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 19 Oct 2024 11:47

Autism alert cards, views & experiences, free journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... e.g. when one autistic handed the card to a health practitioner, "He responded by raising his voice and speaking at me as if I were stupid. He also told me that I couldn’t expect everyone to meet my needs. I fled"

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Chris Edwards, Abigail MA Love, Rebecca L Flower, Ru Ying Cai, Vicki Gibbs (2025). ‘Just knowing it’s there gives me comfort’: Exploring the benefits and challenges of autism alert cards. Autism, 29(3), 673-683. SAGE Publications.

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Post published on Bluesky on 18 Oct 2024 11:20

Reorganizing DSM-5, based on a self-report "mental health[/illness]" online survey (N=14,762, age 16-91)? journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... "The Neurodevelopmental subspectrum aligns with prior work that indicates close associations among symptoms of autism, ADHD, and OCD rituals & compulsions"?

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Miriam K. Forbes, Andrew Baillie, Philip J. Batterham, Alison Calear, Roman Kotov, Robert F. Krueger, Kristian E. Markon, Louise Mewton, et al. (2025). Reconstructing Psychopathology: A Data-Driven Reorganization of the Symptoms in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Clinical Psychological Science, 13(3), 462-488. SAGE Publications.

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Post published on Bluesky on 17 Oct 2024 12:33

Autistic (vs typical) children are less successful intercepting a ball? "prediction-related challenges may underlie the behavioral features of autism"? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... but typical children have "unanticipated challenges" catching with a funnel, contra the authors' predictions

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Se‐Woong Park, Annie Cardinaux, Dena Crozier, Marta Russo, Sabrina Bond, Margaret Kjelgaard, Pawan Sinha, Dagmar Sternad (2024). Interceptive abilities in autism spectrum disorder: Comparing naturalistic and virtual visuomotor tasks. Autism Research, 17(12), 2514-2534. Wiley.

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Post published on Bluesky on 16 Oct 2024 11:52

Cluster RCT of universal autism screening vs usual care, exploratory ("not included in the trial pre-registration") analyses? COIs, free www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 39% of screened children referred for autism evaluation were diagnosed autistic, vs 72% of referred usual care children

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16 Oct 2024 12:22

Note: this cluster RCT is NIH-funded (the cost is $12,198,436)--its purpose is to compare ESDM (i.e. ABA) outcomes for young children diagnosed autistic via screening vs those diagnosed via usual care, but this will be a small trial, starting with N=49 (screening) vs N=19 (usual care)? see Fig1

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Giacomo Vivanti, Yasemin Algur, Victoria Ryan, Leslie A. McClure, Deborah Fein, Aubyn C. Stahmer, Andrea Trubanova Wieckowski, Diana L. Robins (2025). The Impact of Using Standardized Autism Screening on Referral to Specialist Evaluation for Young Children on the Autism Spectrum: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 64(6), 686-698. Elsevier BV.

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Post published on Bluesky on 15 Oct 2024 11:42

Autistic (vs nonautistic) drivers show "similar to better rates of driving performance on the road" link.springer.com/article/10.1... "Researchers should consider implications for public health, policy, and prevention by addressing driving performance deficits in autistic drivers..."? what??

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Alecia Mercier, Gabriela Sherrod, Robin Ennis, Olivio J. Clay, Caroline G. Richter, Despina Stavrinos (2025). The Driving Profile of Autistic Drivers and Their Driving Experiences: A Systematic Review. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 55(6), 2141-2156. Springer Science and Business Media LLC.

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Post published on Bluesky on 14 Oct 2024 10:40

Registered: "the potential barriers faced by adults in seeking an autism diagnosis"--systematic review www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/dis... "barriers may include but are not limited to: dismissal; delays; perceived bias; excessive wait times; reliance on outdated research and practices"

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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 13 Oct 2024 10:59

Autism in FXS, Angelman syndrome, TSC, NF1 (age 1-28 years)--67%, 14%, 46%, 14% were classified autistic, respectively link.springer.com/article/10.1... "subgroup analysis of the NF1 group showed that autism... symptoms manifest in a heterogeneous manner, even in an etiologically homogeneous group"

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Kyra Lubbers, Kamil R. Hiralal, Gwendolyn C. Dieleman, Doesjka A. Hagenaar, Bram Dierckx, Jeroen S. Legerstee, Pieter F.A. de Nijs, André B. Rietman, et al. (2026). Autism Spectrum Disorder Symptom Profiles in Fragile X Syndrome, Angelman Syndrome, Tuberous Sclerosis Complex and Neurofibromatosis Type 1. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 56(2), 793-807. Springer Science and Business Media LLC.

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Post published on Bluesky on 12 Oct 2024 13:12

Case study in which behavior analysts (COIs) reject one harmful treatment (S2C) while promoting another harmful treatment (ABA-based procedures, such as FCT)--this for an uncharacterized ignored "adult individual with developmental disabilities" link.springer.com/article/10.1... "Ethics dialogue"?

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Shawn P. Quigley, Maggie Haag, Lindsay Bly, Frank Bird, Rita Gardner (2025). Ethics Dialogue: Spelling to Communicate as a Treatment Recommendation. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 18(3), 884-887. Springer Science and Business Media LLC.

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Post published on Bluesky on 11 Oct 2024 11:06

"rather than exhibiting consistently weaker or stronger behavioral or physiological responses, autistic individuals tend to differ from one another to larger extents and in unique ways..."? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... pupillary response study in children (age 1-10 years), free

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Isabel H. Bleimeister, Inbar Avni, Michael C. Granovetter, Gal Meiri, Michal Ilan, Analya Michaelovski, Idan Menashe, Marlene Behrmann, et al. (2024). Idiosyncratic pupil regulation in autistic children. Autism Research, 17(12), 2503-2513. Wiley.

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Post published on Bluesky on 10 Oct 2024 12:03

In speech samples from adults, "autistic males tend to have higher pitch than neurotypical males" but "autistic females tend to have lower pitch than neurotypical females" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... "autistic individuals tend to be less influenced by neurotypical gender stereotypes"

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Mikhail Kissine, Elise Clin (2025). Voice pitch and gender in autism. Autism, 29(3), 815-820. SAGE Publications.

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