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We often talk about autism like it’s all in the brain. But the nervous system runs through the entire body. Autism isn’t just how we think — it’s how we process and respond: to sound, light, touch, movement, and stress. It’s sensory. It’s regulatory. It’s physiological.

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Fwiw I don’t believe for one second that anyone in government genuinely believes that cutting disability benefits help people into work.

submitted 6 days ago • 3 comments

Please don't be that ignorant ass who dismisses self-diagnosed autistics—especially as adult diagnosis can be near-impossible to access, research shows self-diagnosis is usually accurate, and people self-diagnose because they're struggling, not for giggles. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/unma...

submitted 10 days ago • 5 comments

ABA paper in skeet below cites 2 studies to claim autistics don’t find eye contact uncomfortable. Vast bulk of studies find it is aversive for autistics: link.springer.com/article/10.1... ABA industry often has “therapists” w/ no prior training w/ minimal supervision - more “eye gaze” on harm needed

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

People are misstating what the social model of disability is. So many who attack the social model haven't really read enough to inform themselves. It was deaf persons in the 1960s who first articulated what the social model of disability is. Note that deafness is usually a permanent impairment. 1/

submitted 24 days ago • 2 comments

Editorial on neurodiveristy frameworks in East Asian cultures: identity vs person-first debates don't make (linguistic) sense in some languages. These cultures may value harmony/cultural tightness over individuality; important to learn from local autistic ppl. 1/ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

submitted 30 days ago • 4 comments

If white South Africans really are at disproportionate risk, why aren't other countries besides the U.S. offering to take them in as refugees?

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

This is an excellent piece and thread. This point is really important— I don't think most people outside of academia realize that separate from normal processing fees in high-impact journals, we actually have to pay to make our own papers open access. This is only sometimes covered by institutions.

submitted 32 days ago • 4 comments

"There’s a stereotype that autistic people are generally drawn to STEM fields & that law is an anomalous profession for us to go into, but in my experience that is not true. I have known & worked with quite a few openly autistic lawyers." @samanticka.bsky.social: www.americanbar.org/groups/diver...

submitted 70 days ago • 2 comments

The propaganda derived from the intersection of alternative medicine and the anti-vaccine movement is a bottomless pit of science illiteracy.

submitted 34 days ago • 459 comments

“Many researchers have framed autistic people as having empathy deficits, or lacking social motivation or skill. We believe that these are not deficits, but differences often arising from a mismatch in communication styles and ways of thinking."

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

New paper alert! Information transfer within and between autistic and non-autistic people is out today in @nathumbehav.nature.com nature.com/articles/s41... THREAD! 🧵⬇️

submitted 37 days ago • 9 comments

The Cass Review gets peer reviewed and absolutely shredded Cass is the Wakefield of our time. A scandal in broad daylight

submitted 41 days ago • 38 comments

People may assume that anyone who claims to advocate for autistic people is a good person. This is often not true; many parent-run autism organizations actively oppose autistics on autism issues, specifically orgs like NCSA and @autismsciencefd.bsky.social: thinkingautismguide.com/2019/01/im-p...

submitted 41 days ago • 3 comments

Actually the best life advice I ever got: Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly. A half-cleaned room is better than an uncleaned room. Occasionally flossing is better than never flossing. A 10-minute workout is better than no workout. When it’s all you can do to get out of bed, get out of bed.

submitted 41 days ago • 70 comments

David Grier is not even research science adjacent. He is a vector of pseudoscience who should be allowed nowhere near legitimate labs much less governmental agencies designed to protect public health.

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Just out! Our peer-reviewed critique of the Cass Review has been published by BMC Medical Research Methodology. Please read and share. We show that the Cass Review is fatally flawed and should not be the basis for policy or practice in transgender healthcare. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

submitted 41 days ago • 136 comments

I don’t think “support needs” language is any better than functioning labels. In practice, it’s just another way to tell some autistics that we aren’t autistic enough, & our needs won’t be taken seriously. #Autistic

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Shocker: "The person in your life who’s convinced you’re not really autistic at all is also the hardest on you about every single autistic trait you exhibit, it has been confirmed." At @thedailytism.com: thedailytism.com/consistent-p... #autism #autistic #neurodiversity

submitted 47 days ago • 3 comments

Something I wish more people knew (and understood) is that you see autism every single day, everywhere you go, and just don't know it.

submitted 48 days ago • 16 comments

5 common issues autistic people have that most people don't realize have a scientific correlation to autism... 1. Sleep apnea 2. Allergies 3. Teeth grinding 4. Stomach issues 5. Temp regulation issues

submitted 48 days ago • 43 comments

“Autism has always existed. It is not a disease. Autism is a brain profile—a part of human neurodiversity that has always been here.” - Clain Udy, author of Rebranding Autism: A Guide to Seeing Strength on the Spectrum.

submitted 48 days ago • 8 comments

It literally breaks my heart to read things that say "with autism" or "has autism" Nethier of these terms are correct in my opinion, all it does is make autism sound like some sort of disease.

submitted 48 days ago • 6 comments

Exactly. There's a footnote that cites 12 studies that show improved health outcomes for trans children who use puberty blockers, and only 1 "larger study" that shows the opposite. They then conclude from this that the improvements have been “inconsistently reported.” Because of 1 study??

submitted 50 days ago • 1 comment

If you're undiagnosed but strongly suspect you're autistic, the chances of you actually BEING autistic are extremely high. There's absolutely no benefit to moving on with your life as though you're not & EVERY benefit to you moving on as though you are. I hope you know that. ❤️

submitted 51 days ago • 33 comments