Elif Baştan

This is great news, Jen! Congrats! 💗

Autism and the Pseudoscience of Mind The theory-of-mind-deficit explanation of autism proposes that autistics lack a theory of mind, that autism comprises a theory-of-mind deficit (strong version); or, that autistics often have diffic...

Just published in Psychological Inquiry!

I offer a sustained philosophical and empirical critique of the theory-of-mind-deficit explanation of autism.

The ultimate conclusion is that the research programme has become degenerative—and therefore pseudoscientific.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Identifying as Autistic Without a Formal Diagnosis: Who Self-Identifies as Autistic and Why? - Isaac L. Ahuvia, Emine Gurbuz, Josephine Cuda, Steven K. Kapp, Abigail Houck, Jacquelyn A. Gates, Jessica... Background: Adults increasingly self-identify as autistic without a formal diagnosis, yet little research has systematically investigated (a) the unique charact...

While UK is proposing to narrow diagnoses (!), our new study led by @isaacahuvia.bsky.social: adults w/ self-identified autism had more unmet needs & higher distress, & similar understanding of autism, than officially diagnosed peers. Most wanted formal diagnosis journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Centre for Neurodiversity and Development Public Lecture Why autism isn't what you think it is (and why that matters) - end of fellowship Public Lecture by Dr Monique Botha

Don’t miss it and grab some of the last remaining online and in-person spots now for my public lecture at the end of my fellowship! 🎟️

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/centre-for...

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! 🧵⬇️

Neurodiversity movement identification and perceived appropriateness of terms used to describe autism

Our new study: as ppl identified more strongly w/ neurodivergent movement, rated terms more/less appropriate:
+ neuro-(diverse, divergent, minority, type)
- condition, deficit, disorder, illness, syndrome
- developmental (non-aut only)
*+ disability (aut only)*
www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/...