Strangers Reaction To Autism On A Cruise Ship

Added: 2026-05-12

[00:00:01]Got it. Gotcha.

[00:00:20]You believe you're sitting at a table in the water?

[00:00:23]>> What is this life?

[00:00:25]>> Hey, you want to get a fun drink?

[00:00:28]>> You don't want a drink? Okay.

[00:00:34]>> It's time for taco.

[00:00:35]>> That's me. That's me. Taco lover. Those are cool. I didn't know they had cabanas out here. Floating cabanas.

[00:00:44]How fun. Hammocks over the pool. Shut up. I saw that happening in slow motion.

[00:00:50]Hey, do you feel Hey, do you feel silly?

[00:00:54]You were smiling about it. Oh, I think I would have cried.

[00:00:59]>> I know.

[00:01:00]>> They had like a decorative rock right over by the bathrooms and I was watching from the bridge I was at. Priscilla and Abby walked towards me and I think Abby was just like kind of turned around walking. She looks back and just what do they call it? Ass over tea kettle. just arms flail in the air. I was like, "Oh my gosh." She looked like she was falling off of a mountain. Poor thing. She never trips over stuff. No.

[00:01:24]>> And then she got up and she's like, "Whatever." And then she's just smiling.

[00:01:28]You're such a nerd. Were you laughing at yourself? Did you feel goofy?

[00:01:32]>> Swim shorts, though.

[00:01:33]>> You got your swim shorts. Okay, we got to get back on. Glad you didn't get hurt.

[00:01:40]You got it.

[00:01:42]Okay.

[00:01:43]>> What' you drop?

[00:01:45]Oh, we're a mess. We're a mess. Your wooden clogs hurt so bad to get so >> Look at y'all just taking in the scenery.

[00:02:01]>> Yeah.

[00:02:02]>> Oh, you need a cookie. Yeah, we did talk about that, didn't we? Okay, we did.

[00:02:07]Look how pretty Honduras is.

[00:02:09]>> It's so pretty.

[00:02:10]>> Rowitan specifically.

[00:02:12]>> Yeah.

[00:02:13]Gorgeous.

[00:02:15]Look up. Look up. Dance.

[00:02:19]Do a spin. Woo. She doesn't care.

[00:02:23]>> All dressed up for white night.

[00:02:25]>> Yeah.

[00:02:26]>> What is this?

[00:02:28]Caribbean night.

[00:02:28]>> Yeah.

[00:02:30]>> Why are we in white?

[00:02:31]>> I don't know.

[00:02:32]>> I don't know.

[00:02:33]>> That's what the plan says.

[00:02:34]>> Okay. It's what the schedule says. It's what we do.

[00:02:36]>> Tropical night. But that's not perfect tonight.

[00:02:39]>> Wow.

[00:02:40]>> Woo.

[00:02:44]So, we love the elevator. I'm so hyped for the elevator. Let's go.

[00:02:52]>> This one. This one. Lady had a plate full of cookie things. And Abby, I look over cuz I wasn't paying attention.

[00:02:59]Aby's just like this. Staring at the Don't you dare. I know. She's miss independent. She's miss cruise ship now.

[00:03:19]Good evening everyone.

[00:03:24]>> Hello exactly where she's going.

[00:03:41]Good evening. Good evening. Hi.

[00:03:42]>> Hey, how are you?

[00:03:43]>> She's such a professional now. She led the way all the way here. She's like, I know where I'm going.

[00:03:47]>> Smile on her face.

[00:03:49]>> No way.

[00:03:51]>> Hi, Abby. Look at how much beautiful white knife. Yeah.

[00:03:59]>> Cross their legs >> here. Put your feet down.

[00:04:02]>> Put your feet down.

[00:04:03]>> Stand up. Feet down. Stand up. Move the chair in better.

[00:04:07]>> There you go.

[00:04:08]>> Okay, now sit.

[00:04:09]>> What are you, flamingo? Sit down.

[00:04:13]>> Thank you.

