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 23 Aug 2025 11:41

"high/higher support needs" "low support needs" "fewer functional support needs" "more significant functional challenges" "significantly affected by the disorder" "more significantly affected by the disorder"? link.springer.com/article/10.1... more dubious unhelpful ill-defined etc autism categories

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Sarah G. Vassall, Ingrid Shragge, Hari Srinivasan, William J. Quackenbush, Mark T. Wallace (2025). Recommendations for Increasing Sample Diversity in Autism Research: Lessons from Multisensory Studies. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Springer Science and Business Media LLC.

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Post published on Bluesky on 22 Aug 2025 13:24

In autistic adults, "brain networks underlying inferences about both mental and bodily states"? molecularautism.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... "social brain network responses in autistic participants were less similar to the rest of the autistic group and more similar to the neurotypical group"?

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Jasmin M. Turner, Lisa Byrge, Hilary Richardson, Paola Galdi, Daniel P. Kennedy, Dorit Kliemann (2025). Social inference brain networks in autistic adults during movie-viewing: functional specialization and heterogeneity. Molecular Autism, 16(1), 42. Springer Science and Business Media LLC.

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Post published on Bluesky on 21 Aug 2025 12:25

A new field, "Critical Behavioral Studies (CRIBS)"? link.springer.com/article/10.1... "This project needs to be moved forward by a new generation of neurodiversity-affirming behavior analysts in collaboration with a broad range of advocates, including autistic behavior analysts & their allies..."?

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David Jackson-Perry, Elsa Suckle, Nick Chown, Jonathan Tarbox (2025). A Tactful Prompt: The Time is Right for Critical Behavioral Studies. Perspectives on Behavior Science, 48(3), 539-545. Springer Science and Business Media LLC.

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Post published on Bluesky on 20 Aug 2025 11:58

"experiences & situations that induce negative emotional reactions" in N=57 autistic &/or ADHD 11-15 year-olds, interviews, free acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... quote from an autistic 12 year-old: "When people sum autism up as a negative thing, it makes me feel like I am worthless..."

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Georgia Pavlopoulou, Susie Chandler, Steve Lukito, Myrofora Kakoulidou, Isabel Jackson, Elisa Ly, Maciej Matejko, Beta Balwani, et al. (2026). Upsetting experiences in the lives of neurodivergent young people: A qualitative analysis of accounts of adolescents diagnosed with attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder and/or autism. JCPP Advances, 6(2), e70038. Wiley.

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Post published on Bluesky on 19 Aug 2025 12:44

Criticism of ABA "conflicts with over half a century of evidence that ABA supports autonomy and enhances wellbeing of people with autism..."? link.springer.com/article/10.1... that ABA "evidence" features rock-bottom standards of science & ethics, is awash in COIs, ignores harms to autistics, etc

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Jason Travers, Matt Tincani (2025). In Defense of Applied Behavior Analysis and Evidence-Based Practice. Perspectives on Behavior Science, 48(3), 641-653. Springer Science and Business Media LLC.

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Post published on Bluesky on 18 Aug 2025 11:31

Registered: "aspects of the physical mainstream school environment that national and international research identifies as having a positive or negative impact on autistic students" www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/vie... systematic review including qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods studies

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Kate Simpson, Annetta Cayas, Abby Sesterka, Raechel Smart, Chris Paradisis, Louise White, Dawn Adams (2025). The effect of physical school environments on autistic students: A systematic review. CRD/PROSPERO. Griffith University, Autism Centre of Excellence LaTrobe University, Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre.

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Post published on Bluesky on 17 Aug 2025 11:09

Autistics (age 11-15) "were indeed reported to engage in greater hyperfocus, particularly per caregiver-reports. However, this elevated hyperfocus in participants’ daily lives did not translate into greater evidence of hyperfocus on laboratory tasks..."? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... free

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Patrick Dwyer, Andre Sillas, Clifford D. Saron, Susan M. Rivera (2025). Investigating autistic hyperfocus and monotropism: Limited convergence of event-related potentials, laboratory tasks, and questionnaire responses. Research in Autism, 127, 202683. Elsevier BV.

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Post published on Bluesky on 16 Aug 2025 12:54

30 1-hour sessions of sensory integration vs 30 1-hour sessions of ABA, vs no treatment, for autistics aged 6-9 years? N=99 3-arm RCT onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... finding no significant group differences on the 2 primary outcomes (PEDI-CAT & AMPS, both assessing daily living skills)? COIs

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Roseann C. Schaaf, Elizabeth M. Ridgway, Emily A. Jones, Rachel L. Dumont, John Foxe, Tim Conly, Catherine Sancimino, Misung Yi, et al. (2025). A Comparative Trial of Occupational Therapy Using Ayres Sensory Integration and Applied Behavior Analysis Interventions for Autistic Children. Autism Research, 18(10), 2120-2134. Wiley.

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Post published on Bluesky on 15 Aug 2025 12:46

"autistic and non-autistic people did not differ in their ability to share information with others of the same neurotype" but "this study did not find the expected breakdown in information transmission in mixed-neurotype interactions" journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... three-site UK & US study, free

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Charlotte E. H. Wilks, Sarah J. Foster, Michelle Dodd, Sue Fletcher-Watson, Martin Lages, Danielle Ropar, Noah J. Sasson, Catherine J. Crompton (2025). Visuospatial information transfer and task self-assessment within and between autistic and non-autistic adults. PLOS One, 20(8), e0329825. Public Library of Science (PLoS).

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Post published on Bluesky on 14 Aug 2025 12:20

"Early ‘unexpected bilingualism’ (UB) is highly prevalent among autistic children, even those who are minimally verbal" acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... note: UB is defined as "the use of at least one language not spoken in the child's social environment to name letters and/or numbers"

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David Gagnon, Alexia Ostrolenk, Laurent Mottron (2026). Early manifestations of unexpected bilingualism in minimally verbal autism. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 67(5), 652-662. Wiley.

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