#Autism #AutismResearch #Neurodivergent #ActuallyAutistic #UtaFrith #EpistemicInjustice

Happy World Autism Acceptance Day!

Our Aidan Lab team created a simple infographic with 7 strategies to help you better understand and support well-being. Check it out!

#aidanlab #autismresearch #wellbeing #autisticadults #infographics #neurodiversity #autismacceptance #autismawareness

Happy Autism Awareness Day and Autism Awareness Month to all autistic individuals like me. #AutismResearch #AutismAwarenessDay #AutismAwarenessMonth #AutisticLivesMatter

Have you seen this petition yet? Test speech mechanisms in nonverbal individuals

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Poster titled “Have you needed Emergency Care?” “About the Survey”: The survey explores what shapes decisions about seeking care from a hospital emergency department and how people experience the environment and interactions within it. It uses a neurodiversity-informed approach and particularly welcomes responses from autistic, ADHD, dyslexic or dyspraxic adults, whether formally diagnosed or self-identified, alongside people who identify as neurotypical. The aim is to understand patterns and needs across diverse experiences and inform how emergency care services can better support a wide range of people. “Who can take part”: You can take part if you are 18 or over, live in the UK, and have needed emergency healthcare, whether you attended an emergency department or not. “How to take part”: The survey takes approximately 15 minutes, depending on how much you choose to share. Website link: EDSurvey.Link City St George’s, University of London, CRRAG and GRRAND. Ethics ref: ETH2425-1579

We are conducting a UK-wide study exploring how adults experience emergency care, including how people seek care and how it is delivered once they arrive.

Share your experience: EDSurvey.link

#Emergency #NHS #ED #UK #Healthcare #Autistic #ADHD #Care #Neurodivergent #AutRes #AutismResearch #Medical

Which brings us back to those questions:

1/ Whose problem is autism being treated as?
2/ And whose interests are being served by that?

And...

3/ What kind of future is being imagined??

10/11

#Autism #AutismResearch #AutismIndustrialComplex #ActuallyAutistic

Then, as we’re not listened to, society's understanding of autism develops without us.🤷🏽‍♀️

That flawed understanding is then used to overrule us, again.

Strange little loop. ➰

6/11

#EpistemicInjustice #Autism #AutismResearch

#autismresearch "Gamma waves—which carry fine-grained sensory detail—can become hyper-active or noisy." share.google/aimode/Bwtyv...
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GABAs matter due to neurovascular distribution. Mitochondrial activity translates with what happens in the visual cortex as Gamma overload.

New issue: What really causes autism? | BBC Science Focus Magazine Our best research – studies that looked at the health records of millions of children – has, to date, found no causal link between taking acetaminophen (otherwise known as paracetamol and sold under the brand name Tylenol in the US) during pregnancy and the onset of autism. In fact, as rates of autism diagnoses have gone up, acetaminophen use during pregnancy has actually gone down. So why do some high-profile US politicians suggest otherwise? Well, there was a study, published a decade ago, that looked at data collected on almost 2,650 children, which did find an effect. But it’s possible that this research was actually observing the effect of whatever symptom the drug was meant to treat – not the drug itself. The backdrop to this row is the undeniable observation that autism diagnoses are on the rise. One in 59 children were thought to have the condition in the US in 2015; that figure is now one in 31, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Most experts attribute this rise to improvements in identifying autism. Indeed, we’ve gotten better at understanding what autism looks like in all its forms. And therein lies some clarity. Just as we’re beginning to understand that there are different types of autism, there are likely to be several factors that can shift the dance between genetics and the environment as your brain develops during pregnancy. Timing is everything in the womb, which is why one scientist is growing tiny human brains (or at least parts of them) in a lab – to find out when and where the first signs of autism appear.

New issue: What really causes autism? #Science #HealthandMedicine #MentalHealth #AutismResearch #Neurodevelopment #PublicHealth

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Research led by Rosalba Gaudiuso (University of Bari, Italy) explores how LIBS spectroscopy could detect trace metal patterns in blood linked to autism - potentially enabling earlier diagnosis.

🔗 https://ow.ly/NBqJ50Yqcku

#AutismResearch #Spectroscopy #AnalyticalChemistry

Lab-grown brain models reveal unique electrical patterns in different types of autism By growing miniature brain models from patient cells, researchers have identified distinct electrical activity patterns linked to various autism profiles. This approach offers a personalized way to study the unique biological roots of neurodevelopmental conditions.

