Public @autismcrisis posts on Bluesky and Twitter/X

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Post published on Bluesky on 11 Jun 2026 12:14

"the language-perception chimera model is the first to explain the occurrence, nature, idiosyncrasies, combinations, and developmental trajectories of the majority of social, language, and repetitive features observed in prototypical autism"? journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... free

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Laurent Mottron, Jade Desrosiers, Olivier Lafrance Mcguire, Gabrielle Lestage, Anne-Laure Krikorian, Alexia Ostrolenk, David Gagnon (2026). Autism-ness Does Not Exist, but Autism Does, Part 2: The Perception-Language Chimera Model Accounts for the Nature, Chronology, and Interrelation of Autistic Signs. Autism & Developmental Language Impairments, 11, 23969415261454212. SAGE Publications.

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Post published on Bluesky on 10 Jun 2026 11:42

"genetic medicine trials may be acceptable in Profound Autism... while untenable for more common forms of autism..."? (what forms?) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... commentary that claims 30% of autistics meet "Profound Autism" criteria, but also claims different criteria from the cited source

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Matthew W. State, Robert C. Malenka (2026). Advancing Clinical Translational Research for Profound Autism. Biological Psychiatry. Elsevier BV.

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Post published on Bluesky on 8 Jun 2026 10:49

Registered: aiming to "build an age-sensitive profile of prevalence of mental health diagnoses in autistic women across time, and identify where needs may change or support may be most needed" www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/vie... systematic review

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Emily Bowes, Laura Hull, Felicity Sedgewick, Dheeraj Rai, Anastasiia Kovalenko (2026). Characterising mental health in autistic women across adulthood. CRD/PROSPERO. University of Bristol.

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Post published on Bluesky on 7 Jun 2026 11:41

Daily living skills in "autistic people with average or higher cognitive ability"?--but reported FSIQ ranges down to 40 (see Fig 2) and 28% of the "autistic people" in this study "were never diagnosed with autism... across repeated assessments" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... free

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Elaine B. Clarke, Catherine Lord, Vanessa H. Bal (2026). Limited Discrepancy Between Cognitive Ability and Daily Living Skills in Autism: A Longitudinal Study From Ages 2–25. Autism Research, e70280. Wiley.

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Post published on Bluesky on 6 Jun 2026 11:33

Proportion of autistics with an ID diagnosis "decreased over a 20-year period, from 55.8% in 2001 to 6.7% in 2020"? "While the occurrence of ID in autism during this period was relatively stable, autism diagnoses increased by approximately 800%"? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... free

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Alen Salkić, Magnus Tideman, Miriam I. Martini, Henrik Larsson, Paul Lichtenstein, Zheng Chang, Brian D’Onofrio, Isabell Brikell, et al. (2026). The proportion of intellectual disability in autism spectrum disorder over two decades. Psychiatry Research, 363, 117246. Elsevier BV.

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Post published on Bluesky on 5 Jun 2026 12:22

Behavior analysts require autistics (age 4) to complete an "attending protocol"--before each ABA trial, they must "place their hands under their legs"--& require autistics (age 4) to always imitate others when told ("do this" "say this") link.springer.com/article/10.1... this is ABA in 2026, free

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Meghan A. Deshais, Debra Paone, Stephanie M. Ortiz (2026). Preliminary Evaluation of an Intervention to Rapidly Strengthen Generalized Imitation in Young Autistic Children. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities. Springer Science and Business Media LLC.

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Post published on Bluesky on 4 Jun 2026 11:35

"a core neural phenotype of autism that is shared across a large fraction of autistic individuals involves the reduced functional connectivity of sensorimotor areas and the increased functional connectivity of transmodal areas..."? www.nature.com/articles/s44... based on resting-state fMRI, free

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Iva Ilioska, Marianne Oldehinkel, Alberto Llera, Maroš Rovný, Ting Mei, Seyed Mostafa Kia, Dorothea L. Floris, Julian Tillmann, et al. (2026). Multiscale heterogeneity of atypical functional connectivity in autism. Nature Mental Health, 4(6), 1010-1020. Springer Science and Business Media LLC.

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Post published on Bluesky on 3 Jun 2026 11:37

Warning signs of suicide in autistic people, scoping review, free link.springer.com/article/10.1... finding "most sources were books or book chapters. Only one source explicitly defined ‘warning signs’. Robust research on warning signs of suicide in autistic people is lacking"

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Teal W. Benevides, Mirabel Pelton, Rachel L. Moseley, Brenna B. Maddox, Mary P. Donahue, Lisa Morgan (2026). A Scoping Review of Warning Signs for Suicide Among Autistic People. Current Developmental Disorders Reports, 13(1), 10. Springer Science and Business Media LLC.

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Post published on Bluesky on 2 Jun 2026 11:34

"Irritability in autistic adults is a major crisis"? "what is labeled 'irritability' in many autistic adults may often be a physiological response to cumulative stress or trauma, or a manifestation of intrinsic neurobiological dysregulation..."? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... review, free

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Hsiang‐Yuan Lin, Arthur N. Westover, Amy S. F. Lutz, Manish K. Jha (2026). Beyond the Outburst: Charting a New Frontier for Understanding and Treating Irritability in Autistic Adults. Autism Research, e70287. Wiley.

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Post published on Bluesky on 1 Jun 2026 10:44

Registered: aiming to "explore how autistic adults experience the physical environment within healthcare settings" & "synthesise environmental recommendations to support autistic adults in healthcare settings" www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/vie... systematic review of qualitative studies

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Sophie Campbell-Templeton, Vyv Huddy (2026). How do autistic adults experience the physical environment within healthcare settings and what are the recommendations to support their experience?. CRD/PROSPERO. The University of Sheffield.

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