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 13 Mar 2025 10:40

"autism or autistic traits" measures used with older adults, systematic review, free www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... "There is a vital need for future research with autistic people over 50 years of age to establish the validity and reliability of any screening and assessment measures utilised"

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Jonathan Summerill, Charlotte Leedale, Daniel Thompson, Barry Ingham, Louise Rutter (2025). Psychometric properties of autism screening tools and assessment measures used in research involving people aged 50 and above: A systematic review. Research in Autism, 123, 202557. Elsevier BV.

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Post published on Bluesky on 12 Mar 2025 10:20

"Empower-Autism" vs treatment as usual, RCT results, free www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... "Clear differences between groups were not found for parenting stress, parenting self-efficacy, family emotional climate, child adaptive behaviour, or child emotional and behavioural difficulties"

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Kathy Leadbitter, Sophie Langhorne, Richard Smallman, Petrina Chu, Ceri Ellis, Louisa Harrison, Tessa Hutton, Charlotte Butter, et al. (2025). Clinical effectiveness of an online psychoeducational and psychotherapeutic programme for caregivers of children newly diagnosed as autistic: a parallel, assessor-masked, randomised controlled trial in the UK (REACH-ASD). The Lancet Psychiatry, 12(4), 289-302. Elsevier BV.

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Post published on Bluesky on 11 Mar 2025 11:09

"after Dylan’s appointment, he... started in an ABA program for 40-hours per week... one year later, mom reports Dylan is excited every morning to go to ABA therapy, has shown great progress..."? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... this is fiction, unethically used to push ABA for autism (COIs)

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Yumi Kovic, Gabrielle D. Dallas, Joanne L. Andrade, Lindsay A. Lloveras, Kerri P. Peters, Takahiro Soda (2025). The Rapid Autism Assessment: Reducing Barriers to Behavioral Intervention Services. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 64(12), 1380-1385. Elsevier BV.

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Post published on Bluesky on 10 Mar 2025 09:57

Meta-analysis results "suggest no significant group differences between autistic and non-autistic individuals in auditory or visual oddball perception, recognition, or neural signatures" link.springer.com/article/10.1... "we found no study-level evidence to support any prediction-related hypothesis"

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Sarah G. Vassall, William J. Quackenbush, Mark T. Wallace (2025). Minimal Differences in Auditory and Visual Oddball Tasks in Autism: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Springer Science and Business Media LLC.

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Post published on Bluesky on 9 Mar 2025 11:13

Comparing 2-16 year-olds with TSC (tuberous sclerosis complex) who are (N=28) vs aren't (N=22) diagnosed autistic--autistics were "more likely to... have ID (79% vs 32%)"? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... but--ID was based on VABS scores for 57% of autistics, vs for 14% of non-autistics?

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Rebecca A. Mitchell, Francesca Lami, Sarah M. Barton, A. Simon Harvey, Katrina Williams (2025). Deep developmental phenotyping in children with tuberous sclerosis complex, with and without autism. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 67(9), 1165-1175. Wiley.

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Post published on Bluesky on 8 Mar 2025 11:53

"it has been internationally recognised that some autistic adults are inappropriately hospitalised" "Inpatient hospital was viewed as 'the last place' that autistic people should be due to the 'distressing' environment" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... views of UK intensive support staff, free

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Ellie Gray, Freya Rumball, Francesca Happé, Alice M.G. Quinton, Debbie Spain (2025). “Why does someone need to have a crisis before anyone will do anything?”: Perspectives of Autism Intensive Support Team staff. Research in Autism, 123, 202545. Elsevier BV.

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Post published on Bluesky on 7 Mar 2025 13:07

For autistic 6-year-olds receiving 25hrs/wk of ABA: "Delivery of edible items during breaks was deemed necessary to maintain motivation to participate in instructional sessions"?--& these autistic children have been in this ABA program since age 3? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... ABA in 2025

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Aarti Thakore, Anna Petursdottir, Christy Ho, Mariel Mireles (2025). Using Object Imitation to Establish Auditory‐Visual Conditional Discrimination in Children Diagnosed With Autism. Behavioral Interventions, 40(2), e70009. Wiley.

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Post published on Bluesky on 6 Mar 2025 11:18

Autistic vs non-autistic adults did not differ "on general lie frequency, which medium they used or who they lied to"? journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... but autistic adults reported "more guilt, feeling less confidence in their likelihood of being believed and increased difficulty when lying"

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Tiegan Blackhurst, Lara Warmelink, Amanda Roestorf, Calum Hartley (2025). Exploring lie frequency and emotional experiences of deceptive decision-making in autistic adults. Autism, 29(6), 1612-1626. SAGE Publications.

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Post published on Bluesky on 5 Mar 2025 10:29

"'Dysregulation' has become a popular term in psychology & psychiatry" "emotion regulation & emotion dysregulation have their own separate & expansive literatures, which overlap & intersect in ways that are not always clear or consistent" acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... autism-relevant

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Spencer C. Evans, Robert R. Althoff (2025). On the regulation and dysregulation of emotions in child psychopathology: commentary on Blader et al. (2025). Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 66(4), 595-598. Wiley.

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Post published on Bluesky on 4 Mar 2025 11:40

"ABA providers... are critical allies in the fight to ensure that profoundly autistic children and adults are appropriately supported across their lifespans"? link.springer.com/article/10.1... more claims that denying autistics rights, standards, etc, helps (vs harms) us, evidence-free, free

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Amy S. F. Lutz (2025). Applied Behavior Analysis in the Crosshairs: Neurodiversity, the Intact Mind, and Autism Politics. Perspectives on Behavior Science, 48(3), 547-553. Springer Science and Business Media LLC.

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