[00:04:14]>> So, how was your day? It >> was good.

[00:04:16]>> Yeah, very chill.

[00:04:17]>> So chill.

[00:04:18]>> Good.

[00:04:19]>> Oh, it's the piano guy.

[00:04:23]>> He's down there.

[00:04:30]>> Do you hear him? Do you hear the piano guy?

[00:04:36]Yeah, he's good, right?

[00:04:46]>> Smart black dress.

[00:04:49]>> I'll have a white one.

[00:04:54]>> Put my black shorts in my black.

[00:04:58]Hey, man. Thank you for your service.

[00:05:02]Deck 11.

[00:05:04]>> Here we are.

[00:05:05]>> What's this?

[00:05:06]>> Go ahead.

[00:05:07]>> Going up.

[00:05:10]>> Did you like him?

[00:05:14]>> Funny.

[00:05:16]>> Abby, let me get your picture. Hold on.

[00:05:18]Stop. Look.

[00:05:20]Head up. Look at me.

[00:05:25]Come on. Whoa. Oh, Abigail, they made you a towel birthday cake. How cool is that? And a turkey.

[00:05:36]We're thr th thrilled you're celebrating your birthday on board with us. Wishing you a special day and an unforgettable vacation. How nice. And they put your penguin back up, too. Wasn't that so nice? Yeah. That's perfect day of Coco K for your birthday. Isn't that cool?

[00:05:55]evening rest session.

[00:05:59]You >> excited?

[00:06:01]Go hang out with your friends.

[00:06:04]Private function, Abigail, just for you.

[00:06:08]>> We changed again, of course, cuz we were wearing white. None of us really wanted to wear white cuz we're guaranteed we're going to get something on ourselves. So, the doors the door's guarded. You have to knock to be let in. They have someone posted by the door.

[00:06:33]So, Abby, it's not down.

[00:06:34]>> I was going to say the same thing. She couldn't do Yeah, they do at least one balloon drop every cruise. And just so you know, everybody pops the balloons.

[00:06:41]It's not on to the >> No.

[00:06:45]>> Some people ask like, "Do you get bored of like going on the same ships?" I swear I we find different things we didn't know existed every time we cruise. Like we had no idea this was on the front of the ship.

[00:07:02]>> That's crazy. I've never been in here.

[00:07:04]Priscilla and Isaiah have been in here before.

[00:07:06]>> Yeah, this is a dance club later.

[00:07:08]>> Holy cow.

[00:07:10]>> Right.

[00:07:10]>> That's impressive.

[00:07:11]>> Yeah. Before in the old ship, they just like made another room the dance floor.

[00:07:17]This has its own dance.

[00:07:18]>> Has it own dance level?

[00:07:19]>> That's crazy.

[00:07:22]>> Then of course there's a casino on a cruise ship cuz why wouldn't there be like a whole casino?

[00:07:28]>> We literally met people last night that are on a free cruise because of their casino >> cuz they lost enough money gambling.

[00:07:35]>> I mean, call it what you want. Wash your hands.

[00:07:39]>> Got to washy.

[00:07:43]Get washy.

[00:07:49]We're having some girl time. First up, that's cereal. We're going to get cereal. And I think she knows where it's at. I don't I'm not sure, but Do you know where the cereal is?

[00:08:02]Do you know where it is? Over here.

[00:08:07]>> Right here. Which one do you want? Right here. Stop. Come here.

[00:08:12]Which one do you want?

[00:08:17]Raisin brand.

[00:08:19]Yeah.

[00:08:21]Okay.

[00:08:23]Here you go, ma'am. I'm going to go grab you a napkin.

[00:08:28]Okay.

[00:08:30]Do you want some eggs and sausage? Yeah.

[00:08:33]Okay. You stay here and I'll go grab it for you. But you got to stay right here.

[00:08:37]Okay.

[00:08:38]Deal. Okay, girl.

