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 7 Dec 2024 11:04

Pilot trial of DBS for "severe and refractory" self-injury, in N=6 autistic children who were "ineligible for or previously failed medical therapy" & "ineligible for or did not realize a benefit from behavioral therapy"? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... DBS "was feasible and well-tolerated"?

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Carolina Gorodetsky, Karim Mithani, Sara Breitbart, Han Yan, Kristina Zhang, Flavia Venetucci Gouveia, Nebras Warsi, Hrishikesh Suresh, et al. (2025). Deep Brain Stimulation of the Nucleus Accumbens for Severe Self-Injurious Behavior in Children: A Phase I Pilot Trial. Biological Psychiatry, 97(12), 1116-1126. Elsevier BV.

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Post published on Bluesky on 6 Dec 2024 12:47

Researchers predicted that unpredictable (vs predictable) situations "would be more challenging" for autistic compared to non-autistic adults--"but the effect was opposite to our expectations" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... cognitive flexibility vs predictability, online study, free

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Adeline Lacroix, Emma Torija, Alexander Logemann, Monica Baciu, Renata Cserjesi, Frédéric Dutheil, Marie Gomot, Martial Mermillod (2025). Cognitive flexibility in autism: How task predictability and sex influence performances. Autism Research, 18(2), 281-294. Wiley.

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Post published on Bluesky on 5 Dec 2024 12:13

An 18-article introductory neurodiversity reading list? "defining and interpreting neurodiversity remains complex"? autism-relevant, free elifesciences.org/articles/102... authors "strived to only include papers if their core ideas were, in our joint opinion, not stigmatizing or ableist"?

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Mirela Zaneva, Tao Coll-Martín, Yseult Héjja-Brichard, Tamara Kalandadze, Andrea Kis, Alicja Koperska, Marie Adrienne Robles Manalili, Adrien Mathy, et al. (2024). An annotated introductory reading list for neurodiversity. eLife, 13, e102467. eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd.

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Post published on Bluesky on 4 Dec 2024 11:56

Do human brains really have 86 billion neurons?--"studies on neurons number do not warrant this generic conclusion" & "the only possible answer to the titular question 'Do we know the number of neurons in the human brain?' is: No, we don't" academic.oup.com/brain/advanc... autism-relevant, free

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Alain Goriely (2025). Eighty-six billion and counting: do we know the number of neurons in the human brain?. Brain, 148(3), 689-691. Oxford University Press (OUP).

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Post published on Bluesky on 3 Dec 2024 12:47

On the confusing definitions of ID & DD: "Not everyone with a DD has ID, but do all people with ID, by definition, have a DD? Can someone have ID but not DD? How are populations of people with ID, DD, and IDD characterized in different datasets?" pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39585684/ autism-relevant

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Marc J. Tassé, Susan M. Havercamp, Gloria Krahn, Karrie A. Shogren, Alexandra Bonardi, Minje Kim, Richard Chapman, NIDILRR RRTC Health and Function in IDD Learning Collaborative, et al. (2025). About Whom Are We Talking When We Use Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities?. JAMA Pediatrics, 179(1), 83. American Medical Association (AMA).

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Post published on Bluesky on 2 Dec 2024 10:35

Late registered: "What are the key factors influencing dropout rates and retention among autistic university students across different types of degree programs and institutions worldwide?" www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/dis... systematic review of qualitative studies

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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 1 Dec 2024 10:50

"In the absence of a move towards transdiagnostic research...we limit ‘the potential for real discovery, as well as practical impact on practice & in people's lives’"?--commentary acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... note: ABA has long been transdiagnostic & no this has not helped autistics

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Laura Crane (2024). Developments and future directions in neurodevelopmental research: A commentary on ‘camouflaging in neurodivergent and neurotypical girls at the transition to adolescence and its relationship to mental health: A participatory methods research study’. JCPP Advances, 4(4), e12289-e12289. Wiley.

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Post published on Bluesky on 30 Nov 2024 11:10

Researchers "increasingly concerned with the problem of participants misrepresenting themselves"--which "can compromise the validity and reliability of findings... potentially leading to incorrect conclusions and inappropriate recommendations" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... autism-relevant

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Blandine French, Camilla Babbage, Sarah Cassidy, Stefan Rennick-Egglestone (2025). Misrepresentation by online study participants—a threat to data integrity. The Lancet Psychiatry, 12(3), 168-170. Elsevier BV.

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Post published on Bluesky on 29 Nov 2024 11:30

"genetic heterogeneity mirrors the phenotypic diversity of autistic individuals and provides a helpful bridge between biomedical and neurodiversity perspectives"? pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39585908/ reconsidering "the medical view of autism and its compatibility with neurodiversity"? review, free

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Claire S. Leblond, Thomas Rolland, Eli Barthome, Zakaria Mougin, Mathis Fleury, Christine Ecker, Stéf Bonnot-Briey, Freddy Cliquet, et al. (2024). A Genetic Bridge Between Medicine and Neurodiversity for Autism. Annual Review of Genetics, 58(1), 487-512. Annual Reviews.

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Post published on Bluesky on 28 Nov 2024 12:36

Autistics have an increased (vs narrow) dynamic range?--the IDR (increased dynamic range) model of autism? www.nature.com/articles/s41... "a simple computational principle linking inference and computational dynamics to the neuronal population’s dynamic range can explain autism... variation"? free

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Oded Wertheimer, Yuval Hart (2024). Autism spectrum disorder variation as a computational trade-off via dynamic range of neuronal population responses. Nature Neuroscience, 27(12), 2476-2486. Springer Science and Business Media LLC.

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