Lab-grown brain models reveal unique electrical patterns in different types of autism #Science #HealthandMedicine #Neurology #AutismResearch #Neurobiology #HealthInnovation

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Rival ‘shadow’ group to RFK, Jr.’s autism science committee meets in D.C. Autism researchers are working to counter a federal autism advisory panel that they say has vaccine skeptic members and a “striking absence of scientific expertise”

Rival ‘shadow’ group to RFK, Jr.’s autism science committee meets in D.C. #Science #Other #AutismResearch #SciencePolicy #HealthDialogue

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Using the linear references from the pangenome to discover missing autism variants - Nature Communications Large-effect variants in autism remain elusive. Here, the authors use long-read sequencing to assemble phased genomes for 189 individuals, identifying pathogenic variants in TBL1XR1, MECP2, and SYNGAP1, plus nine candidate structural variants missed by short-read methods.

Long‑read, phased genomes from 189 individuals reveal autism‑associated pathogenic variants, including complex SVs missed by short reads. Highlights variants in TBL1XR1, MECP2 & SYNGAP1. @uwgenome.bsky.social @humanpangenome.bsky.social #LongReadSequencing #StructuralVariants #AutismResearch

Webinar speakers with words Free Webinar: Finding connection online: Autistic adults' experiences of dating, disclosure and safety

❤️Join us for a free ARCAP webinar – Finding connection online: Autistic adults’ experiences of dating, disclosure and safety. Hear from researchers & Autistic adults about online dating connection, safety concerns and recommendations: www.aspect.org.au/community-ev...
#AutismResearch #OnlineDating

SFARI | Simons Sleep Project The Simons Sleep Project is an open-science data resource intended to accelerate autism research using data from wearable devices.

This #WorldSleepDay, check out the Simons Sleep Project, an open-science data resource intended to accelerate research into sleep and daily behaviors in autism: https://www.sfari.org/resource/simons-sleep-project/ #science #autismresearch

🎓 Poster Presentation at #CEC2026

Michaela Duranti, M.Ed., Graduate Assistant, presented her poster at the Council for Exceptional Children Convention.

#SpecialEducation #AutismResearch

Autism in Women May Be More Extreme Than in Men, Massive Study Finds For decades, autism has been understood as a condition that overwhelmingly affects boys. Walk into any specialist clinic, scan any epidemiological database, and the ratio stares back at you: roughly four males diagnosed for every one female. Scientists have long accepted this disparity as a basic fact of the condition. A sweeping new meta-analysis the largest of its kind, drawing on data from more than 1.2 million people across 34 studies now offers the clearest answer yet and it comes with a twist that challenges everything we thought we knew about autism and sex.

Women with autism show larger cognitive shifts than autistic men challenging decades of assumptions.

#AutismResearch #Neuroscience #Psychology #Neurodiversity #Science

The book, "Autistic Masking: Understanding Identity Management and the Role of Stigma," by Amy Pearson and Kieran Rose. The cover is charcoal grey with a picture of a colorful chameleon on a branch. There are several sticky tabs hanging out of the book. The book is sitting on a grey and floral cushion.

Uta Frith says masking isn't real. Huh. That's weird, because there's a whole academic book (among other things) written about it.
Autistic Masking was published in 2023.
Somehow, I doubt she's read it. Sigh.
#AutisticMasking #AutismResearch #AuDHD

ICYMI: Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, director of the #NIH and acting director of the #CDC, joined Lab Coat Optional for a bonus episode.

He and host Pete discussed everything from #AutismResearch to Jay's love of board games.

Give it a listen and let us know what you think!

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(Deictic) relational responding is not related to autism traits in the general population Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science (JCBS)Volume 39, January 2026

Do autism traits link to deictic relating? Two experiments found no significant correlations. Learn more: http://ow.ly/SacM30sTN2Y

#JCBS #ACBS #AutismResearch #RFT #ContextualBehavioralScience #TheoryOfMind #PsychologicalScience

Excellent response! Also glad the article links to Dr. Monique Botha-Kite's response (which she has since added to with two more reels).
#Autism #AutismResearch #AuDHD

Long-Read Genome Sequencing Uncovers New Autism Gene Variants By utilizing long-read sequencing, an emerging technique that reads large sections of the genome at once, scientists at UC San Diego have revealed new genetic variants associated with autism spectrum…

Out now in @CellGenomics: #LongRead sequencing reveals new genetic variants for #autism. Results could help yield new tests and treatments. #AutismResearch #AutismSpectrum @UCSDMedSchool.bsky.social @cp-cell.bsky.social

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Troubled By RFK Jr.'s Overhaul Of Federal Autism Panel, Experts Launch Their Own After U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. remade a key federal autism panel, some of the nation's most influential researchers and advocates are creating a competing one.

