Public @autismcrisis posts on Bluesky and Twitter/X

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Post published on Bluesky on 12 Apr 2025 11:35

"it all started with one or two well-documented autistic individuals of high intelligence and exceptional gifts. These cases rapidly found their way into fiction that resonated with readers and viewers..."? journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... authors speculate on "dramatic changes" in autism, free

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Uta Frith, Chris D. Frith (2025). What Autism Taught Us About Our Social Nature. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 34(3), 157-162. SAGE Publications.

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Post published on Bluesky on 11 Apr 2025 13:04

ABA as "increasingly vulnerable to the risks associated with private equity"--e.g. "poor clinical outcomes for clients" & "even a tarnished reputation as a field"? link.springer.com/article/10.1... terrible standards of science & ethics in ABA research & practice have harmed autistics for decades

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Cody Morris (2025). Private Equity in Behavior Analysis: A Reckoning. Perspectives on Behavior Science, 48(3), 613-619. Springer Science and Business Media LLC.

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Post published on Bluesky on 10 Apr 2025 12:02

Behavior analysts (COIs) on the many ways functional analyses harm autistics link.springer.com/article/10.1... to mitigate the intended harms, "padded floors & walls"? "a paging system to alert the facility of potentially dangerous situations"? "electromagnetic locks on treatment room doors"? etc

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Katherine R. Brown, Casey Irwin Helvey, Michael P. Kranak, Abigail Lavin (2025). Functional Analysis Decision-Making Considerations. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 18(4), 1237-1254. Springer Science and Business Media LLC.

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Post published on Bluesky on 9 Apr 2025 11:57

Late registered: "the predictors of Autistic Burnout" & "the protective factors of Autistic Burnout" & "the most common outcomes of experiencing Autistic Burnout" & "How can autistic people recover from autistic burnout" etc www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/vie... mixed methods systematic review

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Charlotte Boatman, Hollie Storey, Pierre Violland, Bethany Oakley, Nick Puts, The Autistic Burnout Working Group (2025). A mixed-methods systematic review of Autistic Burnout: A community-driven perspective on predictors, protective factors, outcomes, and coping strategies.. CRD/PROSPERO. King's College London.

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Post published on Bluesky on 8 Apr 2025 13:16

Behavior analysts describe their elaborate system for tracking injuries to ABA staff onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... does any such system exist for tracking injuries to autistics caused by ABA-based procedures?--can't recall anything reported in the ABA literature, am I missing something?

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Samantha L. Hardesty, Brittney N. Workman, Shelby L. Quigley, Lynn G. Bowman (2025). Procedural Recommendations for Effective Staff Safety Monitoring Practices in ABA Organizations Serving Individuals With Challenging Behaviors. Behavioral Interventions, 40(2), e70015. Wiley.

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Post published on Bluesky on 7 Apr 2025 10:31

Registered: "proxy markers of neural excitation/inhibition (E/I) balance" in autistics vs typical controls, & "relationships between... proxy markers of E/I balance and the core behavioral and cognitive characteristics of autistic individuals"? www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/vie... systematic review

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Yizhuo Lyanne Zhang, Shohreh Kariminezhad, Marcos Sanches, Reza Zomorrodi, Christoph Zrenner, Hsiang-Yuan Lin, Sanjeev Kumar, Pushpal Desarkar (2025). Assessing neural excitation/inhibition balance in autism using electroencephalography, magnetoencephalography, and transcranial magnetic stimulation: a systematic review and meta-analysis. CRD/PROSPERO. Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH).

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Post published on Bluesky on 6 Apr 2025 11:24

Parents of young autistics asked if their child enjoys being read to by others?--37.5% respond "enjoys much," 43.8% "enjoys somewhat," 12.5% "indifferent," & 6.3% "tolerates but does not enjoy" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... vs parents of typical children--93.8%, 6.3%, 0%, & 0% respectively

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Meredith Pecukonis, Prerna Shankar, Keerti Daesety, Julia Cornwall, Lauren DeBoyes, Helen Tager-Flusberg (2025). Comparing shared book reading practices in autistic and neurotypical preschoolers. Research in Autism, 124, 202577. Elsevier BV.

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Post published on Bluesky on 5 Apr 2025 11:41

For typical children, same-language subtitles "may not support the earliest stages of learning to read" but "could be a useful tool for building reading fluency... in those children who have already achieved sufficient reading proficiency"? journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... autism-relevant, free

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Anastasiya Lopukhina, Walter J. B. van Heuven, Rebecca Crowley, Kathleen Rastle (2025). Where Do Children Look When Watching Videos With Same-Language Subtitles?. Psychological Science, 36(4), 223-236. SAGE Publications.

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Post published on Bluesky on 4 Apr 2025 12:13

How young autistics & their parents interact during play with vs without (typical) toys? journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... autistics "played with the toys in non-conventional ways" & parents "responded by trying to lead children to the 'expected' play, resulting in less harmonious interactions"

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David Oppenheim, Michal Mottes-Peleg, Smadar Dolev, Nurit Yirmiya (2025). Play interactions of autistic preschoolers with their mothers and fathers without toys yield more positive interactions than play with toys. Autism, 29(8), 1987-1997. SAGE Publications.

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Post published on Bluesky on 3 Apr 2025 12:52

Autistics "may be disproportionately at risk of substance use disorders"? journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... actual rates of SUDs: 6.52% of autistics vs 16.31% of non-autistics; in males, 6.04% of autistics vs 17.51% of non-autistics; in females, 8.21% of autistics vs 15.55% of non-autistics

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Victor Lushin, Steven Marcus, Sha Tao, Malitta Engstrom, Anne Roux, Lindsay Shea (2025). Comparing the prevalence of substance use disorders between persons with and without autism spectrum disorders. Autism, 29(7), 1674-1687. SAGE Publications.

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