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Michelle Dawson @autismcrisis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"researchers have long disagreed about how to define empathy" "In both academic and applied domains--such as medicine, ethics, law, and policy--empathy has become an enticing but muddy notion, prone to misinterpretation" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... autism-relevant, free

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What We Talk About When We Talk About Empathy: Toward a Common Lexicon of Empathy-Related Constructs - Mark H. Davis, Sara Konrath, Fritz Breithaupt, C. Daryl Cameron, Jean Decety, Frans B. M. de Waal...

Almost since the term “empathy” was coined, there has been scholarly disagreement about its meaning. Today it can best be viewed as an umbrella term encompassin...

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Michelle Dawson @autismcrisis.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Parents on harmful behaviors in autistic children journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... "The spectre of suicide was a constant reality for these families" "Parents described their Autistic child saying, 'can you please kill me, Mummy?'... 'talking about hating life & not wanting to be alive anymore'"

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medRxivpreprint @medrxivpreprint.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Autistic Psychiatrists' Perspectives on Mental Healthcare for Autistic People: A Qualitative Study www.medrxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 24/04/2026

Now: #INSAR2026 keynote: Dr. Damian Milton, an autistic academic who originated the #DoubleEmpathy theory of mismatches in autism and communication and power dynamics. His talk is Bridging the Gap: Exploring the current empirical evidence relating to the double empathy problem.

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 23/04/2026

CN: Suicide Protective factors for suicidality in autistic youth include: Neuro-affirming identity, critical awareness, autonomy. #INSAR2026

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Christine Jenkins, Canada @christineajenkins.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Any mention of the increase during #Perimenopause? Looking for a team to get attached to in order to study this. Sleep quality also a factor at this life stage. #INSAR2026

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Lucila Guerrero ♾️⚜️🍁 @lucila-guerrero.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

L'équipe Continuum autisme contribue à l’ #INSAR2026 avec une affiche portant sur les inégalités dans l’accès aux services de santé et aux services sociaux pour les adultes autistes au Québec. L’affiche (en anglais) est disponible sur notre site web : www.continuum-autisme.ca/communications

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Michelle Dawson @autismcrisis.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

To stop "stereotypy" in an autistic boy (age 7), behavior analysts use punishment (holding his hands down for 30s)--ABA in 2026 link.springer.com/article/10.1... note: the authors disguise their use of punishment & punishers as "response reduction"--"as we thought this might improve acceptability"

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Assessment and Treatment of Multiply Maintained Complex Motor Stereotypy - Behavior Analysis in Practice

Previous studies have demonstrated the utility of multi-component interventions for the treatment of interfering motor stereotypy. However, less is known about contraindications to established treatme...

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Michelle Dawson @autismcrisis.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

"COIs continue to be pervasive in ABA autism intervention research, and most remain undisclosed. Most alarmingly, the practice of falsely claiming not to hold COIs remains entrenched in this field of research and appears to have worsened over time" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... an update

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A 5-Year Update of Conflicts of Interest in Autism Intervention Research in Applied Behavior Analysis Journals - Kristen Bottema-Beutel, Jessica Hinson-Williams, Yueyang Shen, Ruoxi Guo, Samantha Bray...

Researchers’ false, incomplete, or missing disclosures of conflicts of interest (COIs) can introduce bias into research, can erode public trust in research find...

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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

‘When support is woven into everyday practice, children are not singled out for needing help’: a MAT director explains how it has changed its approach to inclusion to avoid the risk of children feeling excluded from their classmates

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Inclusion: how to give support without stigmatising students

A director of a multi-academy trust explains how it changed its approach to inclusion based on the principle that removing barriers to learning is ‘essential for some and useful for all’

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Mary Doherty @autisticdoctor.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I’ve published a preprint on Autistic Shame. It’s not an easy read. Shame is the hidden link between the stigma autistic people face and the mental health crisis in our community. This paper is my attempt to name it, trace it, and point toward what we might do about it. osf.io/preprints/ps...

