UNCOVERING FATHERING AUTISM || DEFLECTION AND NARCISSISM || EXPLOITING NON VERBAL AUTISTIC DAUGHTER 

Sorry to interrupt your ski vacation Asa, you shouldn't be travelling during a pandemic anyway!

That toilet video infuriated me. She does not want to be filmed, so badly that she starts stimming. She's in distress.

I'm high functioning autistic and i would be absolutely mortified if my parents constantly forced me to be on camera or put a camera in front of me to do a bathroom 101 demo. Abigail is a gorgeous girl and deserves her own privacy!! ❤️❤️❤️

I’ve been watching them for like 2 years I’ve never seen anything wrong with that family. I found your videos last night and went and watched one of there videos and all I can say is WOW you have opened my eyes…

They blocked me when I questioned why the were wanting donations to buy another house for their son in college when they are better off than most people, all their possessions and high dollar vacations

*Autism mom here* Also, you should NEVER speak about your child in front of tjem. She can’t defend herself. And autistic people are so much more aware than they can verbalize. She hears him critiquing her every move, and she can’t defend herself. When she wanted to go to bed and then the camera off, she was not happy he was talking down on her like a dog. I could never talk abojt my son right in front of him ok camera like that. When teachers try to talk about my sons shortcomings, I Always make sure he is not present for it. How would you feel if you couldn’t express yourself and heard someone always talking about all that you do wrong all day long? You would not like it

I'm an autistic person with low support needs but this channel triggers me and I feel so bad for that little girl Abby :(

My mom had a blog when I was in high school and would share every embarrassing thing I did or had happen. It’s caused lasting damage on our relationship because I don’t feel open to share everything with her, and it also made me insecure because I would see the comments people would make on what I was going through as a teenage girl. Don’t do this nonsense.

filming his daughter on the toilette was the last straw for me

I used to watch FA awhile back because I worked in human services and supported people like Abby. Anything I could do to educate myself. But at some point it - as you point out - became about profiting off that child instead of "raising awareness".

I'm shaking ... Over the bathroom thing... I work with people who have disabilities and I'm so mad

I work in a long term facility for adults with special needs, most nonverbal. I would NEVER DREAM of broadcasting their likeness all over the internet. They CANNOT consent, and using them to gain views, $, clout whatever, is just gross. THEY DESERVE THEIR DIGNITY.

as an autistic person myself I'm so so glad to see someone talking about this channel specifically. they make it out to be somehow a good thing for Abby and yet they stick a camera in her face and document her most vulnerable moments. great parenting there.

I used to watch them. It popped up on Facebook and I got sucked in. I never really dug deeper into them (comments, forums, etc.); that’s my fault as a consumer. I should have done more research on them. Some of their stuff has always disturbed me especially making her hug COMPLETE strangers. How is that okay?! As I started following you I began to realize just how cringe and horrible their channel is. I appreciate this video and can’t wait for you to dig deeper. Edited all my typos from my late night comment sorry peeps 😂

Forcing a child that is nonverbal and has sensory issues on camera when they clearly do not want to be should be considered abuse.

I'm autistic. People pay way too much attention to my face. People like to tell me to smile. No thanks. People like to tell me I'm frowning. So? People say my face suggests that I'm not approachable. Good. Go away. I avoid eye contact because making eye contact hurts me. You're not worth the pain. Fathering autism is disgusting. Thank you for having this conversation. Thank you for recognizing that autonomy is the most important thing.

As someone who wasn’t necessarily on either side of the spectrum, I will watch both “drama” videos about them and their vlogs while getting ready for work, HOLY SHIT. You have amazing perspective. I had never seen them in this light, I guess that’s proof that their fog worked on me, but now that I’ve heard what you had to say, I see it now.

Great coverage. I was a fan of theirs until about a year ago. When they moved into their new house, the humbleness and humility got left behind. They got greedy and selfish and now Abbie is treated like a prop more than anything. The “teenage girl’s room makeover” Priscilla did was really frustrating. That was the first hint to me that they were straying away from what Abbie actually needed (a room with sensory toys that was comfortable and made just for her). Then the drama with Asa’s first daughter came out and when Asa mentioned that people were talking about them I discovered that there were a few online forums discussing the very same issues you brought up here. My opinion of them officially shifted. Please keep up the work on this! Something has to give because what they’re doing is not right. They lie constantly and expect people to just deal with the BS because those who object come off as ableist or discriminatory.

