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 Dec 2025 10:52

Registered: "Experiences of epistemic injustice... such as credibility deficits, dismissal, misrepresentation, silencing, or lack of interpretive resources" in neurodivergent adults ("diagnosed or self-identified as autistic &/or ADHD") in the UK www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/vie... systematic review

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Alexandra Bray, Judith Bruce-Golding, Konstantinos Moschouris (2025). Epistemic Injustice in Neurodivergent Adults in the UK: A Systematic Review of Lived Experience and Intersectional Influences. CRD/PROSPERO. University of Southampton.

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Post published on Bluesky on 21 Dec 2025 12:06

Behavior analysts still don't know how to interpret the data they collect using functional analyses--but functional analyses do harm autistics, e.g. in this study causing high rates of "hitting oneself in the head or banging head against a surface" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... ABA in 2025

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Jasmeen Kaur, Michelle A. Frank‐Crawford, John C. Borrero (2026). Unmasking social functions: Outcomes from a retrospective consecutive case series of 19 applications. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 59(1), e70045. Wiley.

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Post published on Bluesky on 20 Dec 2025 11:34

In autistic & ADHD 6-21 year-olds, "GI symptoms may be a feature of social communication deficits and restrictive-repetitive behaviors rather than a feature of a diagnosis"? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... cross-sectional study, "did not control for medications or behavioral therapies"

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Shane Cleary, Sarah Asbury, Russell J. Schachar, Jennifer Crosbie, Robert Nicolson, Rosanna Weksberg, Elizabeth Kelley, Jessica Jones, et al. (2026). Transdiagnostic Behavioral Phenotypes and Comorbid Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Neurodevelopmental Disorders: An Exploratory Study. Autism Research, 19(1), e70143. Wiley.

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Post published on Bluesky on 19 Dec 2025 12:06

"improving healthcare systems for autistic people requires understanding the interconnected complexity with other systems, such as social care budgets, housing and employment support"? journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... autism & participatory systems mapping, editorial (no mention of human rights)

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Megan Freeth, Daniel Poole, Victoria Newell, Kelly Scargill (2026). Participatory systems mapping: Can this approach improve how services work for autistic people?. Autism, 30(2), 263-268. SAGE Publications.

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Post published on Bluesky on 18 Dec 2025 12:28

On autism & functional neurological disorder, review, free journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... "autistic individuals who find it difficult to downweight noisy sensory input may be particularly prone to forming strongly weighted maladaptive priors that lead to functional symptoms"?

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Richard H Cole, Lily Smythe, Mark J Edwards, Francesca Happé, Timothy R Nicholson (2026). Exploring the autism and functional neurological disorder association: Considerations from biopsychosocial, neuropsychological and computational models. Autism, 30(2), 269-284. SAGE Publications.

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Post published on Bluesky on 17 Dec 2025 11:26

How autistic adults experience anxiety, 11-study qualitative systematic review, free link.springer.com/article/10.1... experiences ranged "from vague unease to acute panic" & autistics "did not always describe what they felt as 'anxiety' and often used words such as 'nerves', 'panic' and 'dread'"

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Andrea Bianca Da Silva, Emma Berry, Saskia Craig, Michail Doumas (2025). A Systematic Review of Autistic Adults’ Experiences of Anxiety From a Qualitative Perspective. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Springer Science and Business Media LLC.

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Post published on Bluesky on 16 Dec 2025 11:56

"Molehill Mountain" anxiety management app for autistic adults?--uncontrolled feasibility study, free onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... "while many participants experienced a reduction in anxiety symptom severity post-intervention, for others anxiety was relatively stable, or increased"

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Bethany Oakley, Charlotte A. Boatman, Saffron Baldoza, Amy Hearn, Colin Larkworthy, Rachel Kent, Ann Ozsivadjian, Sophie Doswell, et al. (2026). Feasibility Study of a Novel App‐Based Anxiety Intervention for Autistic People. Autism Research, 19(1), e70153. Wiley.

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Post published on Bluesky on 15 Dec 2025 10:47

Registered: "This is a feasibility study of psychological well-being groups for autistic teenagers, called an autism social identity group (a-island)" which is "facilitated by two adults, one of whom will be autistic" www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN18332093 planned N=70 RCT (a-island vs care as usual)

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Post published on Bluesky on 14 Dec 2025 11:36

Precision grip performance in autistics vs non-autistics aged 30-73 years--"autistic adults showed several differences in grip performance, including overshooting the target force, greater variability in grip force, and releasing their grip too early"? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... free

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Zheng Wang, Hang Qu, Danielle Christensen, Hanna M. Gemmell, Ellen M. Parks, Kyla E. Wetherington, Ann‐Marie Orlando, Regilda A. Romero, et al. (2026). Atypical Visually Guided Precision Grip Control in Middle‐Aged and Older Autistic Adults. Autism Research, 19(2), e70154. Wiley.

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Post published on Bluesky on 13 Dec 2025 11:59

Autistic views of identity- vs person-first language (IFL vs PFL), review link.springer.com/article/10.1... the authors recommend IFL for presenting to "autistic and neurodiversity advocacy movement members"--but PFL for "writing up a study about people with autism and intellectual disabilities"?

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Rachel K. Schuck, Lacey Chetcuti, Patrick Dwyer, Katarina Milosavljevic, Simon M. Bury, Darren Hedley, Sander Begeer, Giacomo Vivanti, et al. (2025). Preferences for Identity-First and Person-First Language: A Systematic Review of Research With Autistic Adults/Adults With Autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Springer Science and Business Media LLC.

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