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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Fascinating study in the U.K. that showed that "individuals who regularly read right-leaning tabloids – which more frequently feature negative coverage of autism – tended to display more negative automatic responses towards autism." journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 24/12/2025

Newspapers tend to focus on autistic challenges, not autistic strengths. This kind of reporting—especially in some tabloids and right-leaning newspapers—can reinforce negative stereotypes, making it harder to build a more inclusive society for Autistic people: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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The relationship between newspaper reading preferences and attitudes towards autism - Marta Dickinson, Themis Karaminis, 2025

Newspapers – particularly certain tabloid and right-leaning publications – often perpetuate negative stereotypes of Autistic people. This study examined how new...

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CogNeurothemis @themiskaraminis.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

How are news media narratives related to public attitudes towards autism? Our new paper @journalautism.bsky.social explores this question using data on newspaper reading preferences. 🎥Video overview available below ⬇️ #Autism #MediaRepresentation #Newspapers #PublicAttitudes #AutismResearch

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Steven Kapp @drstevenkapp.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

New paper (w/ accompanying video) below by @themiskaraminis.bsky.social shows trust in right-wing newspapers relates to harsher attitudes toward autistic ppl despite what ppl admit. Ties in w/ @thinkingautism.com’s piece connecting grievance parents to MAGA: thinkingautismguide.com/2022/11/grie...

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Grievance Parents Are Autism's MAGA Movement — THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM

Horrified by the misinformation peddled by MAGA truthers? You should be just as concerned about grievance-based autism parent orgs.

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CogNeurothemis @themiskaraminis.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

I’m lucky to have a garden office/shed/cave. When I work from there, Exponential the Cat often knocks on the door, then dashes to the house to wait for me to follow and let her in. Isn't that second-order Theory of Mind? #ToM #cat

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Ben Potts @ben-potts.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

🚨 New publication! The first paper from my #PhD is now out! The A3ReAcH Framework is 12 principles for inclusive, accessible research for autistic, ADHD & AuDHD people. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Graphic announcing a new publication titled The A3ReAcH Framework. The top of the image features large bold text reading “NEW PAPER” with a subtitle above it: “The A3ReAcH Framework”. Below is a cropped screenshot of the journal article, showing the title: “The A3ReAcH (Autistic, ADHD and AuDHD research accessibility in healthcare) framework: Principles for inclusive healthcare research with autistic, ADHD and AuDHD individuals in radiography and medical radiation technology”, authored by Ben Potts, Emily Skelton, Georgia Pavlopoulou, Themis Karaminis, and Christina Malamateniou, and published in the Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences (2025).

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Ben Potts @ben-potts.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Hello, everyone. I'm seeking views from fellow #Autistic, #ADHD, and #AuDHD people. My goal is to ensure my PhD project is driven by community needs and priorities right from the start. If you can spare an hour to help, contact me here or via email (address is in the image). Thanks! #AutRes

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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

We're living George Orwell's 1984: IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.

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CogNeurothemis @themiskaraminis.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

📰 #Newspapers often depict #autism in negative and stereotypical ways —but how does this influence public perceptions? Our new preprint explores this issue: 🔗 osf.io/preprints/os... #AutismResearch #MediaRepresentation

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Georgia Harper @mindtheflap.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Really interesting paper on gender disparities in autism coverage in British newspapers. Grim finding: a significant subset of the "autistic girls" articles were about gender transition and misgendered those involved. Which also means there's *even less* coverage of autistic girls than it appears.

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Ann Memmott @annmemmott.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... New research showing how far we have to go, in the media. They looked at UK newspapers to see how often they mention e.g. autistic girl, boy, mum, dad etc. No. of times the Press mentioned autistic grandmothers? None. #AutisticElders @cosmichael.bsky.social

Table 1 from the linked article, showing how many times e.g. 'autistic grandmother' had been mentioned in UK press.
None.

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 02/09/2024

Articles on autism are usually negative, and specifically, are sh***y in depictions of autistic people. So, "Autistic people should be involved in guiding newspapers to more inclusive coverage, & it is crucial that newspapers respect the community's language preferences." phys.org/news/2024-08...

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British media needs to change negative portrayals of autism

The paper, led by a researcher from City St George's, University of London, analyzed sentiments towards autism and autistic people in British newspapers from 2011 to 2020, as evaluated by autistic peo...

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Andy Clarke @andyclarke.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Interesting paper (open access) looking in detail at autistic representation - including the differences between how boys and girls (or mothers/fathers) are portrayed (eg girls more likely to be shown as part of a group, not an individual, and mainly in discussing gender difference).

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CogNeurothemis @themiskaraminis.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Thank you very much, @georgejulian.bsky.social. There are additional visuals in the paper (open access) that focus on changes over time, contrasts between tabloids and broadsheets, as well as left- and right-leaning publications.

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CogNeurothemis @themiskaraminis.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

My very first post here :) NEW follow-up paper from our @britishacademy.bsky.social Leverhulme project on Attitudes toward Autism in British Newspapers now #openaccess in @journalautism.bsky.social ! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... Summary below: 🧵1/11

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