You can bring awareness to autism without putting your children on the internet. How come the parents can’t just talk about it, rather then putting a camera infront of her.

My son has autism, he is high functioning- I saw these vids and showed him and asked him what he thought of it- he is 17 today. He is disgusted and angry about these videos and these people. He said even he can see where she signs, interacts, and body language Abbie is not enjoying much of this, exposing her, and taking her dignity and sense of self and the abilities she does have to communicate away from her. By ignoring her communications- which are quite clear in her signs, expressions, verbalizing through sounds and some words, and her behaviors and stims all show what she feels about things. Even before my son could verbalize and communicate through sign or speech he could let me know what he wanted and needed. I looked for the cues he would give us. Children shouldn’t be shoved in front of a camera without their consent or them having the ability to give consent. My son said there is more going on than we will ever see. A child in her state can not ever give consent as she does not have the mental capacity to understand consent- if she cannot ever live on her own then therefore she cannot give consent for using her on screen. She should be receiving ABA, occupational therapy, mental health therapy, physical therapies and life skills classes for children and young adults with disabilities. You can easily educate people without putting her in the videos, you could do animation, instructional, informational, guidance, and ways to find resources and do wonderful things for autism and to help those who are struggling. So from the view of the autistic child my son says stop exploiting her! From the mother of a child with autism- you are not helping the community by doing harm or taking the dignity and sense of self away from Abbie.

"We're so giving" reminds me of the saying a lion doesn't need to convince everyone he's a lion.

The CPS lady is just doing her job and the way they are acting about it is a red flag.

My eyes started tearing up from rage when he forced her to use the bathroom on camera. I’m so embarrassed for this poor girl. I just want to give her a hug.

I adore Josh for speaking up for the voiceless! He’s spot on in every video I’ve seen him do👏🏽 I support you Josh in anyway that I can! Thank you for standing up, I know this isn’t easy and your not getting paid for it, your genuinely trying to HELP from the bottom of your heart ❤️

He speaks to her so freaking condensing and forces her to degrade herself by sitting on a toilet for thousands to see! What a monster

When they did the boo hoo video about the other child, they were sooo upset that that they were on tiktok the very same night, so false.

I agree with everything you said! They exploit Abbie and get all the benefits from it. Did Abbie NEED a $500,000 house, electric cart and all the gadgets they have bought? No of course not. What does Abbie get though? You never see her playing with any new toys or them sitting down to do things with her very often. You don't hear of them spending it on any kind of therapies to help her. All you see if all the new toys they have bought for THEMSELVES and fast food. All that money spent on a new kitchen and they still eat out multiple times a day. All that money and trips they go on for themselves. The pristine house that looks like no child even lives there. It's sad and infuriating to see how selfish they are. I don't know how you could not want the very best for your child. They ignore her, talk about her in front of her, do not follow through with anything and are incredibly lazy. These are NOT the people to watch to learn about autism that's for sure!

Also wanted to add that in a recently posted video, Asa was talking with Priscilla and Summer in the kitchen. He made a quick gesture and Summer flinched. Asa commented on her flinching mentioning that she flinched like Abby would when her brother Isaiah would hit her with a pillow. I've watched in other videos, the pillow fights...wonder what Abby's sign to stop hitting her with a pillow is. 🤔

"Kids are not content"... There's a t-shirt for ya!!

I used to follow FA, until I watched them take Abbie to a meet and greet. It was absolutely heaving and she started having a meltdown. I felt so sorry for her being in that situation. I almost thought the parents were resentful as they wanted to do the meet and greet. I think Isaiah actually ended up taking her back to the hotel room 😢 honestly breaks my heart that she’s put in situations like that and is constantly filmed and she always says ‘bye’ to the camera. 💔💔

The fact that cilla is in a MLM was my first turn off.

They both love to flex! When they were out on their boat with their friends....Priscilla made a comment....Oh now you guys are living the life of a utuber!🤢🤮

Holy wow, that bathroom scene was very disturbing.. unbelievable how disgusting these pieces of crap are 😲😲😲

These people are gross. The bathroom video was totally unnecessary.

