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 21 Feb 2025 12:23

"Some view emotion dysregulation chiefly as the inadequate use of regulatory strategies. Others define it by the observable problematic behaviors from which one infers that intense emotional reactions are poorly controlled" acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... review, autism-relevant, free

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Joseph C. Blader, Amy S. Garrett, Steven R. Pliszka (2025). Annual Research Review: What processes are dysregulated among emotionally dysregulated youth? – a systematic review. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 66(4), 516-546. Wiley.

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Post published on Bluesky on 20 Feb 2025 11:57

Behavior analysts "ensure that their work benefits others and does no harm"? & autistics "benefit greatly from behavior-analytic supports and interventions"? link.springer.com/article/10.1... conceptual article awash in ABA-based terrible standards of evidence, ethics, everything (COIs too), free

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Michael Nicolosi, Karola Dillenburger (2025). Neurodiversity: A Behavior Analyst’s Perspective. Perspectives on Behavior Science, 48(3), 555-565. Springer Science and Business Media LLC.

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Post published on Bluesky on 19 Feb 2025 11:50

Late registered: "the prevalence of minimally verbal/non-speaking autistic individuals in the UK" & "the criteria used to determine whether an autistic individual is minimally verbal/non-speaking" www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/dis... systematic review

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(n.d.). PROSPERO. CRD/PROSPERO. Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York.

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Post published on Bluesky on 18 Feb 2025 13:05

Findings from a high-profile study on autistic mortality are widely misrepresented by citing authors jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... with "potential repercussions for autistic people, including psychological distress, altered retirement planning, insurance denials, & exacerbated health disparities"

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Brittany N. Hand, Melica Nikahd, Bethany J. Wolf, J. Madison Hyer, Anne Longo, Daniel Gilmore, Lauren Bishop (2025). Citation Context Analysis of Autism Mortality and Suicide Findings From Hirvikoski’s Landmark Study. JAMA Network Open, 8(2), e2461953. American Medical Association (AMA).

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Post published on Bluesky on 17 Feb 2025 10:48

Registered: aiming "to evaluate how Character Strengths have been assessed in autistic people across the lifespan, which Character Strengths have been identified, and any associations between Character Strengths and other outcome variables..." www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/dis... systematic review

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(n.d.). PROSPERO. CRD/PROSPERO. Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York.

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Post published on Bluesky on 16 Feb 2025 11:18

Harms of ABA-based interventions: "problem behavior frequently reemerges" which "can have several deleterious effects, including injury to the client or others" link.springer.com/article/10.1... in which a behavior analyst reframes these ABA-based harms as "lapse" vs "relapse," autism-relevant, free

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Katherine R. Brown (2025). The Need to Distinguish between “Lapse” and “Relapse”. Perspectives on Behavior Science, 48(1), 115-132. Springer Science and Business Media LLC.

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Post published on Bluesky on 15 Feb 2025 11:41

"how do autistic children understand and conceptualise play?"--interviews, free journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... autistic children "described play as involving fun, friendships and engagement with meaningful materials and activities" & "deeply valued a sense of freedom and choice in play..."

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Christina O’Keeffe, Sinead McNally (2025). ‘Like it’s making my heart run’: A strengths-based understanding of the play of autistic children. Autism, 29(6), 1469-1482. SAGE Publications.

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Post published on Bluesky on 14 Feb 2025 11:03

Central sensitivity syndrome (CSS) in autistics & non-autistics? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... "Autistic people without a CSS reported significantly more CSS symptoms, such as fatigue, pain & brain fog..."? "Non-autistic participants with a CSS had significantly more autistic traits..."?

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Sarah Grant, Sam Norton, Rosa A. Hoekstra (2025). Central Sensitivity Symptoms and Autistic Traits in Autistic and Non‐Autistic Adults. Autism Research, 18(3), 660-674. Wiley.

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Post published on Bluesky on 13 Feb 2025 11:35

Finding "higher risk of all-cause, avoidable, treatable and preventable mortality, and earlier age at death for adults with intellectual disabilities than their peers without intellectual disabilities" bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/2... in this study, 11.3% of ID adults were also autistic

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Ewelina Rydzewska, Dewy Nijhof, Laura Hughes, Craig Melville, Michael Fleming, Daniel Mackay, Filip Sosenko, Laura Ward, et al. (2025). Rates, causes and predictors of all-cause and avoidable mortality in 514 878 adults with and without intellectual disabilities in Scotland: a record linkage national cohort study. BMJ Open, 15(2), e089962. BMJ.

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Post published on Bluesky on 12 Feb 2025 11:13

Registered: "Is the Strengths and Needs Assessment acceptable for use by autistic adults after receiving an autism diagnosis? What are the potential benefits or harms of completing the Strengths and Needs Assessment?" www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN10283350 N=72 acceptability & feasibility RCT

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