Public @autismcrisis posts on Bluesky and Twitter/X

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Post published on Bluesky on 2 Dec 2025 13:00

To study data collection, behavior analysts conduct unethical functional analyses that cause autistics to repeatedly hit themselves--e.g., one autistic hit his head >2000 times? (see Fig 3, self-hitting was blocked only "when it exceeded 10s") journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... this is ABA in 2025

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Leslie Neely, Katherine Holloway, Samantha Miller, Karen Cantero, Adel Alaeddini, Sakiko Oyama (2026). Wearable Technology to Measure the Occurrence of Self-Injury During a Functional Analysis. Behavior Modification, 50(3), 163-191. SAGE Publications.

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Post published on Bluesky on 1 Dec 2025 10:52

Registered: aiming "to synthesise existing evidence on autistic burnout within workplace and educational settings, identifying its defining features, contributing factors, impacts, and potential supports" www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/vie... systematic review of studies published 2015 to the present

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Shejmin Akhtar, Anam Elahi, Idalmis Santiesteban (2025). Autistic burnout in employment contexts: A qualitative systematic review. CRD/PROSPERO. University of Liverpool.

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Post published on Bluesky on 30 Nov 2025 11:49

In which autistic children trying to stop ABA have "low motivation" or "a skill deficit"?--& in which autistics show "problem behavior" when "preferred items were introduced and then removed during instruction as is done during a typical DTT session" link.springer.com/article/10.1... more ABA harms

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Jacqueline Weber, Mary Jane Weiss, Kelly Ferris (2025). Training Instructors to Support Assent and Assent Withdrawal During Instruction for Students with Disabilities. Behavior Analysis in Practice. Springer Science and Business Media LLC.

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Post published on Bluesky on 29 Nov 2025 11:15

"the 'broad autism phenotype' conceptualization is now fading, and the field is moving toward a binary model (autistic or non-autistic)"? "a more transdiagnostic focus would be beneficial for improving treatment models"? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... report on assessing autism in adults

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Aspasia Stacey Rabba, Linnea Lampinen, Phoebe Meldrum, Patrick Dwyer, Mikle South, Lauren Taylor, Mirko Uljarevic, Vanessa H. Bal (2025). Understanding Barriers to Assessment and Diagnosis of Autism in Adulthood: Where Are We Now and How Do We Move Forward?. Autism Research, 18(12), 2362-2367. Wiley.

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Post published on Bluesky on 28 Nov 2025 12:15

"disparities in ABA services for autistic children"?--authors' poorly-sourced & ill-founded premise is that ABA is beneficial (vs harmful) & more ABA is better (e.g. "ABA is most effective when... delivered at a high intensity") journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... no, not in an ABA journal, free

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Diondra Straiton-Webster, Brooke Ingersoll (2026). Short report: Disparities in hours of applied behavior analysis services for Medicaid-enrolled autistic youth. Autism, 30(4), 1108-1114. SAGE Publications.

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Post published on Bluesky on 27 Nov 2025 13:00

Comparing self-harm & suicidality in autistic vs non-autistic adults aged 40-93 years (mean age 60) link.springer.com/article/10.1... 55% of autistics, vs 13.3% of non-autistics, responded "yes" to the question, "Have you deliberately harmed yourself, whether or not you meant to end your life?"

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Sophie Roper, Rebecca Charlton, Francesca Happé, Gavin R. Stewart (2025). Self-harm and suicidality experiences of autistic and non-autistic adults in midlife and old age. Molecular Autism, 16(1), 58. Springer Science and Business Media LLC.

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Post published on Bluesky on 26 Nov 2025 12:04

On "autistic people with complex support needs (CSN)"?--"a group of autistic people who are persistently and profoundly disabled"? "there is some controversy over identifying this group of people within the autistic population at all"? journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... editorial, free

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Sarah Donald, Holly Elizabeth Anne Sutherland, Sue Fletcher-Watson (2026). Doing research in services for autistic people with complex support needs: Challenges and considerations based on UK experiences. Autism, 30(1), 3-8. SAGE Publications.

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Post published on Bluesky on 25 Nov 2025 12:26

Behavior analysts on autism, ABA, & "ableism"?--promoting ABA as "having contributed to effective instruction, behavior assessment, and intervention strategies designed to meet the highly individualized needs of Autistic people"? link.springer.com/article/10.1... awash in abysmal ABA standards, free

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Jennifer J. McComas, Claudia Drossel, Shawnna Sundberg, Mari-Luci Cerda, Susan Wilczynski, Hannah S. Beavis (2026). Ableism in Applied Behavior Analysis: Historical Context of Services for Autistic People. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 19(2), 667-677. Springer Science and Business Media LLC.

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Post published on Bluesky on 24 Nov 2025 10:52

Registered: in adults, aiming to "compare QoL scores... in neurotypical and neurodivergent populations" & "compare QoL scores... across different neurodivergent individuals (autism, ADHD, specific learning disorders, and Tourette syndrome)" www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/vie... systematic review

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Saskia Howe de la Torre, Andrew Surtees, Bethany Purcell (2025). Transdiagnostic Neurodiversity and Wellbeing: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Quality of Life in Adults. CRD/PROSPERO. University of Birmingham.

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Post published on Bluesky on 23 Nov 2025 11:40

"a higher number of co-occurring conditions was associated with a later age of autism... diagnosis"? link.springer.com/article/10.1... "Depression and ADHD were associated with later autism... diagnoses" but "Conversely, earlier autism... diagnosis was linked with intellectual disability and OCD"?

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Brian C. Kavanaugh, Danielle G. St Pierre, Christine Schremp, Asher Robbins, Carrie R. Best, Richard N. Jones, Stephen J. Sheinkopf, Eric M. Morrow (2025). Later Age of Autism Diagnosis in Children with Multiple Co-Occurring Psychiatric Disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Springer Science and Business Media LLC.

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