I pray you never give up the fight!! You are a voice for so many people!!!! Don’t doubt it!!!!! 💜💜💜

it just makes me so sad that the parents open their vulnerable daughter to waves of criticism, hatred, and general negativity. i wish they would let their daughter live a private life. he can educate without exploiting her in every video

I cringe not only when he says We’re the cool parents but when Asa in particular thinks he’s so cool that he talks like a teenager. I think it is pathetic that he is emotionally stunted and seeks approval from his son’s friends.

How in the world he came with the idea to film his daughter on the toilet...horrific .What kind of people will do that to their own child ...this makes me feel uncomfortable and sick to my stomach😰😤😡🤬

The fact that he mentioned someone sending him an apology... that SOB 😤🤯 the last thing he deserves is an apology if anything let’s all apologize to his daughter for having POS for parents🤬 This one got me heated

Hell I don’t like extremely crowded loud places so I couldn’t imagine having sensory issues in those type of environments.

That restaurant looked like a Dave and Busters type place, which are very loud with lots of lights. Why would you take a child with sensory issues into a place like that, unless you were hoping for "good" content?

My son has ASD and there is no way he could deal with having a camera pushed into his face on a constraint basis and he is able to communicate to a point I think this is discusting, it is really unfair to her how cruel can parents. My son hates the title ASD and for the world to know would hurt him so much as a good parent I could never do this to my son it is so horrible they care about wealth more than their daughter,!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I always cringe when people talk about how much they give. Usually people who are able to do so don’t say anything about it. They’re not looking for credit.

I literally just stumbled upon your page last night. (It’s great)I’m actually blown away how blind I was to this.... Exploiting Abby business ... I originally started watching this family because I’ve done respite and work terms with verbal and non verbal kids /adults on the spectrum. You’ve given me a whole new perspective on this family. Thanks for opening my eyes. I’m on the way to unsubscribe these folks. I hope Abby finds an advocate in her family that gets her offline.

As a person on the Autism spectrum I have been disgusted by their content since the potty training videoes. She is a living human being with the rights to privacy. I felt like they treated her like she wasn’t a person. And the way they use Autism as the main focus of almost all the videoes makes me so upset. I get that it might be too help other parents, but don’t record your child having a melt down for petessake. That’s just not okay. I would like to be seen as the person I am first and foremost and then diagnosis and all that can come after. I got diagnosed at 7 years old. I live in my own apartment, I’m in a loving relationship and we have our 5 years aniversary this month. I also became a dog owner recently to the sweetest little puppy. I’m writing that due to the fact that Autism affects every person diffrently and the way the channel portrays Autism and how they talk about it makes it seam like Autism can only look the way she has it. It can get frustrating sometimes as this is also the only way I have seen Autism been portrayed in movies. People tend to say to me, wait you have Autism? You don’t seam like you do. So that’s just another reason why I don’t like their channel. No matter where on the spectrum you are, verbal or non verbal, high/low functioning, you have the same rights as any other human being and deserves to be treated with respect. Alot of non verbal Autistic people are actually extremely intelligent. Also socially. I have met some who writes what they want to say on their phone and then it talks for them. So to assume that she thinks like a two year old in every aspect is not necessarily right. Even if she can give consent I’m afraid they might ignore it like he did when she put her hand on the camera, wich makes it even more difficult to watch. Kinda hope they get cancelled.

She definitely communicates. Although some individuals are non-vocal, they still make their wants and needs known via other means. We all do it whether we speak or not.

I would not show my child on the toilet period....Disgusting behaviour !!

I'm autistic and I used to watch them I can't believe I did. It was a long time ago and I didn't watch them too long before stopping but still, I did. I think you're right that yes Abby is very endearing and sweet and that is a big appeal but not an excuse to exploit her. Terrible.

I'm autistic and a special education teacher. It enrages me when people treat autistics with high support needs like animals. One boy was often ridiculed in his face. He may be non speaking but that doesn't mean he doesn't understand.

I would move the moon to be able to afford therapy for my son, the way that they can. Every extra dollar we have goes to Tanner and the only reason they don’t “spend money on expensive therapies” is because they need her home to film. My heart is broken.

this legit brought me to tears. it hurts my soul. how could anyone possibly treat someone so vulnerable in this way?????

