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 Jun 2026 11:44

"This study aimed to qualitatively examine autistic people’s experiences of RCT participation, specifically regarding their random assignment to an antidepressant (sertraline) or placebo for their mental health, whilst blinded to treatment allocation" link.springer.com/article/10.1... free

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Jade Eloise Norris, Alba X. Realpe, Ava Lorenc, Leonora Cotton, Zoe Morgan, Dheeraj Rai, Nicola Mills, STRATA Collaboration Group, et al. (2026). A Qualitative Study of the Treatment Experiences of Autistic Adults Allocated to Sertraline or Placebo for Anxiety in a Blinded Randomised Controlled Trial. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Springer Science and Business Media LLC.

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Post published on Bluesky on 20 Jun 2026 11:44

Finding "about half of anauralics also experienced aphantasia and vice-versa" but "around a quarter to a fifth of individuals with absent imagery in one modality experienced typical or vivid/clear imagery in the alternate modality" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... autism-relevant, free

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Anthony J. Lambert, Zoé Mi Schelp, Gage Quigley-Tump, Victoria Tan, Suzanne Purdy, Chris Sibley (2026). Anauralia and aphantasia: Prevalence and distinct associations with personality, well-being and self-regulation in a large, representative sample. Neuropsychologia, 230, 109527. Elsevier BV.

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Post published on Bluesky on 19 Jun 2026 12:34

Authors use terrible standards (& a panel of "Autistic self-advocates") to promote ABA for autism link.springer.com/article/10.1... "evidence in support of the effectiveness of ABA interventions is strong"? "Anti-ABA sentiments & related campaigns may carry risks if they continue to build traction"?

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Priscilla Burnham Riosa, Taylor Robertson, Albert Malkin, Laura Mullins, Kendra Thomson, Paige Layle, Nicole Neil, Gabrielle T. Lee (2026). Community Insights on Autistic Self-Advocates’ Perspectives and Experiences Regarding ABA. Behavior Analysis in Practice. Springer Science and Business Media LLC.

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Post published on Bluesky on 18 Jun 2026 11:42

Autism & ageing, systematic review, free www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... "while many studies suggest broadly similar aging patterns between autistic and non-autistic adults, others indicate possible acceleration or attenuation in specific cognitive, neural, or health-related outcomes"

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Abigail Dickinson, Declan Ryan, Judith E Carroll, Catherine Lord (2026). Aging in autism: A systematic review of cognitive, neural, and physical health findings. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 188, 106820. Elsevier BV.

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Post published on Bluesky on 17 Jun 2026 11:31

"The majority of autistic adolescents successfully acquired category structure & transferred this knowledge to novel stimuli" link.springer.com/article/10.1... "Contrary to our hypothesis, most participants’ categorization predominantly relied on prototype rather than exemplar-specific information"?

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Yijun Chen, Brylee Hawkins, Hannah Puckett, Kat Sharp, Andrea Lopez, Dagmar Zeithamova, Hua Xie, Alyssa Verbalis, et al. (2026). From cognitive abstraction to adaptive behavior: neural bases of concept learning in autistic adolescents. Molecular Autism, 17(1), 26. Springer Science and Business Media LLC.

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Post published on Bluesky on 16 Jun 2026 11:39

No, non-speaking autistics who communicate via typing are not "a fraud" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... the real problem, which this letter ignores, is hyping & selling & imposing "assisted" typing methods on autistics, without any regard for whether autistics are being helped or harmed

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Mary Doherty (2026). “People Think I'm a Fraud”: A Shared Autistic Experience Across Vastly Different Profiles. Autism Research, e70292-e70292. Wiley.

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Post published on Bluesky on 15 Jun 2026 10:53

Registered: "Adverse events, adverse effects, and harms are important to monitor in autism intervention research. However, little is known about trends in monitoring over time, and the quality of protocols for doing so..." www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/vie... systematic review

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Kristen Bottema-Beutel, Micheal Sandbank, Tiffany Woynaroski, Jacob Feldman, Shannon LaPoint, Yueyang Shen, Ruoxi Guo, Jacqueline Alicea, et al. (2026). Trends in Adverse Event Monitoring and Reporting in Intervention Research with Young Autistic Children: A Project AIM Systematic Review. CRD/PROSPERO. Boston College.

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Post published on Bluesky on 14 Jun 2026 11:43

Face processing in aphantasia, via self-report & task performance www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... aphantasics have higher Prosopagnosia Index scores, with 26-41% likely to be prosopagnosic (vs 0-1% of controls) & "exhibit impairments in face memory & face perception, but not face matching"?

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Zoë Pounder, Mirta Stantić, Reshanne Reeder, Caroline Catmur, Geoffrey Bird (2026). Individuals with aphantasia show independent impairments in face perception and face memory, but not face matching. Cortex, 202, 157-164. Elsevier BV.

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Post published on Bluesky on 13 Jun 2026 11:28

Blood donation in autism, ADHD, dyslexia--survey onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... "Neurodivergent individuals are (i) underrepresented in donor panels, (ii) likely to make fewer donations when a donor, (iii) likely to perceive blood donor selection as less fair and more discriminatory..."

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Eamonn Ferguson, Niall O'Hagan, Richard Mills, Muskaan Pal, Robert Smith, Katy Davison, Claire Reynolds, Claire Claydon, et al. (2026). The neurodivergent blood donor: Fairness, discrimination, screening, and behavior. Transfusion, trf.70275. Wiley.

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Post published on Bluesky on 12 Jun 2026 12:23

Autistics "were not better at estimating the thoughts" of other autistics? autistics and non-autistics "were equally bad" at identifying who is autistic vs non-autistic? journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... "Contrary to our expectations, we found no evidence for a within-neurotype advantage"

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Hannah De Laet, Annabel D. Nijhof, Jan R. Wiersema (2026). Inferring Thoughts by and of Individuals With and Without Autism: An Empathic Accuracy Study. Autism, 30(7), 1816-1828. SAGE Publications.

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