the video we made to explain why we have a bus 🙂
th-cam.com/video/TPH-0JiVTjg/w-d-xo.html
I’m a new subscriber - what’s the story behind your bus? At first I thought you were also her bus driver, and I thought, “what a neat coincidence.” 😂
th-cam.com/video/TPH-0JiVTjg/w-d-xo.html
We made this video explaining more of why we own a school bus 🙂
That would be a funny coincidence though 😂
Where do you buy H autism T-shirt’s?
The ones that we have are from Fathering Autism.
Yay B!!!!!
it was awesome to hear her say yellow bus Maybe she ran because something cought her eye and started chasing what ever it was good thing she didn’t run into the street and that you got her back to you and safety
It definitely could’ve been worse. And she has gotten really good at saying yellow bus. I love how excited she is when she says it too
The Wee Family
I love Braylee’s hair it’s so cute. One day do you think Braylee will be able to talk in full words with out a communication device
Maybe consider an angel sense device? Just in case she gets away from you guys then you have a gps track. Just a thought as I have experience with eloping and non verbal autism it does get scary.
It’s not bad parenting at all, eloping is part of the traits you have to be more aware of the possibility of this happening but don’t stop encouraging independent it builds self confidence and self stem to go shopping. Yo did great because you rethink and assess the situation.
We definitely don’t want to stop giving her the opportunities for success and independence! That’s how she learns and grows 🙂
Yes last year I had to go get an autistic kid because he ran outside in Sunday school it was like a while back he use to go in different rooms I said it scares me when you run away
She is right though lolz. godbless her glad she is makeing progress in speaking. I hope braylee and you all are doing well.
😮😮😮😮😮
Good job she said yellow bus
In case some kids with autism run away, there is a name of a police group. I don't remember the name, but it is advertised here on TH-cam all the time.
This is just a guess, but does she possibly whisper because her hearing is so sensitive? I see she wears noise canceling headphones and covers her ears a lot.
Why do you guys have the bus, though? Planning a large family? 🙃 (I’m new to your channel..found you through Fathering Autism, so forgive me if you’ve covered all this!)
It is possible, we can never know for sure. She is sensory seeking in almost all ways except when it comes to sound.
We do have a video about it, but we bought her a bus to transport her to and from ABA since they don’t have transportation and the bus ride was her favorite part of the day and it made transition much easier for her. 🙂
No plans for more kids for us though.
It must be hard figuring out what is good for her. Running is good until she runs away.
Man I need a School bus.
I think so! 😁
What would happen if you just picked her up and took her home and did not speak and just ignored her for a while after you got home?
Not sure, we haven’t really been in that situation besides that day. It typically happens more in public. We will be talking to her BCBA about it at our next meeting though for sure.
Surely that would just confuse her or make her feel punished, which isn't really appropriate. Eloping isn't bad behaviour as I understand it, it's something that autistic children can be prone to doing and needs to be managed for safety etc.
Do u owe a yellow bus?
We do own a yellow bus!
What does she do at school, does she go to special needs school
She doesn’t go to school, she is at an ABA day center for therapy full time and we call it “school”. She works on a lot of different skills. Some self care, some school readiness, and other skills.