I totaly agree with you. I am raising my grandson who've i've adopted! He has autism. I really with i could make money from my son having autism! That's really sad that they do that. Let's see the meltdowns of kicking,hitting,poking,bitting,elopement the rest of the behaviors that children with ASD HAVE as well as people insulting us parents who have children with special needs. We don't get the luxury of having fancy cars or homes. Infact most don't have relationships because parents split because raising a child with special needs are hard. Must be nice to blog & have all the help to take "A" off their hands!!

I used to watch them at one time, they didnt show her meltdowns. I do think at first they did it to bring awareness because they respected her enough not to show her having meltdowns and such,, but now I hate to admit it that they do seem to put money ahead of her dignity. Special needs people are humans first and they forget she is a human with special needs, they forget to put the person ahead of her diagnosis.. this is why I believe every person with special needs who does not have a voice should have an outside advocate that advocates only for her only. I thought in this country we got rid of slavery and yet she is being used to bring in money for the family and she has no say. that is abuse.. I really do think they love her no doubt but they are letting their lifestyle go to their heads,, makes me sad to see people who once were average Americans allow greed and material things to take over. I will admit I hated hearing you talk about them but when I put my pride aside and me really wanting to like for them, I realized you are right,, I love Abbie and someone needs to be her voice

This honestly disgusts me. That first video made me even tear up a bit- NO ONE should lose their dignity like that. This whole situation is very sad and gross.

Yeah...this pool episode just completely made me to never ever EVER watch their vlogs. I always felt cringy when on other episodes Ab didn’t want be on camera but the camera continued to be in her face. I found myself feel sorry for her and guilty that I was watching. Never again...it’s gross!

My husband has been working with the autistic community for *decades* and you're 100% on point here. They are unnecessarily exploiting and instead of taking constructive criticism, get defensive and lash out

As an autistic adult watching one of the videos you included would have had me reporting them if I knew where they lived. She's stimming on camera and very clearly upset and he just pulls her back in. I'm disgusted. We stim when upset cause it helps. I always felt sick when dragged to things I didn't want to go to. I can go to a concert and have a great time, but a sporting event, I can't handle it. We're all different but she is clearly upset on camera and he's talking over her clear discomfort about how she uses the restroom. Gag. I'm high functioning, I could easily say no and make it clear I don't want something, but so can she, and she's saying no in the videos with how upset she is. Someone who doesn't understand what it's like to be autistic may not see it, but gods that's sickening when you can see how upset she is.

Uses his non verbal teen daughter, who is wearing a diaper, to sit on the toilet as an example of how she really uses the bathroom and in his pool video mentions sarcastically that he won’t get out of the water on camera. So it’s ok for him to have feelings, we know and can imagine what you or any of us would look like exiting a pool of water...we also know what it looks like to use the restroom. Asa, you’re twisted. Please, stop using your daughter.

Lance Armstrong, Bill Cosby, Jimmy Savile, OJ Simpson... they all had awards too! And some real ones, not some shady internet “self nominated” award 🤔

His attitude and demeanour bothers me ...bad vibes..I can imagine how he really is off camera

This video earned a subscription from me. I have another family that you should look at. The Mormon family vlog called “8 Passengers”. This family is seriously messed up. The mother creates the majority of the content. There are 6 children in the family. I feel very sad for them. They’ve had cameras in their faces for about 6-7 years.

I feel sick what this family is doing to their daughter. I have a 22 year old son that has cerebral palsy, developmental delays and sensory issues. Our whole life has been to do the best for him, I wouldn't have had time to pull out a camera. He's gone further than they thought he would. He's an amazing young man, if I mentioned everything, people would be amazed at what he's accomplished. I think the things they're doing to this girl will hurt her long term. BTW, before I had children I worked with special needs kids, so I'm knowledgeable on the subject.

I was so waiting for this one! I had been following Fathering Autism for a while but after seeing your videos on family volggers my eyes have been opened! Wide opened! Everything makes so much sense and I see it from a totally different perspective! The comment about treating Abigail like a pet, really hit me hard and really made me sad at the same time! Wow, this is a big game changer for me! The word dignity says it all! I really look forward to the rest of the videos on this family. I really love what you are doing here, how you care about the ones who really can't consent or don't have a voice to say anything! ❤❤❤

This hurts my heart for her. He is a POS for making her do these things. He could just explain without him using her physically as an example. My son is 20 months old has Autism and I would never put him on RU-vid to be talked about and so his privacy is invaded. This to me is so wrong! I of course post cute videos and pictures on my FB for my friends and family to see but never the times he struggles!