Autism researchers and advocates launch an independent advisory panel amid concerns over the federal autism committee overhaul. They aim to uphold science‑based research priorities. 👉 https://ow.ly/W7AM50YpTZX #Autism #ScienceBasedResearch #DisabilityAdvocacy #AutismResearch

Two people holding mobile phones. Text says Free webinar. Finding connection online: Autistic adults' experiences of dating, disclosure and safety. Register now.

Curious about Autistic adults’ experiences of online dating – from navigating profiles to disclosure and safety? Join our free webinar on 24 March where researchers and Autistic people will share insights and answer your questions. Register: aspect.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#AutismResearch #webinar

Poster titled “Have you needed Emergency Care?” “About the Survey”: The survey explores what shapes decisions about seeking care from a hospital emergency department and how people experience the environment and interactions within it. It uses a neurodiversity-informed approach and particularly welcomes responses from autistic, ADHD, dyslexic or dyspraxic adults, whether formally diagnosed or self-identified, alongside people who identify as neurotypical. The aim is to understand patterns and needs across diverse experiences and inform how emergency care services can better support a wide range of people. “Who can take part”: You can take part if you are 18 or over, live in the UK, and have needed emergency healthcare, whether you attended an emergency department or not. “How to take part”: The survey takes approximately 15 minutes, depending on how much you choose to share. Website link: EDSurvey.Link City St George’s, University of London, CRRAG and GRRAND. Ethics ref: ETH2425-1579

Have you needed to visit a hospital emergency department?

How was it to communicate what you needed?
Did the environment help or hinder?
What influenced your decision to seek care?

Take Part: EDSurvey.link

#NHS #UK #Healthcare #Autistic #ADHD #Care #AutRes #AutismResearch #ADHDresearch #ND

Poster titled “Have you needed Emergency Care?” “About the Survey”: The survey explores what shapes decisions about seeking care from a hospital emergency department and how people experience the environment and interactions within it. It uses a neurodiversity-informed approach and particularly welcomes responses from autistic, ADHD, dyslexic or dyspraxic adults, whether formally diagnosed or self-identified, alongside people who identify as neurotypical. The aim is to understand patterns and needs across diverse experiences and inform how emergency care services can better support a wide range of people. “Who can take part”: You can take part if you are 18 or over, live in the UK, and have needed emergency healthcare, whether you attended an emergency department or not. “How to take part”: The survey takes approximately 15 minutes, depending on how much you choose to share. Website link: EDSurvey.Link City St George’s, University of London, CRRAG and GRRAND. Ethics ref: ETH2425-1579

We are conducting a UK-wide study exploring how adults experience emergency care, including how people seek care and how it is delivered once they arrive.

Share your experience: EDSurvey.link

#Emergency #NHS #ED #UK #Healthcare #Autistic #ADHD #Care #Neurodivergent #AutRes #AutismResearch #Medical

The Leucovorin Question in Autism: What a Retraction Teaches Us About Evidence, Hope, and Clinical Humility A child psychiatrist's perspective on a shifting evidence base

A clinical trial just got retracted—wiping out 20% of the evidence for leucovorin in autism. The real story is what it reveals about hope, desperation, and how far we still have to go for these families.
#Autism #AutismResearch #ChildPsychiatry #Leucovorin

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Senate HELP hearing spotlights competing statements about vaccines and autism At a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing, two speakers traded citations and assertions about whether vaccines cause autism, with one citing an American Medical Association statement denying a link and the other urging more study while saying autism appears to be rising.

A heated debate unfolded in the Senate as experts clashed over the contentious link between vaccines and autism, citing conflicting evidence and calling for further research.

Click to read more!

#US #PublicHealth #CitizenPortal #SenateCommittee #VaccineEducation #AutismResearch

Autism and ADHD May Share a Hidden Brain-Gene Signature Researchers have found that the severity of autism symptoms, rather than the diagnosis itself, is linked to patterns of brain connectivity associated with genes connected to autism and ADHD.

Autism and ADHD May Share a Hidden Brain-Gene Signature #Science #HealthandMedicine #MentalHealth #AutismResearch #ADHD #Neuroscience

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Cannabis Reduces ADHD Symptoms in Children With Autism Efficacy of CBD-dominant extracts assessed in a new study

Understanding specific Autism & ADHD patient needs ... #ADHDPatientCare #GeneticsResearch #MicroDosing #NaturalAlternatives #ControlledDosingADHDpatients #ResearchIsKey #CannabisScienceIsReal #CaseByCaseADHDStudy #AutismResearch #AutismEducation #FreedomToChoose

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