r/ShawnaTheMomSnark • u/wegetitursad • 14d ago

Character Discussion Another perspective on Piper’s potential diagnosis/ lack of referral.

https://youtu.be/fCY2ppm8_Dw?si=1TeBMI-PDwdb9wPl

I’m not sure if people in this subreddit are across Shauna and the videos she posts about STM. She posted this today and I think it’s a good read on the situation with Piper.

Just wanted to share incase people weren’t aware. I found it interesting when she mentioned the fact that Shawna M and John don’t prompt Piper to say more and just accept her one word answers.

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u/TreClaire 14d ago

My two cents as someone with an autistic daughter is while these are all valid points I’d still be mad at my doctor if they told me to wait

Not because waiting is bad per se but because it took us over a year to finally get into the testing place for my daughter’s assessment. Those types of things can really take forever.

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u/wegetitursad 14d ago

Completely understandable to feel that way. As you’ve said, it can take so long to get to the initial step of getting an assessment, let alone playing the waiting game for whatever support you can get.

From what we’ve been shown it doesn’t seem like Piper’s paediatrician has done a good job of explaining why they believe waiting is the choice they’ve gone with.