Meng-Chuan Lai

Checking assumptions: advancing the analysis of sex and gender in health sciences - Biology of Sex Differences Biology of Sex Differences - Sex and gender are dissociable constructs, each including multiple components. Based on the analytic problems associated with dichotomising continuous variables, we...

Newly published with @biologysexdiff.bsky.social We use simulation to show how "dichotomizing is bad when not necessary" applies to sex and gender science and why thinking about sex and gender related variables in continuous ways is critical: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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New study from our team at @camhnews.bsky.social @uoftpsych.bsky.social examining psychiatric emergency care profiles of #autistic adults, showing most frequent reasons for visits included suicidality (42.9%), aggression (24.6%), and mood symptoms (16.1%), etc.
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New study led by @mishalex.bsky.social at @camhnews.bsky.social @uoftpsychology.bsky.social using a novel paradigm to show neurotype-dependent media evaluation from autistic and non-autistic adults. Freely accessible for now with @autisminadulthood.bsky.social
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Very glad to work on this reflection piece with the amazing ECRs at @camhnews.bsky.social. We hope this @journalautism.bsky.social editorial can stimulate more reflections and conversations.

Really proud that @journalautism.bsky.social published this...

...but also flabbergasted that we are still having to refute this.

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Great new abstract for the upcoming @aacap.bsky.social annual meeting found no increase in irritability or aggression after starting gender-affirming testosterone treatment in adolescence.

#trans #transgender #medicine #psychiatry #psychology #LGBT

Excited to share visualizations of our newest paper (with Adeline Lacroix and @mengchuanlai.bsky.social)

compiling recommendations for physicians & clinicians supporting autistic adults in their care.

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Autistic patients Accessibility adaptations like online booking and virtual consultations can reduce care avoidance observed in autistic people. Access to accurate diagnoses and better health outcomes can be supported ...

Excited to share this @cmaj.ca "Practice: Five Ways to Support..." KT piece led by two brilliant @camhnews.bsky.social post-docs @drlouisalyman.bsky.social & Adeline Lacroix on how providers can support #autistic individuals receiving health care. www.cmaj.ca/content/197/...

Autism and women: A voyage of discovery | BPS Professor Gina Rippon with the story behind her new book, ‘The Lost Girls of Autism’.

The story behind the story! Check out this page: www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

A “fine-cuts” approach disentangling psychopathic, autistic and alexithymic traits in their associations with affective, cognitive and motor empathy Atypical empathy is seen in relation to psychopathy and autistic traits; however, studies typically conflate affective and cognitive facets of empathy…

Not all #empathy is the same. In this new study led by the brilliant Julia Ayache, we unpack how psychopathic, autistic, and alexithymic traits relate differently to affective, cognitive, and motor empathy—using self-reports and a Social #NeuroAI agent 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

One shall not forget.

Earlier this month, I attended #INSAR2025. I’m so grateful that my abstract was selected as a top-rated submission! I had a wonderful time connecting with incredible researchers and spending time with the MCLab!

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Interview: Why Autistic Women Have Been Overlooked for Decades Long undiagnosed, autistic women and girls who cope by putting on their "best normal” are finally being recognized.

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Widening the autism spotlight Underrepresentation of girls and women in studies warps our understanding of the condition, argues a neuroscientist

😊☺️ Widening the autism spotlight | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Widening the autism spotlight Underrepresentation of girls and women in studies warps our understanding of the condition, argues a neuroscientist

Great book review on autism in women and girls. I and many others have argued that better diagnosis of girls is a big and welcome part of the increase in autism diagnoses. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Widening the autism spotlight Underrepresentation of girls and women in studies warps our understanding of the condition, argues a neuroscientist

My take on Gina Rippon’s wonderful new book.
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Really enjoyed discussing our research on healthcare and autism with @mengchuanlai.bsky.social as part of the new #ICESOntario podcast #Disability #AutRes

Very proud to share this work led by the amazing Iciar Iturmendi-Sabater of @camhnews.bsky.social via a complicated set of planned analyses to delineate the relations between social cognition, self-regulation, & social adaptation across neurodiverse young people: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

What We Know and Do Not Know About Camouflaging, Impression Management, and Mental Health and Wellbeing in Autistic People Camouflaging is an impression management strategy employed by some autistic people, widely seen as a response to the pervasive stigma surrounding autism in society. Autistic narratives and lived expe...

Excited to share this commentary led by 3 brilliant early career researchers (Valeria, @mishalex.bsky.social & William), proposing what can be done to further our understanding of camouflaging, impression management, and mental health in autistic people.

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Cognitive styles across 11 countries: psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...