[00:08:43]So Abby has not been eating dinner, but she loves breakfast. Like cuz she had her raisin brand, which um I swear this girl eats like my grandpa and my papa used to eat. She's got hash and eggs and some sausage with raisin bran and a banana.

[00:09:06]Was it so good?

[00:09:10]We already had cereal. We're all done with cereal.

[00:09:14]Okay.

[00:09:16]Are you done?

[00:09:18]Are you all done? No, you're not. I don't know what else you want. We're not having more cereal.

[00:09:25]Can you wipe your mouth?

[00:09:27]You're napkin. Wipe it really good.

[00:09:30]Harder. Harder. We have to work on the pressure.

[00:09:35]Are you ready to go to the pool when we're all done here and we need somebody else needs to sit down to eat breakfast?

[00:09:44]Okay, >> transitions. They're They're hard. Are you going to do the hot tub again? Abby loves the hot tub. That's her favorite.

[00:09:56]Let's go this way.

[00:10:00]Let's see. So right now it's a AOTS pool time. So Oh, sorry. So you'll see people in the orange shirts.

[00:10:30]So Abby prefers a hot tub, right?

[00:10:36]She just woke up, too. We need to wake her up. Is this relaxing?

[00:10:41]Dad's going to have to get you a hot tub, I think.

[00:10:45]>> You're so chill. Her wild moments are in the afternoon. Are you Are you done?

[00:10:50]Your little bathing suit is from Amazon, in case anybody's wondering. And it reminds me of Minnie Mouse, which is so funny. I didn't do that on purpose. They saw red polka dots.

[00:11:10]>> Hello ladies.

[00:11:11]>> Hi. Did >> you have a good time?

[00:11:14]>> Did you have fun?

[00:11:15]>> Yeah.

[00:11:16]>> I saw you dancing to the music. Were you dancing? Say bye, Mom. Bye.

[00:11:22]>> Say bye.

[00:11:25]Take Dallas.

[00:11:35]>> Quick outfit change and we are going to do a store.

[00:11:45]Got something special.

[00:11:47]Something special lined up.

[00:11:51]>> Watch for other people. Okay.

[00:11:54]>> This one.

[00:12:04]>> Wow. Look at this place, huh?

[00:12:07]>> How cool is this? Come here.

[00:12:11]>> Thank you.

[00:12:31]Which one you want to try?

[00:12:35]>> Which one you Which one you like?

[00:12:39]>> Do you love chocolate covered raisins?

[00:12:41]That's a good choice.

[00:12:43]You pull the lever. Pull the lever.

[00:12:46]Wrong lever. Hey, pull the lever.

[00:12:48]>> Pull.

[00:12:52]>> Good job.

[00:12:57]>> Look at you on the merry round.

[00:13:00]>> Look at you. Look at me.

[00:13:03]>> Abigail.

[00:13:06]>> I'm so tall.

[00:13:12]Easy.

[00:13:24]Ready?

[00:13:26]>> Was that a smile? No way. Did you just smile? Cuz you're like, I just did that.

[00:13:31]It was no big deal. I just did that. I was a little nervous, but it was easy.

[00:13:37]Told you. I told you. Next time you should ride the flamingo. What do you think of that? Huh?

[00:13:44]>> Look at you. You're proud of yourself.

[00:13:45]Oh, I'm so happy.

[00:13:48]>> Sometimes things make us nervous, you know? We just We just do it.

[00:13:54]No, look over here.

[00:13:58]So, I don't care. I like the splash pad.

[00:14:01]>> Can you go one more time? Hey, do you want to go one more time? We'll go get on the ice cream cone. Oh, look at you.

[00:14:07]She's a pro now. All right, go this way.

[00:14:09]Go get on the ice cream cone.

[00:14:12]There you go. Look right here. Take the backpack off.

[00:14:23]>> Look at you.

[00:14:30]>> We got a spinning one.

[00:14:40]You want me to spin? Turn it.

[00:14:46]>> Whoa.

[00:14:50]Get your backpack.

[00:14:54]>> Get your backpack.

[00:15:03]Okay. This way.

