Public @autismcrisis posts on Bluesky and Twitter/X

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Post published on Bluesky on 26 Dec 2024 11:29

From 2011-2022, "only 2.23% of papers published in autism journals had been pre-registered"? & "there were no pre-registrations in manuscripts published in Autism in Adulthood"? (which is the highest impact autism journal) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... systematic review, free

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26 Dec 2024 11:32

Note: "Any article that included a link to a pre-registration or an identification code for a pre-registration protocol (e.g. a ClinicalTrials. gov NCT number) was coded as pre-registered"?--but autism studies have often been registered too late, including after study completion

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Daniel Poole, Audrey Linden, Felicity Sedgewick, Oliver Allchin, Hannah Hobson (2025). A systematic review of pre-registration in autism research journals. Autism, 29(6), 1390-1402. SAGE Publications.

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Post published on Bluesky on 25 Dec 2024 11:14

"Quantitative research... is yet to demonstrate clear causal links between camouflaging and mental health symptoms in autistic people" "removing camouflaging could expose autistic individuals to heightened anti-autism discrimination..."? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... commentary, free

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Valeria Khudiakova, Mishel Alexandrovsky, Wei Ai, Meng‐Chuan Lai (2025). What We Know and Do Not Know About Camouflaging, Impression Management, and Mental Health and Wellbeing in Autistic People. Autism Research, 18(2), 273-280. Wiley.

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Post published on Bluesky on 24 Dec 2024 13:01

What happens when behavior analysts allow autistics (N=3, age 7-14) from an ABA "severe behavior clinic" to be physically active, if they want? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... "participants in this study displayed little to no problem behavior despite being referred for problem behavior"

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Cynthia P. Livingston, Delaney E. Schneider, Isaac J. Melanson, Sarah E. Martinez, Heather Anderson, Samantha J. Bryan (2025). Variables Influencing Physical Activity for Children With Developmental Disabilities Who Exhibit Problem Behavior. Behavioral Interventions, 40(1), e2067. Wiley.

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Post published on Bluesky on 23 Dec 2024 10:26

Registered: in autistics, "What outcomes are measured in research about eating... and how are they measured" & "the methodological quality of the included studies" & "do included studies demonstrate neurodiversity-affirming research practices"? www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/dis... systematic review

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Systematic review registry

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

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Post published on Bluesky on 22 Dec 2024 11:22

Social skills group programs (SSGPs) are "the most used social skills interventions" for autistics aged 6-18 years? link.springer.com/article/10.1... but this systematic review "found an overall null effect for SSGPs considering outcomes from various categories, including social skills"

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22 Dec 2024 11:24

Note: "A paucity of collecting adverse events and investigating the longer effects these programs may have on the person is evident across the majority of the included studies"

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Bahareh Afsharnejad, Patrice Whitehorne Smith, Sven Bölte, Ben Milbourn, Sonya Girdler (2026). A Systematic Review of Implicit Versus Explicit Social Skills Group Programs in Different Settings for School-Aged Autistic Children and Adolescents. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 56(5), 1707-1724. Springer Science and Business Media LLC.

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Post published on Bluesky on 21 Dec 2024 12:07

"A recent Lancet Commission proposed the term profound autism to describe autistic individuals who are minimally verbal, have significant intellectual disability, and require round-the-clock access to care (into adulthood)"? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... yet another definition, for the list

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Tony Charman (2025). Global prevalence of autism in changing times. The Lancet Psychiatry, 12(2), 83-84. Elsevier BV.

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Post published on Bluesky on 20 Dec 2024 12:21

A self-report measure of social anxiety does not work for autistics journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... e.g. "rather than disproportionately fearing negative evaluation (typical social anxiety), autistic adults may frequently experience actual negative evaluation by non-autistic individuals"

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20 Dec 2024 12:32

Note: "The unique experiences reported by our autistic participants present the intriguing notion that we may need to look beyond measurement, to instead consider whether the neurotypical conceptualization of social anxiety itself is applicable to autistic individuals"

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Simon G Brett, Jacquiline E den Houting, Melissa H Black, Lauren P Lawson, Julian Trollor, Samuel RC Arnold (2025). Suitability of the DSM -5 social anxiety disorder severity scale for autistic adults. Autism, 29(3), 659-672. SAGE Publications.

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Post published on Bluesky on 19 Dec 2024 13:01

Commentary has "profound ID" in its title but is instead about SIB in autistics "with moderate-profound ID"? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... who "do not necessarily understand pain, nor are able to communicate it"? & "may in some cases experience instant pain relief when displaying SIB"?

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Emily F. Ferguson, Kaylin M. Russell, Sarely J. Licona, Ru Ying Cai, Thomas W. Frazier, Giacomo Vivanti, Grace W. Gengoux, Antonio Y. Hardan, et al. (2025). Toward improved understanding and treatment of self‐injurious behaviors in autistic individuals with profound intellectual disability. Autism Research, 18(2), 261-272. Wiley.

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Post published on Bluesky on 18 Dec 2024 10:53

Registered: "a first-of-its-kind open-label clinical trial to investigate the feasibility, tolerability, and safety of administering psilocybin in autistic adults with treatment-resistant depression"? clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT067... planned N=20 (age 18-65 years), in Toronto

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Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (2024). Psilocybin for Treatment-Resistant Depression in Autism. ClinicalTrials.gov. Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.

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Post published on Bluesky on 17 Dec 2024 13:48

4 classes of RCTs? Well Resourced & Thorough; Dated; Fundamental Deficiencies; Research Waste?--best differentiating the classes: "trial registration status, institution/ethics board approval, COIs reported, & reporting of adverse events"? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... autism-relevant, free

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Jill A. Hayden, Rachel Ogilvie, Shazia Kashif, Jack Wilkinson (2025). Identification of latent classes of randomized controlled trials based on integrity and reporting characteristics. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 179, 111644. Elsevier BV.

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