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OSF

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Michelle Dawson @autismcrisis.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Interviews with autistics about autistic burnout, free journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... many participants "shared a sense of self-blame as a result of ability loss & difficulty with functioning at least partially connected to burnout. Some participants seemed to experience very severe distress"

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Lucila Guerrero ♾️⚜️🍁 @lucila-guerrero.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

⭐ Appel à la participation Personnes autistes (12 ans et +), proches et personnes professionnelles de la santé : participez à un projet de recherche visant à améliorer la qualité des soins et à développer un guide de pratique en communication. #Québec

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Michelle Dawson @autismcrisis.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Autistics on "autistic flow" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... "findings challenge conventional flow models and suggest that autistic flow experiences may be qualitatively distinct in their reliance on sensory engagement as an entry point, aligning with sensory-seeking accounts of flow"?

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Transitioning in and out of Autistic Flow: A Qualitative Study Presenting a Non‐Pathologising Approach to Autistic Well‐Being and Conceptualising Autistic Ways of Being in Clinical and Therapeutic Set...

Introduction Autistic flow is a term that has been used to describe the autistic experience of being deeply immersed in an activity. Autistic flow theory proposes that autistic people may be uniquel.....

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 28/01/2026

Research suggests "there may be a relationship b/t mental health hospitalizations & getting ABA" as "Autistic youth often receive applied behavior analysis (ABA) therapy, but some autistic adults who had ABA as youth say it harmed their mental health as adults." journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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Mental health outcomes associated with applied behavior analysis in a US national sample of privately insured autistic youth - Nahime G Aguirre Mtanous, Jamie Koenig, Melica Nikahd, Sarah E Effertz, S...

Applied behavior analysis is a widely used intervention for autistic youth, though its mental health impacts remain under-researched. This study aims to investi...

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Michelle Dawson @autismcrisis.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Comparing self-harm & suicidality in autistic vs non-autistic adults aged 40-93 years (mean age 60) link.springer.com/article/10.1... 55% of autistics, vs 13.3% of non-autistics, responded "yes" to the question, "Have you deliberately harmed yourself, whether or not you meant to end your life?"

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Self-harm and suicidality experiences of autistic and non-autistic adults in midlife and old age - Molecular Autism

Background Suicide has been reported as a leading cause of premature death in autistic populations. Additionally, risk of suicidality is often found to increase with age in the general population. Des...

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Dr Elizabeth M Weir @elizabethmweir.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

My fantastic PhD student @tanachikaura.bsky.social has published her first first-author paper today on self-reported lifetime traumatic experiences, psychological distress, and risk of suicidality among autistic adults. As the paper provides details on these issues, please take care when reading

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Traumatic Experiences, Psychological Distress and Suicide‐Related Behaviors in Autistic Adults

Autistic adults have increased risks of trauma, suicide, and poor mental health compared to non-autistic adults, with 1 in 4 autistic adults attempting suicide. We administered an anonymized, self-re...

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Michelle Dawson @autismcrisis.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Autistics (vs non-autistics) "are less likely to make errors in self-assessments of their cognitive performance"? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... "findings provide valuable insights into both the cognitive strengths of autistic individuals and the mechanisms underlying metacognitive biases"

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Reduced Susceptibility to the Dunning–Kruger Effect in Autistic Employees

Evidence indicates that autistic individuals are less susceptible to social influence and cognitive biases than non-autistic individuals. However, no studies have been conducted on the Dunning–Kruger....

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Michelle Dawson @autismcrisis.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

"Burnout as experienced by autistic people is characterised by profound exhaustion, loss of functional abilities, and a chronic course marked by intermittent crises, with impacts on sensory, emotional, cognitive, and daily life functioning" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... systematic review

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Burnout as experienced by autistic people: A systematic review

‘Autistic burnout’ is described as a debilitating state of exhaustion experienced by autistic people due to living in a world that often lacks accommo…

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Lucila Guerrero ♾️⚜️🍁 @lucila-guerrero.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Texte personnel inspiré par l’article « Ils sont légion » paru dans Le Devoir et signé par @Céline Lamy. J’y réfléchis à l’importance de reconnaître la souffrance et de dire « je suis désolée » dans les milieux de soins, d’accompagnement et au quotidien. lucilaguerrero.com/wordpress/de...

