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 2 Nov 2025 12:45

On ability vs propensity ("frequency & depth with which an individual actually tends to perform a function") www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... e.g., autistics "are able to represent what others think of them, but have a reduced propensity to allow this information alone to dictate their actions"

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Nathan Torunsky, Iris Vilares, Wilma Koutstaal (2026). Development and application of the propensity/ability framework in alexithymia: “Do you” versus “Can you” engage with your emotions?. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 180, 106447. Elsevier BV.

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Post published on Bluesky on 1 Nov 2025 10:16

In autism &/or ADHD, the emotional burden hypothesis--"an explanation of depression risk... not in terms of regulatory deficits within the individual but rather to their experiences of extrinsic adverse events and encounters in their everyday lives" acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... free

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Edmund J. S. Sonuga‐Barke, Melanie Palmer, Kirsty Griffiths, Anna Wyatt, Andrea Danese, Susie Chandler, Daniel Stahl, Steve Lukito, et al. (2026). Why do attention‐deficit/hyperactive disorder and/or autism traits place adolescents at risk for depression? Protocol for a longitudinal comparison of the mediating role of emotion regulation deficits versus emotional burden. JCPP Advances, 6(1), e70052. Wiley.

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Post published on Bluesky on 31 Oct 2025 11:23

"In multifeature designs, autistic adults showed larger MMN amplitudes, whereas autistic children and adolescents displayed reduced MMN amplitudes"? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... "findings may reflect a developmental shift toward high and inflexible prediction errors in autistic adults"?

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Laurie‐Anne Sapey‐Triomphe, Romain Bouet, Jérémie Mattout, Sandrine Sonié, Christina Schmitz, Françoise Lecaignard (2025). Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of Mismatch Negativity in Autism: Insights Into Predictive Mechanisms. Autism Research, 18(12), 2431-2450. Wiley.

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Post published on Bluesky on 30 Oct 2025 12:16

Replicating previous findings, "autistic adults were more prosocial than non-autistic adults towards more socially distant others" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... "While autistic people often face challenges navigating their social worlds, autism can also be associated with more generosity"

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Paul AG Forbes, Gillian Hughes, Leonhard Schilbach, Sarah White, Tobias Kalenscher (2026). Increased prosocial value orientation in autistic adults. Autism, 30(2), 538-543. SAGE Publications.

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Post published on Bluesky on 28 Oct 2025 10:18

Finding "autistic girls experienced more anxiety problems than autistic boys... this difference slightly increased with age and IQ" & not finding "strong evidence for sex/gender differences in overall internalizing problems or depression symptoms"? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... free

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Elna H. Suominen, Calliope A. Chen, Andrew Dunlop, Rob Saunders, William Mandy (2025). Sex/Gender Differences in Internalizing Problems of Autistic Children and Young People: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. Elsevier BV.

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Post published on Bluesky on 27 Oct 2025 09:39

Registered: "average age at autism diagnosis" & "factors that influence average age at autism diagnosis (e.g., geographical location, socioeconomic status, gender identity, co-occurring mental health, year of publication)" www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/vie... systematic review of studies from 2019-25

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Lauren Burton, Matthew Hollocks, Kate Tchanturia (2025). Age at autism diagnosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis from 2019-2025. CRD/PROSPERO. King's College London.

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Post published on Bluesky on 26 Oct 2025 10:24

"to avoid ableist language" using "meltdowns" instead of "challenging behavior"? journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... & meltdowns in autism are "actions posing physical or emotional harm to the individual or others that impacted learning or functioning. This could include stereotypy or stimming..."?

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Art Dowdy, Saehee An, Fernando Roldan (2026). Quality, Rigor, and Outcomes of Antecedent Exercise Strategies for Supporting Autistic Individuals: A Synthesis and Multilevel Meta-Analysis. Exceptional Children, 92(4), 463-482. SAGE Publications.

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Post published on Bluesky on 25 Oct 2025 12:28

Autistics "are generally safe drivers, with similar-to-lower rates of police-reported crashes and moving violations as non-autistic peers"--so the authors claim that autistic drivers need "additional supports" "specialized guidance & training" etc? link.springer.com/article/10.1... qualitative study

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Haley J. Bishop, Morgan O’Donald, Emma B. Sartin, Rachel K. Myers, Christina Labows, Benjamin E. Yerys, Allison E. Curry (2025). Driving Toward Independence: Perspectives From Autistic Adolescents and Their Families. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Springer Science and Business Media LLC.

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Post published on Bluesky on 24 Oct 2025 11:35

Co-occurring autism, catatonia, & psychosis?--scoping review finds 17 papers, free link.springer.com/article/10.1... "studies failed to describe how the three diagnostic constructs were differentiated from each other" "symptoms were somewhat arbitrarily attributed to one construct versus the other"

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Johan Nyrenius, Eric Zander, Mohammad Ghaziuddin, Neera Ghaziuddin (2025). Co-occurrence of Autism, Psychosis and Catatonia: A Scoping Review. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Springer Science and Business Media LLC.

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Post published on Bluesky on 23 Oct 2025 11:19

Autistic children deprioritize faces in arrays of images? psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-... autistics "tend to visually explore images containing social and nonsocial information in a more heterogeneous way than NT individuals, whose visual attention is rapidly and homogenously captured by faces"

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Jason W. Griffin, Hope C. Willis, Kelsey Dommer, Adam Naples, Geraldine Dawson, Shafali Jeste, Susan Faja, Raphael Bernier, et al. (2026). Reduced social prioritization: An underlying mechanism driving slower latency to look at faces in autism.. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, 135(2), 330-339. American Psychological Association (APA).

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