[00:15:08]I can't believe you did it twice. That was crazy. The second time you walk right in. Oh, you going to check out the arcade.

[00:15:15]>> That's cool.

[00:15:20]What do you think?

[00:15:22]Oh, we can do this. I know Priscilla talked about this earlier, but we thought it'd be cool for a C day. Like, you know, we should have like quiet time, you know. So Abby went with mom this morning for the for like breakfast and pool and all that stuff and then we hung out for an hour so mom could sunbathe us what she wanted to do.

[00:15:43]Now it's taco time over here.

[00:15:48]>> Hello.

[00:15:50]>> Oh, it's hot up here.

[00:15:54]>> Say thanks. dress.

[00:15:56]>> Say, I rode the uh carousel once >> and that was hard, but the second time way easy.

[00:16:03]>> Say I smiled when I got off the car. Oh, sorry. Cuz I did a hard thing. So, yeah.

[00:16:10]>> Yeah. Look at her.

[00:16:12]I did not realize that I put Abby in her um what what is that?

[00:16:18]>> Tropical night dress.

[00:16:20]>> I think I have another dress to change.

[00:16:21]>> Okay. Well, if not, we can just change you real quick. Yeah.

[00:16:25]>> Throw something else on you. My bad.

[00:16:28]>> My bad.

[00:16:30]>> I was like, "Ah, this is easy. Put this on."

[00:16:33]>> She agreed.

[00:16:34]>> She agreed. She's like, "Yep, this is easy, Dad. No buttons, no zippers."

[00:16:39]>> I can't believe we picked that dress.

[00:16:42]>> Took it.

[00:16:43]>> Yeah, it look cute.

[00:16:44]>> Yeah, it does.

[00:16:46]>> You're fine.

[00:16:47]>> Guess what? We have another tropical dress we're going to put you in. You can just leave that on. What? What are you looking at? What is wrong with it? It's okay. Hey, it's a C day, so we have two sessions of respit.

[00:17:01]So, you're Yeah. So, you're going to go to respit. Afternoon respit. Ain't that fun? It's one of my favorite interactions that that we ever have. So, because we make a variety of content, specifically Priscilla makes a variety of content. Come here. Come on. Um, when I tell you she's recognized more than any of us, >> girl, walk away from people's tables because a lot of that you guys watch, you know us from Fathering Autism, right? Like that's that's how you know us. And and like obviously like we have uh it's it's a bigger social media >> presence, you know? Come on, let's go.

[00:17:39]>> Come on.

[00:17:43]>> Just going to sit with people.

[00:17:46]Come here.

[00:17:47]>> Oh, we need to go aath.

[00:17:48]>> Yeah, we have to go.

[00:17:49]>> We're going the wrong way. Come on.

[00:17:51]>> We have to go the the other way.

[00:17:52]>> But a lady just walked up. She said, "Are you Priscilla?" Priscilla's like, "Yes, I am." She's like, "I started following you uh when you got your hyerectomy cuz I was getting mine a month later." And like, you know, she doesn't even know that like me and Abby and Isaiah really exist that much, you know?

[00:18:11]>> Like she did. So, >> no. Right. Yeah. And that's so a lot of people when we say Priscilla is the most famous of the group, it's because she is fathering autism. She spots fans of Priscilla. She's the hysterctomy lady.

[00:18:23]She's makeup and skincare. She's boutique now. She's done all of these things, you know, and make content around them and stuff. She's recognized more than anyone, which is it's funny.

[00:18:35]Yeah. You guys know her from here. Other people know her from other for other reasons. You know what I mean?

[00:18:41]>> Oh, that's so cool, though.

[00:18:42]>> Yeah. you like helped her through her hysterctomy recovery and stuff and what to expect and whatnot.

[00:18:48]>> Isn't it great though when you like cuz that's what Priscilla wanted to do. She wanted to share her experiences for somebody else cuz she had no idea what to expect. So >> there's a dog.

[00:19:00]>> No, it's just a blanket.

