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Futile reminder: there is still no literature at all on autistics experiencing human rights violations & challenging this legally (autism & the human rights law "system"), there are no papers much less a special issue
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How accurately do autistic adults detect "temporal correlations between sequences of probabilistically co-occurring visual events"?--"Contrary to our hypothesis, the autistic group always performed at least as well as the non-autistic group" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... free
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Lukas Vogelsang, Marin Vogelsang, Cindy E. Li, Margaret Kjelgaard, Annie Cardinaux, Charles A. Nelson, Pawan Sinha (2026). Intact Visual Correlation Detection in Autistic Adults. Autism Research, e70339. Wiley.
Link to cited sourceRegistered: "the influence of home and community physical environments on mental health & cognitive outcomes" in autism &/or ADHD, systematic review www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/vie... "To date, few reviews have specifically examined the impact of the physical environment on neurodivergent children"
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Wing Huen Jamie Ho, Eirini Flouri, William Mandy (2026). How do the characteristics of home and community physical environments impact mental health and cognitive outcomes in children with ASC and/or ADHD: A Systematic Review. CRD/PROSPERO. University College London.
Link to cited sourceAmong 8-16 year-olds, autistics "were disproportionately represented in the sample of individuals who attended the ED for suicidal crisis" link.springer.com/article/10.1... young autistics "are not receiving the help they need... earlier in the clinical care pathway, or once they reach the ED"
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Emma Ashworth, Pooja Saini, Claire Hanlon, Anna Hunt, Molly McCarthy, Sio Wynne, Vivienne Crosbie, Lucy Bray, et al. (2026). Over-Represented and Under-Served: Autistic Children and Young People Seeking Help for Suicidal Crisis in a UK Emergency Department. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Springer Science and Business Media LLC.
Link to cited sourceIn a review of recent studies, ABA competing stimulus assessments increase "challenging behavior" in many autistics & others, by up to 3178%--see Table 5, Fig 3? & no mention of resulting harms onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... & many studies use punishment too (response blocking)--ABA in 2026
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Samantha L. Breeman, Casey Irwin Helvey, Brian D. Greer (2026). Recent developments and future directions for competing stimulus assessments. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 59(4), e70074. Wiley.
Link to cited sourceIn bilingual environments, "minimally speaking autistic children flexibly adapt to their caregiver's language" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... "findings highlight that there is no compelling reason to advise against dual language exposure in minimally speaking autistic children"
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Pauline Maes, Maira Tafolla, Nurit Benrey, Nicole Rosen, Helen Tager‐Flusberg, Catherine Lord (2026). Language Adaptation of Young Bilingual Autistic Children During Semi‐Naturalistic Interactions With Their Caregivers. Autism Research, e70319. Wiley.
Link to cited sourceFor autistic adults, "higher support needs" means "a legally authorized representative"?--including autistics without ID & with graduate degrees journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... re the proxy-report EF vs anxiety & depression results, "conclusions about causality or directionality cannot be made"
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Ethan Greenstein, Nancy Raitano Lee, Goldie A. McQuaid, Gregory L. Wallace (2026). Executive Functioning Is Linked to Internalizing Symptoms in Autistic Adults With Higher Support Needs. Autism, 13623613261466302. SAGE Publications.
Link to cited source"a tool to guide the rigorous appraisal of neurodiversity affirming
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mental health research"? the tool assumes this research is beneficial (without assessing its benefits vs harms, risk of bias etc) & should be disseminated as policy, practice etc? journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... autism-relevant
Erin Hoare, Matthew Harrison, Sarah Timperley, Jessica Riordan, Jessica Rowlings, Darren Hedley, Claire M Brown, Bindi Bennett, et al. (2026). Towards Aligned, Responsive, and Rigorous Appraisal of Neurodiversity Affirming Mental Health Research: The Neurodiversity Appraisal Tool (NeuDAT ). Neurodiversity, 4, 27546330261464728. SAGE Publications.
Link to cited sourceRegistered: "What physical healthcare do Autistic adults receive?" "What barriers and facilitators to physical healthcare do Autistic people experience? Are these different for Autistic people with differing support needs?" etc www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/vie... "A realist review of reviews"?
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Aimee Grant, Amy Griffiths, Rebecca Ellis, Ami Nisa, Rachel Moseley, Christina Nicolaidis, Amy Brown (2026). Physical healthcare for Autistic adults: A realist review of reviews. CRD/PROSPERO. Swansea University, Swansea, U.K..
Link to cited sourceAutistics are anxious due to autism "exacerbating" anxiety mechanisms?--"intolerance of uncertainty" "repetitive negative thinking" "attentional biases" "intrusive mental imagery"? journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... note: that autistics have "actual negative experiences" gets a few brief mentions
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Rebecca J. Roberts-Davis, Francesca G. Happé, Alex Lau-Zhu (2026). Understanding Autistic Adults’ Psychological Experiences of Anxiety Problems: A Qualitative Interview Study. Autism, 30(8), 2117-2129. SAGE Publications.
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