Abby Gibson/@miaipadkid

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Autistic or not squeezing her into those rides that are clearly designed for small children is an absolute joke, the poor girl isn’t even interested when she’s on them either she’s still tuned into the iPad
 
Iilstitchx said:
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It is exploitation but I’m not sure the people banging on about unhealthy ways of raising children WRT to the screen time and devices really appreciate the level of disability Mia has.

Taking her screens away likely wouldn’t magically help like they think it would and she certainly wouldn’t understand it.
 
CabalofBolorneaise said:
It is exploitation but I’m not sure the people banging on about unhealthy ways of raising children WRT to the screen time and devices really appreciate the level of disability Mia has.

Taking her screens away likely wouldn’t magically help like they think it would and she certainly wouldn’t understand it.
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THANKYOU! My son is like mia in that sense, taking away something that regulates and helps them calm is a bad idea
 
Sazza25 said:
THANKYOU! My son is like mia in that sense, taking away something that regulates and helps them calm is a bad idea
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100%, they have no idea what they’re talking about. The creator is in the comments talking about how sometimes they are autistic use their phone while watching TV but they regulate themselves as if it’s the same thing when it’s not at all… the screens are how Mia regulates herself, they provide the sensory stimulation she needs and can access basically independently.

Next they’ll be saying Mia using nappies is unhealthy parenting or that them helping her wash is, all of them are needs for Mia just as her screens are.
 
Cocopops91 said:
Genuine question as I don’t know, what did families/parents/carers do before screens were a thing like they are now?
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A lot of kids like Mia in years gone by would never have left the house at all other than for school and spent a heck of a lot of time effectively sedated by medication. More recently as Sazza said TV or other toys that offer similar stimulation (think the baby ones that play loud music and have lights etc) being played with constantly.

For all their faults and exploitation, her family obviously love her to bits and do really well at getting her out and about and including her in things, it’s not easy and if she was in residential care (many children her age would be especially given she’s not biologically related to her nan) I don’t think she’d have half the care she clearly has.
 
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