Anne V. Kirby @avkirbyphd.bsky.social · 26/05/2026"Women are told they will regret not becoming mothers. Trans people are told they will regret becoming themselves. The message underneath both is the same: autonomy that moves people away from traditional ideas of gender, family and reproduction is inherently suspect..." 031
Reposted by Anne V. KirbyDavid DeFranza @ddefranza.bsky.social · 18/03/2026New paper! We find that people perceive AI as reason-driven and humans as emotion-driven, and that this belief shapes decision-making. In an economic game, those facing an AI made more rational choices than those facing a human. #AI #DecisionMaking #BehavioralScience doi.org/10.3389/fcom... 021
Reposted by Anne V. KirbyDavid DeFranza @ddefranza.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Struggling to fit a Zero-Inflated LASSO with a large-N dataset? My new package, gradLasso, uses optimized gradient descent which scales efficiently and includes λ CV, stability selection, bootstrapped coefficients and confidence intervals, and more. cran.r-project.org/package=grad... #rstats 031
Anne V. Kirby @avkirbyphd.bsky.social · 26/11/2025New (free!) paper out describing our AASPIRE Suicide Prevention Project team's collaborative work to develop a new program focused on suicide prevention for the autistic community. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 031
Reposted by Anne V. KirbyKiera Butler @kieraevebutler.bsky.social · 21/11/2025New from me: I talked to CDC staffers about the new vaccines and autism page. They said things like: “The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.” “I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”motherjones.com“Embarrassing” and “horrifying”: CDC workers describe the new vaccines and autism page"The best way I can put it is it feels like we're on a hijacked airplane." 331622761
Anne V. Kirby @avkirbyphd.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Autism researchers! If you (like me) are scrambling to get INSAR submissions in. Please also consider signing up BY TOMORROW as a reviewer. Having more reviewers will make lighter work for everyone, and you'll get to have a say in what is presented at the conference! insar.confex.com/insar/2026/c...insar.confex.comAbstract ReviewAbstract Review 141
Reposted by Anne V. KirbyThinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 23/09/2025Things today's White House autism announcement did not do: -Discuss strategies to increase supports and services for autistic people/families -Highlight why autistic people and families deserve respect, not pity or fear -Endorse one speck of autism research that is not dangerous pseudoscience 2458187
Anne V. Kirby @avkirbyphd.bsky.social · 17/09/2025In our focus groups with trans community members, gyms were also highlighted as places they didn't feel safe. Restricted access to health-promoting activities is one of the many ways that discrimination impacts health. 094
Reposted by Anne V. Kirbyaslynn is just a ghoul 👻 @aslynnromano.com · 09/09/2025hello, i am an Autistic psychiatric nurse practitioner who is specialty trained in the diagnosis of autism you can pay me to do that professionally in NH, MA, CT, & NY ...AND if you're just looking for permission to believe what you already know to be true - please believe it it's you who knows & 1449
Anne V. Kirby @avkirbyphd.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Our new article is out! We also have a free bullet-point summary version available online. aaspire.org/2025/09/09/n...aaspire.orgNew mental health results! – Academic Autism Spectrum Partnership in Research and Education 010
Anne V. Kirby @avkirbyphd.bsky.social · 06/08/2025What started as a project to examine disparities in risk of suicidal ideation and attempts turned into a collaborative effort to explore a much wider range of diagnostic disparities experienced by trans and gender diverse individuals in Utah. Available now: dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...dx.plos.orgUnveiling health disparities: Diagnostic prevalences in a transgender cohort versus matched controlsImportance Transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) individuals are at risk for discrimination and inequities across legal, social, and medical contexts. Population-level resources have rarely been used f... 010
Reposted by Anne V. KirbyNPR @npr.org · 01/08/2025Charities usually like to talk to the public about their good works. In the wake of the Trump aid cuts, there's a new approach: "anticipatory silence." It's controversial.n.prTo speak or not to speak: Why many aid groups are silent about the Trump cutsCharities usually like to talk to the public about their good works. In the wake of the Trump aid cuts, there's a new approach: "anticipatory silence." It's controversial. 713639
Reposted by Anne V. KirbyChristina Nicolaidis, MD, MPH @cnicolaidis.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Autism in Adulthood is recruiting 6 new Deputy Editors/Editors to help us respond to the huge rise in submissions. More info at drive.google.com/file/d/1cdgs.... If interested, please send a c.v. and a short statement about your interest to autisminadulthood@pdx.edu. Or talk to me at #INSAR2025.drive.google.comAiA Info for Potentional Board and Editors (2025).pdf 02413
Reposted by Anne V. KirbyChristina Nicolaidis, MD, MPH @cnicolaidis.bsky.social · 02/05/2025@autisminadulthood.bsky.social annual Editorial Board dinner at #INSAR2025 (with a few guests). What a phenomenal team! Hard to believe that 7 years ago we showed up to INSAR with our first little Preview Issue. I so appreciate all the people who have made our journal into what it is today. 1278
Reposted by Anne V. Kirbyjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 03/03/2025the more democrats concede to the republican war on trans people, the more that signals to the public that trans people are a problem and should be stigmatized. 4171231356
Reposted by Anne V. Kirbyjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/02/2025"[For the Right], D.E.I...is the mere presence of a woman or nonwhite person or disabled or transgender person in any high-skilled, high-status position. And their alternative isn’t some heretofore unknown standard of merit; it is the reintroduction of something like segregation." (gift link)nytimes.comOpinion | Trump’s War on D.E.I. Is Really a War on Civil RightsThe genius of the right-wing crusade against D.E.I. is that the term is amorphous enough that it can mean many different things to many different people. 308126833164
Anne V. Kirby @avkirbyphd.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Seems like a good time to re-share our research about the trans community and suicide risk. Not surprisingly, the community told us that anti-trans policies contribute strongly to their suicidality. #transrights #suicideprevention 0103
Anne V. Kirby @avkirbyphd.bsky.social · 22/01/2025I've been fostering a cat who was in an LA shelter when they had to clear out to make space for displaced pets. Salem 😻 020
Reposted by Anne V. KirbyDavid DeFranza @ddefranza.bsky.social · 03/12/2024I recently contributed to the conversation on #AIInfluencers. Are these digital personas reshaping happiness in the modern world? Spoiler: I don't think we know yet. www.thenationalnews.com/future/techn... #AI #AIEthics #SocialMediaEthics #DigitalLifethenationalnews.comAre AI influencers the latest feature of modern life to make us unhappy? | The NationalRather than pay real-life influencers to promote their products, some companies are turning to artificially generated people 041
Anne V. Kirby @avkirbyphd.bsky.social · 30/11/2024I started fostering cats. Here are some I've had the pleasure to hang out with recently. Hopefully more soon! #cats 070
Anne V. Kirby @avkirbyphd.bsky.social · 21/11/2024To get some action going on my new Blue Sky account, I'll share a few of my publications in this thread 🧵 All open access (free to read) #autism #transrights #suicideprevention @universityofutah.bsky.social 282