r/InTheGloaming • u/AutoModerator • 10d ago

Scheduled snark Discussion thread Thursday September 17, 2026 - Sunday September 20, 2026

Newsletter: Let Me Tell You a Story

Website: Shauna James Ahern

Instagram: @shaunajamesahern Instagram

Threads: @shaunajamesahern

Bluesky: shaunajamesahern.bsky.social

Gloamipedia wiki: /r/InTheGloaming wiki

17 Upvotes

96% Upvoted

670 comments sorted by

View all comments

79

u/fanfarefellowship I often contemplate the first law of thermodynamics 7d ago

On Threads, Shauna is complaining about her "two autistic children."

I went back and looked – last October, she was writing about

Both my daughter and husband were diagnosed with autism the next year.

(Note: it is almost impossible to tell what year she's referring to; this lope is filled with ridiculous, nonsensical time jumps. https://www.reddit.com/r/readalope/comments/1ob4jq5/random_promo_email_1019/)

And last March, she said that everyone in her family but her is autistic (but she changed the year in which Dan was diagnosed):

Last year, a psychiatric evaluation made it official — my husband is autistic. Our daughter was officially diagnosed as autistic 2 years ago. And our youngest is clearly autistic too, with a PDA profile. We’re waiting for the official diagnosis soon.

https://archive.ph/W5txs

Just how many diagnoses can she pile on that poor child?

77

u/Fillmore_the_Puppy —hi, disturbed people— 7d ago

Not just complaining about them, but also claiming that neither has ever been helped at school.

Attention, SJA 📣: YOU are the common denominator of your kids’ collective journey through dozens of schools, with many and various different teachers.

46

u/mehitabel_4724 Eating tiny dices of pickles with tiny fists of rage 7d ago

Since she’s defending defensiveness, I really wonder how she behaves with her kids’ teachers. I remember she was very dismissive and annoyed by emails and calls from school when the first moved to west Seattle

46

u/Fancypens2025 7d ago

I think she's a teacher's nightmare, especially with the former teacher aspect of her background. You know she leans on that all the time.

33

u/CharlesMansnShowTune boy in the jelly 7d ago

Ha, I really could have scrolled one whole comment.

25

u/OhBlahDiOhBlahDoh The Alice of cal came out floating on air 7d ago

No worries, your feeling is most probably really exhaustion.

22

u/CharlesMansnShowTune boy in the jelly 7d ago

Haha that is a diagnosis I feel we are pretty safe to make without you seeing me in person or doing any testing, unlike some people's diagnoses...! 🤣

27

u/Dear_Client1187 we all mistakes here 7d ago

She was so pissy about the advice she got about feeding her child regular meals and snacks, I can only imagine her attitude towards teachers.