Elisabeth Shimer

Elisabeth "Avey" Lee Shimer is the mother of Daniel Larson, as well as his two late siblings, Joyetta, and Olivia Larson, who died during childbirth.

Elisabeth is a very unknown character in the Daniel Larson story, and it is impossible to know whether or not anything she or Daniel says about her is true. Daniel has accused Elisabeth of being neglectful and abusive, which is somewhat substantiated due to the fact that Daniel was relocated, but Elisabeth has, in turn, accused him of being abusive towards her.

A cover of the song “I Won’t Give Up” sung by Elisabeth directed towards Daniel

It’s important to note that Daniel was not in the custody of Elisabeth when she posted the cover.

Biography

Elisabeth is the adoptive daughter of Nancy Shimer, who was presumably divorced around the time of her birth.

In 1990, Elisabeth moved to Indonesia and was enrolled in YPIA (Young Peoples Institute of Arts and Academics), where she graduated in 1993. From 1995 until 2004, Elisabeth was enrolled in Antelope Valley College and graduated in music and performing Arts.

Elisabeth, along with her partner Travis, would give birth to Daniel in 1998.

Later on, in 2001, Elisabeth would give birth to twin girls, Joyetta and Olivia Larson, though the twins passed away the following day from what was potentially Rh incompatibility. She would move to Colorado in 2009, and would go on to found and co-own Avey Incubator Inc in 2010, which sells animal incubators. As of 2009, She would lose Daniel due to child abuse, making her lose custody of Daniel. As of 2023, the business is still running, and the website can be found here.

Health

Since Elisabeth was roughly 20 years old, she had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of lupus, which caused her multiple health related issues.

Lupus/SLE is an incurable genetic autoimmune disease that is found predominantly in women, where the body's immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissue in many parts of the body, causing inflammation, joint damage, organ damage, and brain damage that can cause other disorders.

As of March 10th, 2010, Elisabeth has been put on chemotherapy and immunosuppressants, as well as having a multiple sclerosis scare, which turned out to be her lupus acting up. In 2015, she went into partially assisted living.^{[See discussion page, do not cite]} Elisabeth's health would continue to deteriorate further. On February 8th, 2016, Elisabeth posted on Facebook that she is paralyzed from the breast bone down.

Elisabeth speaks about her son

Elisabeth commenting on Papa Gut's video.

Example of a troll pretending to be his mother

In June of 2022, Elisabeth would leave multiple comments on two videos by YouTuber/TikTokker Papa Gut.

They wouldn't become known to the Daniel Larson community until 3 months later after they were shared on the R/Daniellarson.

In the comments, Elisabeth would go into further detail on a number of topics relating to Daniel, including Daniel's various disabilities (beyond autism, including schizophrenia and bipolar disorder), his history of physical violence against both her and Nancy Shimer, the interpersonal relationship between the three of them, and that Daniel's stint in jail was in relation to his treatment of them.

Although it is uncertain if Elisabeth can be trusted as a reliable narrator due to her tumultuous history with Daniel, the YouTube account which posted the comments has been verified as belonging to her.

Other Social Media Accounts

There are several TikTok accounts with her name, but none of them have been verified. Most of them re-upload videos from her YouTube channel to try and add validity, but some have caught the communities attention by leaving comments on Daniel's videos.