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De plus. Difficile de dire "je suis désolée" ⋆ Lucila Guerrero autisme

Un texte qui resonne en moi À la lecture de l’article «Ils sont légion» paru le 15 octobre 2025 dans Le Devoir, rédigé par la pédopsychiatre et sociologue Céline Lamy, je suis restée sans mots tant ce...

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Lucila Guerrero ♾️⚜️🍁 @lucila-guerrero.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Heureuse de faire partie de cette équipe. Le rapport Un milieu de vie adapté aux besoins spécifiques d'adultes autistes est maintenant disponible en ligne. Il présente des recommandations pour améliorer le quotidien des adultes autistes. Pour consulter le rapport complet : bit.ly/4o6fK3b

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Isabelle Finn-Kelcey @isabellefk.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

And even when ‘baseline’ testing isn’t glitchy, it still contributes to (neuro) #normative “rules, routines & expectations” which “often exclude #neurodivergent students, whose needs & ways of thinking are rarely reflected in how schools are designed” 😕 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Neuro-Normative Epistemic Injustice – Consequences for the UK Education Crisis and School Anxiety - Emmie Fisher, Keren MacLennan, Sinéad Mullally, Jacqui Rodgers, 2025

The UK education system is failing to meet needs, leading to an attendance and school anxiety crisis. However, the system faults those disproportionately and mo...

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Michelle Dawson @autismcrisis.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Peer-support programs ("with autistic peers only") for autistics, 15-study systematic review, free journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... "all studies described an overall positive impact of peer support" "None of the included studies used a control group, and follow-up was often absent or short-term"

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Impact of peer-support programs for individuals with autism: A systematic review - Monica HM Verkooijen, Marjolijn Ketelaar, Max van Woerden, Wouter G Staal, Indira Tendolkar, Janneke R Zinkstok, 2025

The neurodiversity approach recognizes autism as a natural variation of human experience, emphasizing unique strengths while acknowledging social and behavioral...

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Michelle Dawson @autismcrisis.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Asking autistic adults why they did not seek help when suicidal--"It is essential to recognise... that reticence towards help-seeking is a wholly appropriate response to ineffective treatment and physical and/or psychological harm from medical care..." journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... free

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‘I did not think they could help me’: Autistic adults’ reasons for not seeking public healthcare when they last experienced suicidality - Tanya L Procyshyn, Rachel L Moseley, Sarah J Marsden, Carrie A...

With autistic people at increased risk of dying by suicide, understanding barriers to help-seeking is crucial for suicide prevention efforts. Using an online su...

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David Masson @psymassondavid.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Info utile du jour en #psychiatrie: les bénéfices des jeux vidéo pour la #SantéMentale Le JV n'est pas qu'un concentré de violence ni un repére de demeurés. C'est aussi un outil précieux pour prendre soin de soi! 🔟 points essayés pour vous par un psy 🎮 en main⬇️ #JeuVideo

Content de poser manette en main devant Mario Kart World 😊

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Thriving Autistic @thrivingautistic.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

NAIT Key Messages for Neuro-affirming Health Practitioners Adults (2025) from @naitscotland.bsky.social Thank you for creating this fabulous free 28 page neuroaffirmative resource! nait.scot/document/nai...

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NAIT Key Messages for Neuro-affirming Health Practitioners Adults (2025) - National Autism Implementation Team

NAIT Key Messages for neuro-affirming health practitioners working with adults

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Christine Jenkins, Canada @christineajenkins.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

#AutRes #Quebec #Autism Stéphanie interviewed me recently. Mix of French and English. #LaMénopause est un sujet brûlant! youtu.be/YYERkoZo0XQ?...

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Webinaire sur la ménopause autistique

YouTube video by GRAADA

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Carmen Rosas-Pérez @diffusefield.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Our paper (first one in a journal as first author for me) is now out. 🙂 sciencedirect.com/science/arti... (open access) Thanks again to our incredible participants for all what they shared with us, which made writing this a very intense experience and at the same time facilitated it very much.

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"More than noise: Lived experiences of autistic people in real-life acoustic environments"

Highlights:

-Qualitative study based on the thematic analysis of interviews with 12 autistic adults living in the United Kingdom.