[00:19:03]>> Maybe she thinking the blanket is a is a fellow dog to play with, right?

[00:19:11]Did you get to see Rover?

[00:19:13]>> How cool was that?

[00:19:16]>> Yes, Rover was having a good time there.

[00:19:18]>> Good girl. Yeah, Rover enjoyed meeting you so much.

[00:19:22]>> Good job.

[00:19:24]>> What type of dog she has?

[00:19:25]>> Uh, she has a golden retriever.

[00:19:28]Yep. And she has a golden doodle, too.

[00:19:31]>> Uh-huh. That's why Ruby got excited.

[00:19:32]>> Hey, look out for me, Katie.

[00:19:34]>> It's nice. So cute.

[00:19:37]>> What do you think? Yeah.

[00:19:38]>> You want to see what it looks like?

[00:19:39]>> Yeah.

[00:19:40]>> Isn't Rober pretty >> You're not supposed to be in that picture.

[00:19:43]>> She photobombs everybody's pictures.

[00:19:45]>> Is that okay?

[00:19:46]>> Okay.

[00:19:48]>> Would you like one? Okay.

[00:19:50]>> So scary. Say hi.

[00:19:52]>> Hi.

[00:19:54]>> Can you give a high five?

[00:19:55]>> Oh my goodness.

[00:19:56]>> Good job. High five.

[00:19:58]>> Nice.

[00:19:59]>> Good job.

[00:20:02]>> Good job.

[00:20:05]>> First need to get it together, >> right? Yeah, we need >> Abby. We need better training for yours.

[00:20:10]Don't you think >> you're so famous all over the place?

[00:20:20]>> It works with the right.

[00:20:24]>> What are you looking for?

[00:20:27]>> I don't know. Something that something minuscule. Brother wants to be part of the house.

[00:20:34]>> This is your spot, huh? I love that they have a spot set up for you every time.

[00:20:37]Oh, you need paper. Who do you ask for paper around here? Why don't you go ask somebody?

[00:20:42]>> I don't know who to ask. We're doing something different for dinner tonight.

[00:20:46]So, most night, well, pretty much every night we've ever been on a cruise. I think we've always done the dining room dinner, but you can eat most places. So, we're go somewhere different. They'll miss you at dinner, AB, but Robin's coming with us.

[00:20:59]when you have a one-on-one, you uh they'll go with you anywhere, you know, so you don't just have to eat and with the group uh for dining. You can I mean, you can go anywhere you want whenever you want anywhere, but with a one-on-one, they'll go with you.

[00:21:14]Important thing to remember is one-on- ones are not for the parents. Like if you The one-on-one is not you have to go in the front door, I think. Oh, this way.

[00:21:28]It's not for the parents. It's not like, oh, I want more break or I want more respit or I want more. It is it should be based on on the the person that you bring on the cruise with a disability like whether they require one or not, whether it's going to make the experience better. Because if your child is, you know, at the level they need a one-on-one, then it negatively impacts the group if they require that level of care. Does that make sense? Now, if your child can do 2:1 ratio, totally fine.

[00:21:58]Just a just an important thing to remember. Okay. Actually, if you're looking for something a little lighter, you can do like a Mediterranean bowl situation in here. I think we showed this the last time, actually. Or heavier, you can do a whole DIY mac and cheese situation. That looks Yeah.

[00:22:18]Or do like school sandwiches.

[00:22:28]What are you doing? I can hear you all the way down there.

[00:22:33]>> Girl, she enjoying the cruise.

[00:22:42]>> Oh yeah, she's having a great time.

[00:22:45]>> Having a great time. where we were for failure for dinner tonight and he never come to this place.

[00:22:56]So, so you know it's funny somebody asked about >> um how like regular >> other guests >> guests non autistic guest >> how they how they deal with it handle having people that you know with autism the seasons on board and I I was like well I mean just like they do in regular life right like like 14% of the population or whatever is disabled in some way shape or form and like that translates the same into a cruise ship.

