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 12 Oct 2025 11:15

Imposter participants "may be pervasive across any online research opportunity, especially those which involve a payment incentive, including quantitative surveys, qualitative interviews, online focus groups, and PPIE opportunities" acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... autism-relevant, free

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Brian C.F. Ching, Cornelius Ani, Angie Pitt, Sharon Eager, Emily Simonoff, Johnny Downs (2026). Editorial Perspective: A call for action on imposter participants in child and adolescent mental health research. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 31(2), 149-152. Wiley.

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Post published on Bluesky on 11 Oct 2025 12:39

For autism interventions, "there has been a view, persisting in some settings, that rigorous research designs are less possible, necessary, or applicable..." & "that ethical and practical challenges limit the use of such methods" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... INSAR SIG report, free

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Shannon LaPoint, Claire Brito Klein, Micheal Sandbank, Kristen Bottema‐Beutel, Sue Fletcher‐Watson, Gauri Divan, Dagmara Dimitriou, Evdokia Anagnostou, et al. (2025). Maximizing the Quality and Reporting Standards of Autism Intervention Science. Autism Research, 18(11), 2166-2173. Wiley.

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Post published on Bluesky on 10 Oct 2025 13:39

Both autistics & non-autistics show "a robust self-bias in effort-based decisions, choosing to exert more effort for themselves than for others..."? "neither group showed overall differences between same & different neurotype others when making decisions"? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... free

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Peter Rush, Connor T. Keating, Selma Lugtmeijer, Evie Allmark, Anna Davis, Aradhna Beejadhur, Amy Tarling, Samuel Hannon, et al. (2025). Autistic and non-autistic prosocial decision-making: The impact of recipient neurotype. Research in Autism, 128, 202710. Elsevier BV.

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Post published on Bluesky on 9 Oct 2025 12:54

"clothing-related tactile sensitivity has significant, widespread effects on autistic adults’ lives including their appearance satisfaction, self-esteem, and their clothing options and choices"? journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... based on online survey results, mixed methods study, free

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Amanda Ferrer Knight, Deirdre Birtles (2025). ‘I feel trapped in my safe clothes’: The impact of tactile hyper-sensitivity on autistic adults. Autism, 29(11), 2727-2740. SAGE Publications.

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Post published on Bluesky on 8 Oct 2025 11:45

In an autistic child (age 5), targeting "whining" ("Emission of dissatisfied statements or sounds 2.5s or longer at speech level volume or higher") & crying ("Tears and facial contortions with or without vocal accompaniment") as "problem behavior"? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... ABA in 2025

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Elizabeth Parthum, Griffin Rooker, Kwadwo Britwum, Billie Retzlaff (2025). Application of Abductive Reasoning in Synthesized Contingency Assessments. Behavioral Interventions, 40(4), e70046. Wiley.

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Post published on Bluesky on 7 Oct 2025 12:45

"Supporting Toddlers with a connection to autism or ADHD to develop strong Attention, Regulation and Thinking skills" (START)?--"a neurodiversity-affirming programme"? with "extensive patient and public involvement"? pilotfeasibilitystudies.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... feasibility RCT protocol

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Alexandra Hendry, Maryna Nosyk, Victoria Hulks, Jemma Hudson, Lynda Constable, Tony Charman, Sandra Mathers, Sinead Rhodes, et al. (2025). Protocol for a feasibility randomized control trial of the Supporting Toddlers with a connection to autism or ADHD to develop Strong Attention, Regulation, and Thinking skills (START) programme. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 11(1), 122-122. Springer Science and Business Media LLC.

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Post published on Bluesky on 6 Oct 2025 10:46

Registered: aiming to "add on to existing knowledge regarding camouflaging in autism by understanding if and how language and communication challenges, specifically language or verbal ability, influence camouflaging" www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/vie... systematic review of quantitative studies

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Nicole Pei Ching Ooi, Courtenay Norbury, Alana Loewenberger (2025). The Role of Language and Communication Challenges in Autism Masking. CRD/PROSPERO. University College London.

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Post published on Bluesky on 5 Oct 2025 10:48

"neither autism nor autism traits lead to suboptimal... decision-making" & "autism leads to less exploration while more autism traits did not (or even to more exploration)" molecularautism.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... "results caution against extrapolating findings from trait studies to autism"

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Fien Goetmaeckers, Judith Goris, Jan R. Wiersema, Tom Verguts, Senne Braem (2025). Different exploration strategies along the autism spectrum: diverging effects of autism diagnosis and autism traits. Molecular Autism, 16(1), 47-47. Springer Science and Business Media LLC.

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Post published on Bluesky on 4 Oct 2025 11:13

Aiming to "explain how, why, & when general practice supports autistic people, where this support is less than optimal, & why" & "develop guidance for general practices & autistic patients, to help improve healthcare" systematicreviewsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... realist review protocol

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Kelly Birtwell, Claire Planner, Tracy Epton, Emma Gowen, Emily Corsellis, Monique Botha, Sophie Longley, Ghafaria Khan, et al. (2025). Optimising general practice support for autistic adults: a realist review protocol. Systematic Reviews, 14(1), 184-184. Springer Science and Business Media LLC.

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Post published on Bluesky on 3 Oct 2025 11:20

In the recent (2020-24) ABA literature, 176 articles reported on functional analyses, of which a total of 20 (11.36%) included any assessment of their social validity?--& "no articles... assessed client preferences for functional analyses"? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... autism-relevant

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Meredith J. Stephens, Megan A. Wessel, Isaac J. Melanson, Michael P. Kranak (2025). A concise review of social validity assessments during functional analyses of challenging behavior. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 58(4), 896-905. Wiley.

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