I'm a mom of a glorious young man that happens to be Autistic and has Tourette Syndrome and I'm also a mom to a glorious young man that happens to be typical. I'm so torn right now. This video was incredibly eye opening for me. I found their channel because in reality the autism world is very small as far as education and awareness. My son is 21 and was diagnosed at age 2 and I'm still looking for help and guidance because every day is different. I started getting a smidge uneasy with some videos and I would think to myself how I handled or would handle certain things that were videoed and I thought at one point maybe my way or my thinking was maybe wrong and then it was like wait...I've been doing this longer (not that I'm an expert-shoot I screw it up every day) and I've fought and dedicated my life to my son and I didn't put him on display to raise him. Now I will say that in the early videos it was super informative, were supposed to be this village to share and help. I no longer get that...it makes me sad! I could go on probably forever on this but no one needs that lol. Thank you for opening my eyes on some things.

Maybe at first, he was doing the vloging for awareness, but along the way it changed? They were making lots of money so they continued exploiting their child. And by the way, they could give her so much more. there a lot you can do now to help autistic children and we don't hear about it in the videos.

I love how they couldn’t look at the camera through the whole video but as soon as he starts talking about a letter of apology and getting nasty they can look directly into the camera..ew chachi

These people are so out of touch with reality its truly disturbing. Technology and this new world of recording every single part of your life is so destructive. The poor kids that have to grow up and watch their parents with their faces buried in a phone or camera instead of living in the moment and enjoying them.... It's heartbreaking.

I really feel it’s not haters, it’s people like me, that followed them, that want the best for Abbie. I have seen the changes. I have been upset 😢 for sometime now with concern for her.👵🏼🙏🏼

Their lack of self awareness is just BEYOND 🤢🤮

CPS was called several times. Didn't take any action, on the contrary, they paid the parents their compliments. Asa has a well established position in the "autism awareness community" which makes them feel untouchable.

My favorite part about this is that Asa can't delete comments and pretend everyone likes them.

I found them years ago as I have family with intellectual disabilities. I always felt something was wrong and exploitation was occurring but could barely find anyone else online who was seeing what I was seeing. I’m glad to have found this video and someone investigating. There is a lot of families exploiting their disabled children online right now.

I have absolutely been one of the people asking you to cover fathering autism 🙋🏻‍♀️ I haven’t seen anyone who exploits their child more than these people.

I love it when the comment section has over 1k comments, that means the conversation is going strong. Bravo peeps.

It is the moment at 45:30 where he says “we’re not gonna stop.” That’s the proof that he KNOWS precisely what they’ve done and how it’s wrong. They speculate why someone would call CPS but right there in that moment, he accidentally concedes knowledge of what the issue is. His paycheck is simply more important. Also, I have a daughter with mild autism and, yes, she detests having a camera in her face unless it’s on her terms, as it should be. Great job for working on all of this. Very important work!

I would like to know how the other families at Abby’s school feel about Asa filming there all the time. I have a feeling they’re probably not fans.

I am a mom of two autistic children. They hate cameras and being filmed. I can take pictures when I ask them and they agree. If I take a video one of my children gets super angry and lashes out. I think consent is very important and also not putting them out there on video. It gives my children with autism major anxiety to know they are being filmed even distance learning so we turn off the cameras.

As a FA viewer I feel extremely confused and uncomfortable now because I learned so much from them (I hadn’t really dealt with ASD in my life until a little cousin of mine was diagnosed) but the points you made in this video were extremely valid and it’s making me rethink everything now ahh

You know Iv been thinking this for a while but wasn’t sure. This video really made me see the light.

Thanks for talking about this and keeping the conversation going! I’m learning a lot these days from watching your channel. Till Myka happened, I had no clue there even were family vloggers and all this was going on. Crazy😳 poor kids and poor girl. So wrong, she does not wanna be on camera Edit: also thank you for your positive comments at the end of your videos. Some days are hard and your “you are loved” are needed 💕

Am I missing something here? If they’re saving for their child’s future shouldn’t they be living in a modest home & saving the money for her care when they’re not around. Instead they’re claiming they live in a huge house for her future benefit. Bullshit.

imagine thinking that showing your daughter's most vulnerable moments on camera in the name of advocacy and awareness is ok.