[00:23:26]Like you see people with all kinds of disabilities, but like Aby's over here squealing with me and the first thing that someone says it is. Is she having a good cruise? Like that's and I would say it's an even better interaction on a cruise ship than it is in your everyday life.

[00:23:43]>> Said, "Oh my gosh, I love Halloween new guys on Facebook."

[00:23:46]>> Oh, that's so cool.

[00:23:48]>> Yeah, we do see a lot of people we know just random on the cruise ship.

[00:23:53]And two of the families that are here are here because they heard about u Autism on the Seas from us. And two of the volunteers are here, Robin being one of them, because they heard about it, Autism on the Seas from us.

[00:24:07]>> Oh my gosh. Hey, you want to try some hummus?

[00:24:11]>> Okay. Okay. We wanted to show you this.

[00:24:13]Isn't this neat?

[00:24:15]>> Come here.

[00:24:19]Woo!

[00:24:21]>> I found a seat.

[00:24:24]>> That's good.

[00:24:24]>> Isn't that a great couch? Look at that.

[00:24:37]Look at >> these. Huh? Look.

[00:24:43]>> What do you think of this?

[00:24:45]>> I don't know. The ceiling.

[00:24:46]>> It's not a ceiling. It's a window, so it doesn't count.

[00:24:50]Still, I just saw your whole butt. I'm not going to lie, Abby, keep your dress down, girl. You're not helping. Look, they're doing it for you.

[00:24:59]>> Well, that's worse. That's worse. We're showing butt.

[00:25:05]>> Abby saw that hot tub, made a beeline for it.

[00:25:11]>> We might have to put in a hot tub.

[00:25:12]>> Hot tub girl.

[00:25:14]>> Whoa. Whoa. Girl.

[00:25:18]Get out of here.

[00:25:21]>> Okay.

[00:25:22]>> You managed you. I got hurt.

[00:25:31]>> I love I love how you're not >> You're not helping at all, Abby.

[00:25:34]>> Yeah. Abby has on unders. Mom does not.

[00:25:37]She's showing the business.

[00:25:43]>> Go Abby.

[00:25:44]They have shirts that say walk on the chances.

[00:25:53]>> Come on. You got a special drink at the bar.

[00:25:55]>> How crazy is that?

[00:25:57]>> It's a mocktail.

[00:26:01]Hold on. Right here. Right here.

[00:26:07]>> Here. Take it back.

[00:26:18]I'm not going to lie, I told her that she didn't had a have a cookie after dinner cuz we went to someplace else for dinner, but they don't have cookies. So, I told her she could have a cookie when we got back to the room. So, now she's walking the fastest she's ever walked down this hallway.

[00:26:35]>> So, cookies to be had. Hey, you got to walk on this side though.

[00:26:40]It's safe.

[00:26:50]>> She has changed a lot with appetite and stuff after we changed her meds.

[00:26:57]>> Um, for the better, for sure.

[00:26:59]>> She's still Abigail.

[00:27:01]>> She's still a cookie monster.

[00:27:03]>> Yeah, cuz she a lot of times when we have this >> Oh goodness. You okay? Just smack that.

[00:27:09]>> Oh my gosh. I need this arm for pickle ball tomorrow.

[00:27:15]>> I feel like I need to do stretches before I get >> I 100% think you should do stretches before you get in bed and when you wake up.

[00:27:21]>> Okay. I need to practice.

[00:27:24]>> Practice what? Stretching.

[00:27:25]>> Stretching.

[00:27:28]Priscilla has >> You act like I'm an athlete.

[00:27:32]>> Priscilla has has her pickle ball appointment tomorrow.

[00:27:35]My body is into like what the heck.

[00:27:38]>> A It's a turtle. How cute is that? Abby, I know you don't care about the towel animals, but we do. We got our end of the day cookie, right? Yeah. We got our end of the day paper bag. Yeah. Life is good. Hey, tell everybody thank you for watching. Say thank you. You want to close it out?

[00:27:58]Now you got to cover the the lens squirt.