Public @autismcrisis posts on Bluesky and Twitter/X

My blog "is probably written by a male...between 51-65 years old. The writing style is academic & happy most of the time" http://j.mp/cWIjXb

"all...would have been better off if the kid had never been born" & other @autismspeaks inspired views re autistic lives http://j.mp/9RaD08

Recent blog referrals: "laughing in inappropriate situations autism" "is laughing too much related to autism" "do autistic children laugh"

Under specific task demands, autistics can process facial identity & affect more independently than nonautistics http://j.mp/djfn3f

Social skills dept: autistics may have difficulty learning courtesy because of how seldom we experience it http://j.mp/bYz4vl

@CorinaBecker yep...and (also from blog referrals) some people want to know how to *stop* autistics from laughing.

Are you at risk of being SIBS-A-BAP? http://j.mp/95uNIX Just a reminder that any trait or ability associated with autism is considered bad.

Learned via blog referrals: many people out there want to know how, whether, why, when, where, etc, autistic people laugh.

So there will be DSM-5 autism field trials http://j.mp/cUERjt while there is still no trace of much-hyped DSM-5 autism "severity" criteria

Uncritical reporting of evidence-free claims, some from service providers, re ABA-based autism treatment http://bit.ly/9rtsEc via @lizditz