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Anne V. Kirby

@avkirbyphd.bsky.social
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#Occupationaltherapy faculty @tcd-ot.bsky.social | #research #autism #suicideprevention #healthcare. she/her You can find my work here: scholar.google.com/citations?user=F…

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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..."
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David DeFranza @ddefranza.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
New 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...
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David DeFranza @ddefranza.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Struggling 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
Cross-validated error for lambda selection plot generated by gradLasso.
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Anne V. Kirby @avkirbyphd.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
New (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/...
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Kiera Butler @kieraevebutler.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
New 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.”
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“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."
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Anne V. Kirby @avkirbyphd.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Autism 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...
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Abstract Review
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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 23/09/2025
Things 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
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Anne V. Kirby @avkirbyphd.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
In 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.
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aslynn is just a ghoul 👻 @aslynnromano.com · 09/09/2025
hello, 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 &
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Anne V. Kirby @avkirbyphd.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Our new article is out! We also have a free bullet-point summary version available online. aaspire.org/2025/09/09/n...
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New mental health results! – Academic Autism Spectrum Partnership in Research and Education
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Anne V. Kirby @avkirbyphd.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
What 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...
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Unveiling health disparities: Diagnostic prevalences in a transgender cohort versus matched controls
Importance 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...
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NPR @npr.org · 01/08/2025
Charities 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.
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To speak or not to speak: Why many aid groups are silent about the Trump cuts
Charities 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.
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Christina Nicolaidis, MD, MPH @cnicolaidis.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Autism 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.
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AiA Info for Potentional Board and Editors (2025).pdf
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Christina 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.
Group photo of 19 people and a service dog posing in a Moroccan restaurant. Most of the people are Autism in Adulthood Editorial Board Members.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 03/03/2025
the 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.
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jamelle @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)
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Opinion | Trump’s War on D.E.I. Is Really a War on Civil Rights
The 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.
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Anne V. Kirby @avkirbyphd.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Seems 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
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Anne V. Kirby @avkirbyphd.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
I've been fostering a cat who was in an LA shelter when they had to clear out to make space for displaced pets. Salem 😻
Large black cat lounging on his back with paws in the air, on a flowered bedspread.
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David DeFranza @ddefranza.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
I 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 #DigitalLife
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Are AI influencers the latest feature of modern life to make us unhappy? | The National
Rather than pay real-life influencers to promote their products, some companies are turning to artificially generated people
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Anne V. Kirby @avkirbyphd.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
I started fostering cats. Here are some I've had the pleasure to hang out with recently. Hopefully more soon! #cats
Close-up photo of black and white cat with big round eyes.Cat resting on a colorful cushion. Cat is white and gray with stripes, eyes narrowed, one paw sticking out.Calico kitten partly hidden behind a sheet. Eyes looking straight at the camera.
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Anne V. Kirby @avkirbyphd.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Can't wait to check this out!
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Anne V. Kirby @avkirbyphd.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Interesting #research Sarah Gray did for her doctoral capstone looked at autistic people's descriptions of their #sensory experiences and how they related to their sexuality and relationship experiences. #autism @autisminadulthood.bsky.social (& it won an award!) pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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Autistic Narratives of Sensory Features, Sexuality, and Relationships
Research about the experience of sexuality and intimacy for autistic people has largely excluded the potential influences of autistic sensory features, which are highly common. The aim of this study w...
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Anne V. Kirby @avkirbyphd.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
I also got a chance years ago at @uncchapelhill.bsky.social to ask autistic children themselves about their sensory experiences. I still love this project (despite my outdated language use at the time). #autism #sensory #research @journalautism.bsky.social pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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Sensory experiences of children with autism spectrum disorder: In their own words
First-person perspectives of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are rarely included in research, yet their voices may help more clearly illuminate their needs. This study involved phenomenol...
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Anne V. Kirby @avkirbyphd.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
In a large multi-state study, we looked at how common sensory features are among autistic children. About 3/4 have sensory differences documented, but we also noted potential disparities in identification (lower for girls & POC). #autism #sensory #research onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Sensory features in autism: Findings from a large population‐based surveillance system
Sensory features (i.e., atypical responses to sensory stimuli) are included in the current diagnostic criteria for autism spectrum disorder. Yet, large population-based studies have not examined the...
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Anne V. Kirby @avkirbyphd.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
In the first U.S.-based population study of #autism and suicide death, we found autistic Utahns at increased risk of dying by suicide. This was mostly driven by higher risk for autistic v. non-autistic females. It's time to update this with new data! #research onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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A 20‐year study of suicide death in a statewide autism population
Scientific Summary Growing concern about suicide risk among individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) necessitates population-based research to determine rates in representative samples and to...
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Anne V. Kirby @avkirbyphd.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
We asked trans people directly why they're at elevated risk for suicide & what is needed for suicide prevention Published in an awesome trans-led journal: BATS bulletin.appliedtransstudies.org/article/3/1-... #transrights #suicideprevention #research @saltysicky.bsky.social @annadocherty.bsky.social
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"It's Not the 'Being Trans,' It's Everything Around That": Trans Community Perspectives for Suicide Prevention | Bulletin of Applied Transgender Studies
Trans people are at significantly elevated risk of suicide death, suicide attempts, and suicidal ideation than their cisgender peers. Suicide prevention efforts are needed that address the most import...
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Anne V. Kirby @avkirbyphd.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
To 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
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Anne V. Kirby @avkirbyphd.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Hello blue sky!
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