-There is a lack of understanding and acceptance towards autistic people and what they experience in relation to noise.

-The negative impact is experienced on a personal, social, educative and professional level since childhood.

-High sensitivity to sound can also lead to great pleasure of music and nature sounds.

-There is a need to increase auditory accessibility, as many daily life environments present important aural barriers.

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Le Devoir @ledevoir.com · 06/05/2025

Chronique | Monsieur Drainville, j’inscris C- en rouge sur votre devoir. Votre punition douce: visionner la série «Empathie». #éducation #polqc

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Exercice d’empathie

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Lucila Guerrero ♾️⚜️🍁 @lucila-guerrero.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Je pense que les règles devraient plutôt tenir compte des réalités diverses des élèves, au lieu d’imposer une approche unique à tout le monde. Il existe différentes manières de se sentir bien, d’apprendre et d’entrer en relation. Les politiques scolaires devraient en tenir compte. #polq #education

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Michelle Dawson @autismcrisis.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

"Interestingly, negative first impressions towards autistic individuals appear to occur regardless of autism status, with both autistic and non-autistic rater participants rating autistic people less favorably than non-autistic people" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... systematic review, free

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First Impressions Towards Autistic People: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Emerging evidence suggests that observers tend to form less favorable first impressions toward autistic people than toward non-autistic people. These negative impressions may be associated with immed...

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Mary Doherty @autisticdoctor.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Epistemic injustice... being autistic means one’s credibility and capacity to relate an accurate account of one’s own experience is often questioned. How can I be a doctor if I am autistic? Conversely, how can I be autistic if I am a doctor? www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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My autistic meltdown: the impact of autistic sensory needs

As an autistic adult, even the word meltdown is humiliating. A shameful part of my past, no longer relevant to a senior doctor, or so I would like to think. And yet the reality is different. Some 2 ye...

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Michelle Dawson @autismcrisis.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

"it all started with one or two well-documented autistic individuals of high intelligence and exceptional gifts. These cases rapidly found their way into fiction that resonated with readers and viewers..."? journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... authors speculate on "dramatic changes" in autism, free

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Fergus Murray @oolong.co.uk · 08/04/2025

My interview with Jesse Meadows for 'Sluggish' is up! Podcast + transcript. We talked about #WeirdPride, #monotropism, being #autistic and #ADHD, #flow states and a bunch of other stuff. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did! Jesse is an excellent interviewer. open.substack.com/pub/sluggish...

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"Autistic pride is impossible without weird pride"

Fergus Murray on attention tunnels, the duality of flow, and weird pride

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AQRP - SANTÉ MENTALE @aqrpsm.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐂𝐄𝐒 𝐄𝐍 𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐓É 𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐄 - Vous vivez avec un trouble anxieux, dépressif ou un trouble lié à l’usage de substances? Le Programme québécois pour les troubles mentaux vous propose des soins basés sur les meilleures pratiques. Consultez xn--qubec-csa.ca/SoinsSanteMe...

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aslynn is just a ghoul 👻 @aslynnromano.com · 06/04/2025

This Autism Acceptance month, can you accept that almost 90% of Autistic people interviewed in one 2016 study endorsed that they had been a victim of childhood sex abuse…? Now that you’re AWARE, can you accept it? What can you do to change it if you can’t accept it?

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Sexual Victimization in Autism

In this article: Chronic maltreatment and sexual victimization Trauma and quality of life Risk Factors What can we do? A safer future Resources Despite evidence to the contrary, misper...

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Le Devoir @ledevoir.com · 03/04/2025

Un père a marché plus de 30 km pour dénoncer les lacunes de l’État québécois sur l’autisme.

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«Les enfants autistes méritent mieux»

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Lucila Guerrero ♾️⚜️🍁 @lucila-guerrero.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Événement gratuit! Ma présentation portera sur les résultats sur la stigmatisation et l'acceptation des personnes autistes au Québec du rapport . Pour ce projet, je suis coautrice du rapport final. Le Symposium à lieu les 23 et 24 avril. Pour s'inscrire : event.fourwaves.com/fr/graada202...

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