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Thank you!— You Might Be Autistic (@mightbeautistic) September 9, 2022

https://t.co/tBy9awpuDg— Kira Young (@KiraYoung4) September 9, 2022

https://t.co/GOd17i00qp Specifically, we will argue that employing ABA violates the principles of justice and nonmaleficence and, most critically, infringes on the autonomy of children and (when pushed aggressively) of parents as well.— Lauren C. (@Lau_Cob_) September 9, 2022

https://t.co/OIPEI5OjULWhen a common practice isn’t necessary or useful even under presumably optimal conditions, it’s time to question whether that practice makes sense at all.— Lauren C. (@Lau_Cob_) September 9, 2022

https://t.co/n7488O0YeXDISTORTING PSYCHOLOGY AND SCIENCE AT THE EXPENSE OF JOYHUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AGAINST HUMAN BEINGS WITH AUTISM VIA APPLIED BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS— Lauren C. (@Lau_Cob_) September 9, 2022

https://t.co/VG4tLgKzADFinally, drivers of the expanded usage of ABA within the autistic community despite a lack of efficacy are also discussed, such as a potential current market size as large as $17 billion annually— Lauren C. (@Lau_Cob_) September 9, 2022

https://t.co/vf4fJn9ThH— Lauren C. (@Lau_Cob_) September 9, 2022

https://t.co/G6TEMeDl2pThis review found limited evidence that early intensive applied behaviour analysis-based interventions improve cognitive ability and adaptive behaviour in autistic children, but the long-term impact of the interventions remains unknown.— Lauren C. (@Lau_Cob_) September 9, 2022

https://t.co/yxLCrOJyCzI delve into this mounting controversy to suggest, contra behaviourism, that people with autism diagnoses do not just display a divergent set of behaviours, but should be seen to operate in ‘worlds’ different to those in typical neurological conditions— Lauren C. (@Lau_Cob_) September 9, 2022

https://t.co/ANattzAnzmA new study published in Nature Neuroscience shows that training individuals with ASD to acquire new information by repeating the information actually harms their ability to apply that learned knowledge to other situations— Lauren C. (@Lau_Cob_) September 9, 2022

https://t.co/T5yvzcJr3OWe must recognize, understand, take responsibility for, and reduce the unacceptable biases that have led to autistics being considered unharmable, such that anything can be done to them.— Lauren C. (@Lau_Cob_) September 9, 2022

We *desperately* need clinical supervision in psychotherapy and counselling that is NeuroDiversity affirmative. My best and worst experience of disclosing adhd official diagnosis as trainee therapist were both in two different supervision groups.— Dr Georgia Pavlopoulou (she/her) (@JoPavlopoulou) September 9, 2022

Those of you that share about the horrors of ABA, what are your favorite articles on the topic?I need to do some educating of fellow therapists and need articles to share.#AskingAutistics#ActuallyAutistic#StopTheShock— You Might Be Autistic (@mightbeautistic) September 9, 2022

Really delighted to have published this fascinating letter in @journalautism with reflections on the humility required to be a non-autistic, autism researcherhttps://t.co/2v9ReJirVc— Sue Fletcher-Watson (@SueReviews) September 8, 2022

Before we begin gatherings, physical or online, we affirm our bodyminds and acknowledge the land our bodyminds occupy and the indigenous people who were here before us. We pledge to maintain learner safety and harassment-free participation.https://t.co/WwY7S7XtDj— Stimpunks (@stimpunks) September 8, 2022

There's an autism community (warrior parents, behaviorists, most charities) & an autistic community (us autistic people). They are very different & often at odds. How can you tell if an autism organization is by & for autistic people & autistic community?https://t.co/lCl2lIcm7n— Stimpunks (@stimpunks) September 8, 2022

Aside: We have a rabbit hole on rabbit holes to rabbit hole.https://t.co/VHBv3TV81t https://t.co/DVwu0QUTx7— Stimpunks (@stimpunks) September 8, 2022

Remember what the dormouse said.https://t.co/VHBv3TV81t https://t.co/DVwu0QUTx7— Stimpunks (@stimpunks) September 8, 2022

The @stimpunks page on the double empathy problem is pleasingly comprehensive, drawing in explanations & observations from many other sources.@rboren does a great job of collecting rabbit-holes for people to disappear down, and setting things in context.https://t.co/OBumzvR4DQ— Oolong (@MxOolong) September 8, 2022

This @FrontYoungMinds piece is great - very accessible yet in-depth, reasonably up-to-date, and as well as @milton_damian, the co-authors include many of the researchers involved in empirical research on #DoubleEmpathy.But it is mainly aimed at kids....https://t.co/ZaUsAPVjOT— Oolong (@MxOolong) September 8, 2022

The @Spectrum summary by @RachelZamzow is good - readable, solid on the history and some of the recent research, and with plenty of leads into learning more.My biggest misgiving is that the publication has a long history of undermining autistic people...https://t.co/mnIjNJ0fey— Oolong (@MxOolong) September 8, 2022

There's also my own 2018 piece, which I stand by - I think I included a bit more political context than most of the above authors, and I think that's important. Empathy doesn't only break down between people with different neurotypes!But not up to date. https://t.co/4Pn3KKgLXj— Oolong (@MxOolong) September 8, 2022

The @stimpunks page on the double empathy problem is pleasingly comprehensive, drawing in explanations & observations from many other sources.@rboren does a great job of collecting rabbit-holes for people to disappear down, and setting things in context.https://t.co/OBumzvR4DQ— Oolong (@MxOolong) September 8, 2022

#AskingAutistics if you were going to link just one explanation of the #DoubleEmpathy problem for a general audience, where would you send people?I have at least five options that I think are all very good. I'll make a quick thread.Feel free to add additional suggestions!🧵— Oolong (@MxOolong) September 8, 2022

Congrats to my homie and ultimate tiger!🐯 @SFdirewolf on the release of her debut memoir! I can’t get enough of The Year of the Tiger An Activist’s Life! Had to celebrate by making this mini animated collage with her new headshots by Eddie Hernandez check out her blinking eyes! pic.twitter.com/9fGMLy8xEx— Jen White-Johnson (@jtknoxroxs) September 7, 2022

Thank you. We added this to our Reading glossary page.https://t.co/bVrWLyqJt2— Stimpunks (@stimpunks) September 7, 2022

If you want more information about adult literacy learners, I made this video a while ago, but I'm still really proud of it and think it's worth a watch! 💜https://t.co/vH2zTlVOP7— Zoe Bee 🐙 (@Zoe_TheBee) September 2, 2022

Americans overestimate Black share of welfare recipients by double on average; White support for welfare falls with share of welfare recipients who are Black; but making Whites think about race reduces welfare support so providing true % does not help https://t.co/628lesGp88— Matt Grossmann (@MattGrossmann) September 5, 2022

The same people who argue against "presentism" because the Founders, et al, were men of their times and need to be judged by the mores of their times tells us that the Constitution they wrote wasn't of its time but must be applied to the modern era exactly as they wrote it. What.— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) September 7, 2022