Like most autistic folk I found Uta Frith’s recent remarks rather shocking in her dismissal of autistic lived testimony. It should be noted that Frith’s theory of ‘weak central coherence’ has been reorientated from a deficit account to a difference account by some autistic researchers and advocates.
11.03.2026 12:27
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This is your friendly reminder that when it comes to debates about autism being over or under diagnosed, there are more options than 1) expand autism or 2) leave people who would likely benefit from a diagnosis without a diagnosis. #autism
10.03.2026 20:51
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“50%–94% of children with FASD meet the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-fifth edition diagnostic criteria for ADHD”
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder stimulant trial in children
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/bmjo...
10.03.2026 15:58
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New paper in @autisminadulthood.bsky.social exploring autistic adults embodied experiences of offline and online sociality.
The paper is co-authored with @joelkrueger.com, and funded by @carlsbergfondet.dk.
#Autism #Neurodiversity #Phenomenology #Embodiment
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
10.03.2026 09:25
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Research note: Kanner's original N=11 autistics had extremely heterogeneous later outcomes, as generally did the autistics he reported on, as generally did diagnosed autistics in the literature before the "spectrum" became a thing (just a brief reminder, in case anyone's forgotten)
10.03.2026 10:27
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Pernicious diversity, neutrality, and right values - PhilSci-Archive
Preprint
Pernicious diversity, neutrality, and right values
D. Hicks
philsci-archive.pitt.edu/28499/
10.03.2026 10:23
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If you are capable of critiquing old school autism research, you cannot be autistic. 😂😂😂
10.03.2026 04:42
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Rather than ask what’s driving the increase in neurodivergent students in education, ask what’s driving education policy to fail increasing numbers of neurodivergent students.
09.03.2026 23:01
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Martyn Butler obituary
Co-founder of the Terrence Higgins Trust, the leading HIV charity, in 1982
RIP Martyn Butler, cofounder of the Terrence Higgins Trust. A truly important, groundbreaking and campaigning figure. For me an icon to be proud of
a gay man who fought the filth of people like Thatcher and the homophobics and brought succour to so many xxxxx
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
09.03.2026 21:01
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Imv, autistic researchers and advocates should cease saying that autistic people don’t know they are as a consequence of masking. It is an enfeebling narrative and feeds into anti trans and anti self diagnosis narratives.
09.03.2026 19:47
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“There is also likely to be an increased prevalence of children and young people presenting to the NHS Children and Young People’s Gender Service with severe forms of mental health problems which may in some cases constitute a ‘disability’ for the purpose of the Act”
09.03.2026 19:47
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“Around 35% of young people referred to the NHS Children and Young People’s Gender Service may present with moderate to severe autistic traits”
“Around 70% of people with autism also meet diagnostic criteria for at least one psychiatric disorder that further impairs psychosocial functioning”
09.03.2026 19:47
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Draft for the purpose of public consultation
NHS Children and Young People’s Gender Service: Proposed adoption of a ‘Non Routine Commissioning’ Clinical Commissioning Policy for Masculinising and Feminising Hormones
www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/u...
09.03.2026 19:47
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Blaming AI for the deaths of Iranian schoolgirls is like blaming lifestyle choices for poverty. Totally mendacious narrative.
09.03.2026 10:40
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NHS England pauses new prescriptions of cross-sex hormones for under-18s
The health service said young people who already receive the drugs will continue to do so.
The Cass Review’s findings are synonymous with the eugenic notion of “feeblemindedness”. Both trans and neurodivergent people are asserted to be unable to decide who they are, either due to disrupted internal mechanisms or susceptibility to “social contagion.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
09.03.2026 10:06
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For me, Kathryn Stott’s exquisite interpretation of Fauré’s piano music warrant this award.
09.03.2026 09:32
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Hot spots and frontiers in autistic traits in the general population from 2008 to 2023: A bibliometric analysis
journals.lww.com/md-journal/f...
08.03.2026 15:43
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Hoping for a ‘perfect’ baby? Genetic testing startups lur...
Fertility experts say strict UK laws are no bar to accessing a booming industry that has led to concerns about eugenics
Pretty good overview of the non-medical uses of polygenic screening in IVF - good to see comments from Peter Thompson and Sarah Norcross. The legal position is indeed now hard to enforce in the UK, as the article explains. One thing I'd like to see emphasized more...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
08.03.2026 11:15
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We show that synesthesia is sensory and automatic in nature: the pupil scales with the brightness of experienced synesthetic colors. doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
Now in its new dress @elife.bsky.social (convincing & valuable in round 1).
If anyone wants to pick up the method, happy to share & explain!
07.03.2026 07:58
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