Public @autismcrisis posts on Bluesky and Twitter/X

This page lists public posts integrated from @autismcrisis.bsky.social on Bluesky and archived posts from Twitter/X in one chronological feed. It supports reading, filtering and structured review of Michelle Dawson’s public posts used in the autism science watch project.

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Post published on Bluesky on 22 Mar 2026 10:33

For N=64 autistic children at kindergarten entry, parent-reported (CBCL) emotion dysregulation "severity levels"? N=44 (68.8%) had "typical" levels, N=16 (25%) had "moderate" levels, N=4 (6.2%) had "severe" levels? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... study without any comparison group, free

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Yeseul Shin, Deanna Swain, Jeongjin Kim, Seok‐Jun Hong, Catherine Lord, So Hyun Kim (2026). Emotion Dysregulation Predicts Impairments in Peer Interaction and Adaptive Functioning in Autistic Kindergartners. Autism Research, 19(5), e70225. Wiley.

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Post published on Bluesky on 21 Mar 2026 10:13

In autistic children, "autism-related approach–withdrawal behaviors"?--"a community detection algorithm revealed four 'communities' of behaviors: preference for predictability, sensory features, social communication, and dysregulated negative affect"? link.springer.com/article/10.1... free

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Gloria T. Han, Shashwat Kala, Adam Naples, Geraldine Dawson, Susan Faja, Frederick Shic, Sara Jane Webb, Catherine A. Sugar, et al. (2026). Conceptualizing Autism as a Behavioral Network: Transdiagnostic Associations with Co-occurring Psychiatric Conditions. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 54(2), 46. Springer Science and Business Media LLC.

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Post published on Bluesky on 20 Mar 2026 10:32

In N=2722 autistics aged 16-79 years (mean 40.5), age at diagnosis ranged from 0.7 to 75.5 years (mean 35.6) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... "gender identity was not a significant predictor of diagnostic delay" (i.e. "delays between the initial suspicion of autism and formal diagnosis")

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Amina Zohor Zidane Burgess, Wietske van der Zwaag, Kim Marie Jonkman, Sander Begeer (2026). Short Report—Diagnostic challenges in predominantly late-diagnosed gender-diverse autistic individuals: Age, delays, and perceived misdiagnoses. Autism, 13623613261425136. SAGE Publications.

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Post published on Bluesky on 19 Mar 2026 11:17

Against the "needs-led approach" of support without diagnosis for autism, ADHD, etc--"at the likely cost of... creating a generation of neurodivergent children and adults who are more distressed, more excluded, less understood, and more unequal"? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... commentary

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Jason Lang, Marion Rutherford, Ruchika Gajwani, Sebastian C K Shaw, Mary Doherty, Helen Minnis (2026). Support without identification: a regressive shift in neurodevelopmental care?. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, 10(6), 397-399. Elsevier BV.

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Post published on Bluesky on 18 Mar 2026 10:36

Mood & anxiety measures adapted for autistic adults, systematic review link.springer.com/article/10.1... of 32 studies, only 1 "included autistic individuals in the adaptation process"?--but this is "not accounting for studies authored by autistic researchers who did not explicitly indicate as such"

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Ellen Wilkinson, Alexis M. Brewe, Richard P. Hastings, Andrew Jahoda, Susan W. White, Vanessa H. Bal (2026). Adapting Measures of Anxiety and Mood Disorders for Use with Autistic Adults: A Systematic Review. Current Developmental Disorders Reports, 13(1), 4. Springer Science and Business Media LLC.

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Post published on Bluesky on 17 Mar 2026 11:17

"The Autistic SPACE framework was initially developed to improve health care for autistic people" & is now being promoted as "improving school environments for autistic young people" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... note: the benefits vs harms of Autistic SPACE have not yet been tested

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Chun-Hao Liu, Mary Doherty, Meng-Chuan Lai (2026). Autistic SPACE: clinician advocacy for improving school environments for autistic young people. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, 10(6), 399-401. Elsevier BV.

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Post published on Bluesky on 16 Mar 2026 09:36

Registered: autistics' experiences of monotropism, including "benefits (e.g. enjoyment, meaning, emotional regulation, learning or wellbeing)" & "challenges (e.g. attentional inertia, difficulty shifting focus, distress or burnout)" www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/vie... qualitative meta-synthesis

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Megan Hurry, Matthew Hollocks, Jiedi Lei (2026). A systematic review and meta-synthesis of monotropism-related experiences from the autistic perspective. CRD/PROSPERO. King's College London (KCL).

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Post published on Bluesky on 15 Mar 2026 10:54

Of N=630 autistic adults, N=261 "had a documented history of genetic testing"? & of N=238 where testing method was recorded, N=129 "had testing using a recommended method"? & N=34 had "any positive results" using "any recommended method"? link.springer.com/article/10.1... retrospective chart review

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Susanna B. Mierau, Robyn P. Thom, Caitlin T. Ravichandran, Amanda Nagy, Cashel Rice, Christina Macenski, Christopher J. Keary, Michelle L. Palumbo, et al. (2026). Genetic Testing History in Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Springer Science and Business Media LLC.

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Post published on Bluesky on 14 Mar 2026 10:41

The spontaneous vocabulary of autistic preschoolers who have limited language, vs existing lists of early vocabulary (e.g. MCDI)? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... autistics "used a variety of words tied to their personal interests and social contexts that were not captured by these lists"

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Eunji Kong, Yitong Jiang, Marina Crain, Wenjing Bao, Lynne Levato, Wendy Shih, Connie Kasari, Stephanie Shire (2026). Vocabulary of Autistic Preschool Children With Limited Language: Alignment With Early Word Inventories. Autism Research, 19(5), e70216. Wiley.

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Post published on Bluesky on 13 Mar 2026 10:38

"across three studies, we observed no significant differences in visual working memory performance between aphantasics and typical imagers, even when we took steps intended to make the tasks more challenging and sensitive" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... autism-relevant

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Kathryn F. Knight, Fraser Milton, Adam Zeman (2026). Aphantasia and visual working memory: No direct evidence of impaired visual working memory in aphantasics, either in behavioral performance or the accuracy of a multivoxel pattern classifier. Neuropsychologia, 226, 109430. Elsevier BV.

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