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 Nov 2025 12:00

On "imbalance and mismatch between cognitive and emotional empathy" www.cell.com/trends/cogni... "Empathic disequilibrium may be of particular interest in autism since emotional empathy dominance was linked to nonsuicidal self-injury among autistic people, suggesting it may be distressing for some"

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Ido Shalev, Florina Uzefovsky (2026). Empathic disequilibrium: theoretical implications and clinical relevance. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 30(7), 585-598. Elsevier BV.

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Post published on Bluesky on 21 Nov 2025 11:49

Impression management "includes camouflaging" & "reflects a universal human drive"? www.nature.com/articles/s41... "camouflaging, as measured by CAT-Q items derived from autistic people’s lived experiences, converges with the general population’s intention to engage in impression management"?

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Wei Ai, Y. Andre Wang, William A. Cunningham, Meng-Chuan Lai (2025). Intentional use and self-efficacy as distinct facets of impression management and their relationships with socio-motivational, cognitive, and mental health factors. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 41050-41050. Springer Science and Business Media LLC.

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Post published on Bluesky on 20 Nov 2025 12:06

ADOS stability in autism baby sibs? e.g. 27% of those who are ADOS negative at 24 months are ADOS positive at 36 months acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... "approximately 60% of those without a clinical best estimate of autism scored above the ADOS autism spectrum cut-off at least once..."

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Sarah Schaubroeck, Ellen Demurie, Jannath Begum‐Ali, Sven Bölte, Sofie Boterberg, Jan Buitelaar, Tony Charman, Terje Falck‐Ytter, et al. (2026). The stability of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule‐2 in children aged 14–36 months with elevated likelihood for autism. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 67(6), 869-880. Wiley.

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Post published on Bluesky on 19 Nov 2025 11:26

"the term ‘profound Autism’ does not say anything about that person’s support needs, and can imply that those who do not meet the criteria for ‘profound Autism’ cannot be profoundly disabled..."? what criteria? journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... neurodiversity terminology online survey, free

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Aimee Grant, Jennifer Leigh, Monique Botha, Stephen J. Macdonald, Kathryn Williams, Gemma Williams, Kieran Rose, Ann Memmott, et al. (2025). ‘A Lovely Safe Umbrella to Describe Yourself With’ or ‘Meaningless’: An Online Survey of UK-Based Neurodivergent Adults’ Views of Neurodiversity-Related Terminology. Neurodiversity, 3, 27546330251390590. SAGE Publications.

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Post published on Bluesky on 18 Nov 2025 12:31

In autistics (N=1354, age 4-21) "hospitalized in specialized psychiatric units," rate of epilepsy is 18.9%? link.springer.com/article/10.1... in this study, "profound autism" now means "either intellectual disability, minimal verbal communication, or very low adaptive functioning scores"?

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Kate Kielty, Kexin Luo, Matthew Siegel, Carla A. Mazefsky (2025). Epilepsy in Autism: Prevalence and Associated Factors in a Large Inpatient Psychiatric Sample. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Springer Science and Business Media LLC.

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Post published on Bluesky on 17 Nov 2025 10:50

Registered: in autistics, "What factors at earlier developmental stages are associated with health, social, and economic outcomes at subsequent developmental stages" www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/vie... systematic review, "Studies must include longitudinal data spanning different developmental stages"

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Camilla Fasano, Magdalena Walbaum, Michael Clark, Martin Knapp (2025). Factors associated with health, social, and economic outcomes across the life course among autistic people: A systematic review. CRD/PROSPERO. London School of Economics.

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Post published on Bluesky on 16 Nov 2025 11:24

In the "Schools Unified in Neurodiversity" (SUN) program, one key strategy (see Table 2) is a "PBIS system"?--but where is the definition/explanation of PBIS here (which elsewhere means ABA)? journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... "This project aimed to transform schools for neurodivergent children"?

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Kelly B Beck, Amy Ionadi, Timothy Wagner, Daniel Beck, Rachel Harris, Stephen Edwards, Donna Westbrooks-Martin, Jamie Upshaw, et al. (2026). The Schools Unified in Neurodiversity Collaborative: Co-designing a program to enhance educator knowledge and efficacy supporting children with neurodevelopmental disabilities. Autism, 30(2), 412-425. SAGE Publications.

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Post published on Bluesky on 15 Nov 2025 11:54

"interventions appear capable of changing attentional patterns in autism" but "it remains uncertain if such changes translate into functional gains in daily social communication, adaptive behavior, or overall quality of life"? what about harms? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... free

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Christy D. Yoon, Yan Xia, Adriana Kaori Terol, Hedda Meadan, Frederick Shic (2025). Eye Tracking as a Treatment Monitoring Tool for Autism: A Multilevel Meta‐Analysis. Autism Research, 18(12), 2548-2565. Wiley.

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Post published on Bluesky on 14 Nov 2025 12:33

Assessing the literature, finding "serious flaws, inconsistencies, and contradictions that... undermine any claims about the involvement of the gut microbiome in autism" & "in many of the studies... some or all of the authors have competing commercial interests" www.cell.com/neuron/fullt... free

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Kevin J. Mitchell, Darren L. Dahly, Dorothy V.M. Bishop (2026). Conceptual and methodological flaws undermine claims of a link between the gut microbiome and autism. Neuron, 114(2), 196-211. Elsevier BV.

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Post published on Bluesky on 13 Nov 2025 11:42

Autistics (vs non-autistics) "are less likely to make errors in self-assessments of their cognitive performance"? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... "findings provide valuable insights into both the cognitive strengths of autistic individuals and the mechanisms underlying metacognitive biases"

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Lorne M. Hartman, Harley Glassman, Braxton L. Hartman (2026). Reduced Susceptibility to the Dunning–Kruger Effect in Autistic Employees. Autism Research, 19(1), e70139. Wiley.

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