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autismcrisis

  1. I just told an editor that I am not a "Dr." His response was to call me "Mr. Michelle Dawson." 29 minutes ago via web
  2. Young autistic children presented with fake impossible tasks are profoundly unimpressed j.mp/JJmpgh not the authors' interpretation about 21 hours ago via web
  3. This means it really exists, maybe? Sent off corrected page proofs of my 1st sole-author paper (long entry for enormous autism encyclopedia) 2:25 AM May 28th via web
  4. Economics journals now have much higher standards on COI disclosure & IRB approval than do the flagship ABA journals j.mp/MRVIFQ 6:25 PM May 27th via web
  5. Dear K Dillenburger, BCBA-D: I try to take ABA seriously as a field of science. Your work makes that very hard to do j.mp/JOxtSO 6:15 PM May 27th via web
  6. Big prison screening study totally fails to find all those autistics who are supposed to be criminals j.mp/JmStR6 via @DrBrocktagon 5:53 PM May 27th via web
  7. Sunflower seed eating & vermicelli handling as autism diagnostic instruments (in rats) j.mp/KPrvD9 sadly behind $38 paywall 8:29 AM May 26th via web
  8. In an editorial on "common ground" in global autism research, Mayada Elsabbagh assumes that all autistics are children j.mp/KgOSYG 2:32 PM May 25th via web
  9. Evaluating the ADOS calibrated autism "severity" scores j.mp/JshI9b Autistics mostly in module 1. And are higher scores "worse"? 2:27 PM May 25th via web
  10. 56% of school-aged autistic children use one or more psychotropic medications j.mp/JeRAtG data from US parent survey 3:20 AM May 24th via web
  11. The psychophysics of visual strawberry degradation over 169 hours j.mp/KFyYVi "These findings have wide-ranging application..." 2:55 AM May 24th via web
  12. Mason Stokes, 15, saves his choking friend: "Stokes credits his autism with helping him stay calm and help his friend" j.mp/KexaU4 1:28 AM May 24th via web
  13. Excellent editorial about clinical trial registries: their history, purpose, shortcomings j.mp/MH8Qxm open access, autism-relevant 9:00 AM May 23rd via web
  14. The next big thing? Elephant-based autism intervention, now promoted in Thailand j.mp/KaEKk4 8:33 AM May 23rd via web
  15. Sarah White abandons executive dysfunction & unveils new "Triple I" ToM deficit model in which autistics are oblivious j.mp/Lq9qKu 4:41 AM May 23rd via web
  16. JRC feature tonight on CNN j.mp/JbyC7d "Director of Research" at JRC, Nathan Blenkush, is also a Board Certified Behavior Analyst 4:07 PM May 22nd via web
  17. "monozygotic twins can differ genetically in ways that might be especially relevant in autism" j.mp/LoCYrH excellent letter in JADD 10:00 AM May 22nd via web
  18. USA Today journalist mentions my work & diagnoses me as "high functioning" without having ever contacted me--amazing! j.mp/LmZpxG 6:33 PM May 21st via web
  19. "I'd really like to cure autism and be out of a job"--Kevin Pelphrey in USA Today story about autism scientist-parents j.mp/LmZpxG 6:25 PM May 21st via web
  20. Autistics show enhanced interest in a difficult task, regardless of extrinsic rewards j.mp/Ks5fiw Interpreted as autistic deficit 8:51 AM May 21st via web