Abby Romeo: Life With Autism
The Squeeze
Taylor Lautner
4.6 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 4 September 2024
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
In this week’s episode, the Lautners sit down with "Love on the Spectrum" star Abbey Romeo and her mother, Christine! Abbey shares her experience of being on the hit Netflix show, while Christine opens up about how she felt with Abbey joining the series. Abbey tells us what it was like growing up with communication disorder autism and shares about her relationship with fellow "Love on the Spectrum" star David! She also explains why Ariel from Disney's "The Little Mermaid" is her favorite character and how she has learned to express herself through her love for music.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a dear media production. |
| 0:04.0 | I'm Abby, but my real name is Abigail, but people call me Abby for short. |
| 0:09.0 | And are you on the spectrum, Abby? |
| 0:10.0 | Yes. |
| 0:11.0 | You have been on my wish list of people to have on this podcast for a very long time. |
| 0:16.3 | How old were you when you got diagnosed? |
| 0:18.0 | Two and a half. |
| 0:19.0 | What type of autism were you diagnosed with? |
| 0:21.3 | Communication problems. |
| 0:22.8 | Am I part of autism awareness? |
| 0:24.6 | I think you really are, Abby. |
| 0:26.0 | I think you're really showing a lot of people |
| 0:28.3 | who you are and you're having a great life. |
| 0:30.4 | And other people in the spectrum don't talk at all. |
| 0:32.8 | Was it hard growing up with autism? |
| 0:34.8 | Yeah, because my brain wouldn't do what I was telling it to do. |
| 0:38.4 | I used to identify with Ariel and the little mermaid. |
| 0:41.2 | Yes. |
| 0:42.2 | Because she wanted to be where the people were just like how |
| 0:44.9 | I wanted to be where the typical kids were. |
| 0:47.1 | Did you ever think you would be on a Netflix show? |
| 0:49.3 | You're my best boyfriend in the world David. |
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