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 Jun 2025 10:31

Registered: "how assisted augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) impacts self-determination (specifically autonomy, competence, and relatedness) in autistic people" & "factors that may influence AAC's impact on self-determination" www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/vie... systematic review

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Charlotte Gardhouse, Hjördis Lorenz, Jiedi Lei (2025). Exploring Self-Determination in Autistic People Who Use Assisted Augmentative and Alternative Communication: A Systematic Review and Meta-Synthesis. CRD/PROSPERO. University of Oxford.

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Post published on Bluesky on 22 Jun 2025 11:19

Authors (COIs) aim "to improve the ability to detect deviation from neurotypical symptom and skill levels" in autistics?--ergo to monitor autistics "as they approach and (hopefully) return to the neurotypical range with intervention"? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... no mention of harms, free

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Thomas W. Frazier, Katie Huba, Allison R. Frazier, Rebecca A. Womack, Eric A. Youngstrom, Lacey Chetcuti, Antonio Y. Hardan, Mirko Uljarevic (2025). Maximizing accurate detection of divergence from normative expectation in behavioral intervention outcome assessment. Research in Autism, 126, 202646. Elsevier BV.

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Post published on Bluesky on 21 Jun 2025 11:09

Response blocking, an ABA punishment procedure, "is frequently used by both practitioners and researchers in the treatment of problem behavior" but "may worsen problem behavior by producing undesirable increases in the targeted behavior" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... autism-relevant, free

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Cara L. Phillips, Meghan A. Deshais, Timothy R. Vollmer, Jennifer R. Zarcone (2025). Preliminary Outcomes From a Brief Response Blocking Assessment. Behavioral Interventions, 40(3), e70020. Wiley.

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Post published on Bluesky on 20 Jun 2025 11:22

See behavior analysts try to reduce "motor stereotypy" (e.g. hand-flapping, tapping fingertips) in autistics aged 10-16 years (who have received 6-9 years of ABA services)--including by using punishment (response blocking) & food reinforcers onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... ABA in 2025, free

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Samantha L. Breeman, Jason C. Vladescu, Tina M. Sidener, Ruth M. DeBar, Danielle Gureghian (2025). Generalized target behavior reductions and maintenance of effects following an augmented competing stimulus assessment sequence. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 58(3), 573-594. Wiley.

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Post published on Bluesky on 19 Jun 2025 11:55

"Although commonly used to evaluate health interventions, cluster randomized trials raise difficult ethical issues" researchintegrityjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... the first steps towards an update addressing gaps in the existing ethics guidance & recommendations, autism-relevant, free

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Cory E. Goldstein, Jessica du Toit, Nicholas B. Murphy, Stuart G. Nicholls, Julia F. Shaw, Fernando Althabe, Ariella Binik, Jamie Brehaut, et al. (2025). Gaps in the Ottawa Statement on the Ethical Design and Conduct of Cluster Randomized Trials: a citation analysis reveals a need for updated ethics guidelines. Research Integrity and Peer Review, 10(1), 10-10. Springer Science and Business Media LLC.

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Post published on Bluesky on 18 Jun 2025 11:53

In this study, "challenging behavior" in autistics includes "motor stereotypy, defined as repetitive movement with one’s hands (specific topographies included hand flapping, tapping, and hair twirling)"?--and this is targeted for reduction? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... ABA in 2025, COIs

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Amanda L. Verriden, Eileen M. Roscoe, Katherine R. Rousseau, Jeffrey Kalles, Jemma Cook (2025). Competition and preference in the treatment of automatically reinforced challenging behavior. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 58(3), 624-641. Wiley.

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Post published on Bluesky on 17 Jun 2025 12:39

"An account centered on information-processing hierarchies in autism will help unravel the neural mechanisms of autism, clarify the association between system-level substrates and observable atypicalities, and enhance differential diagnosis..."? www.cell.com/trends/cogni... TICS review, free

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Boris C. Bernhardt, Sofie L. Valk, Seok-Jun Hong, Isabelle Soulières, Laurent Mottron (2025). Autism-related shifts in the brain’s information processing hierarchy. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 29(10), 942-955. Elsevier BV.

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Post published on Bluesky on 16 Jun 2025 10:57

Registered: investigating "the overlap between post-traumatic symptoms...& core autism-related behaviors" in 0-18 yr-olds, "with a focus on identifying potential diagnostic confusion or misclassification"? www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/vie... systematic review ("A full protocol has not been written"?)

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Allison Uvelli, Erica Pugliese, Carolina Papa, Federica Visco-Comandini, Giulia Marselli (2025). Exploring Symptom Overlap Between Trauma-Related Disorders and Autism Spectrum Disorder in Youth: A Systematic Review. CRD/PROSPERO. University of Siena, University of Rome, University of Amsterdam, School of Cognitive Psychotherapy.

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Post published on Bluesky on 15 Jun 2025 11:31

"interactions between autistic and non-autistic adults were generally rated as less pleasant than interactions between two non-autistic adults" "autistic and comparison observers formed similar impressions" molecularautism.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... ratings based on silent outline-only videos

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Irene S. Plank, Ralf Tepest, Kai Vogeley, Christine M. Falter-Wagner (2025). The influence of interpersonal synchrony and autism on impressions of dyadic interactions: a preregistered study. Molecular Autism, 16(1), 34. Springer Science and Business Media LLC.

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Post published on Bluesky on 14 Jun 2025 12:22

On autism, movement & Parkinson's disease (PD), important, free www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... "If it is the case that older autistic individuals are sometimes falsely diagnosed with PD on the basis of outward appearances... the PD diagnosis procedure must be overhauled to guard against this"

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Lydia J. Hickman, Jennifer L. Cook (2025). High rates of Parkinson’s disease diagnosis in the autistic population: True co-occurrence or a product of overlapping traits?. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 176, 106261. Elsevier BV.

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