They really resent the social worker doing her job and holding them to the same standard as everyone else. DHS should have made them wall off that pool too.

Don't ever stop on these people. After Myka they are the worst of the worst.

Ex subscriber here until about six months ago, go pleased with the way you are covering these people Josh,we are all right behind you.

I have 3 autistic kids and have it myself. I would never do this to them. As I know I would hate it.

I just started watching ur channel. Bravo sir! Thank you for exposing these family vloggers for who they are and what they’re doing. This one really hit a nerve with me. I cared for a young man on the spectrum who was very low functioning and none verbal. I loved it but was forced to quit because he would injure me a lot and I’m a small woman. I’m just wondering ... I know in the situation I worked in, he had 24 hour care paid for by the government. Where is Abby when they’re by the pool? Could they be getting free govt care? Bottom line these people are assholes.

Yes!! When my son is having a meltdown he is suffering! Why would you just film it?? Something is NOT right here 🤮

I unsubscribed from them a long time ago. Was disgusted with their behavior.

I've never watched or even heard of Fathering Autism until you mentioned them. That video of that little girl in the bathroom, made me extremely uncomfortable and angry. I've been waiting for you to do this video in hope that this family wasn't using their disabled daughter for views but THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE DOING. It's very, very sad. This is wrong!! It's a form of torture.

And it’s not just Asa that goes after people online, so has Priscilla. Her and her new BFF Kaitlyn got drunk and went online and were telling everyone off. They were like two mean girls thinking they were better then everyone! 🙄 Speaking of parents that exploit their children...that Nurse Kaitlyn is also jumping on the RU-vid cash train. She’s pumping out videos almost as fast as Asa. I guess she’s learning from the best on how to exploit your autistic child. Very sad 😔!

He wont get out of the pool his choice but his daughter doesn't have a choice

All interesting stuff yes… But people can understand it without seeing her sitting on the toilet.

These people need a reality check- it’s all about them - they are exploiting their child for financial gain. It makes me so sad to see this. They need to be shut down -

Anyone who is willing to make money from an mlm has no problem with exploiting other people for their own financial gain. I'm sceptical of what people are willing to do in other areas of thier life when that's the case.

Also omg the whole thing about the award... Reminded me of that woman who killed her two young children and then vlogged right after. She had an award for parenting too 😬

I used to watch them. I had to stop because it got SO unrelatable and gross. They started selling her art work, the MLM makeup, and the son sells his photography on instagram, all promoted through their youtube channel which uses A to make money for all of them. I think they ''earned'' a trip to Mexico from the MLM company because she sold so much make up. I thought their message about normalizing all types of people out in public was good, but it got WAY out of hand once he got followers.

This is so gross. Bringing awareness and educating other parents is great but forcing your child to look at the camera, physically turning her head and shoulders just to get more viewers is not ok. Having an tantrum isn’t something to show off to RU-vid. There is an amount of respect you should have for your own daughter. I can’t believe they aren’t banned. You can still educate others without exploiting this child that cannot give consent.

I’ve watched the Maas family on and off for the past year. I can honestly defend the fact that Autism awareness and education is there for sure. Their more recent vlogs have def. rubbed me the wrong way and I never liked the idea that EVERYONE associated with Abby is “famous” just because of her.. After listening to all of your videos on them (I watched them in reverse order 😅) I have UNSUBSCRIBED , UNFOLLOWED, UNLIKED all of their pages/content. Autism awareness and education is the only substance to take out of these videos. Let’s make it clear that awareness and education is available in other avenues, and in other ways than just by watching the Mass family. I value Abigail’s safety and privacy enough to do my own research/discovery regarding special needs education. Using resources that don’t include exploitation. -yes this is possible- Thanks for bringing this to light, there’s a ton of positives to take out of their videos but the positivity will never outweigh what their true motive is and how this channel has changed for the worse. Unfortunately, and I am guilty of it, many many followers of them are blinded by the “good” they do for the autism community.