Autvntg @autvntg

Autism as a construct & identity. Neurodiversity. A11y. Behavioural Economics, because. Leaving this town for https://t.co/gwXlmXyYPx autism-advantage.com Paris, France Joined March 2017

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Andrea C. Love, PhD @dr_andrealove

4 days ago

@PeterHotez And Baccarelli got these very same claims thrown out of a federal court as “expert testimony” for how methodologically flawed and invalid they were:

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Andrea C. Love, PhD @dr_andrealove

4 days ago

Weird some scicomm ppl gave the “Tylenol in pregnancy & autism” review some weight. They don’t know the lead author, Baccarelli, had the exact claims thrown out of federal court for having ZERO scientific merit when he was a paid “expert” in lawsuits against Tylenol makers. 1/

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Autvntg @autvntg

3 days ago

n 1943 Leo Kanner grouped together a set of behaviours and called it autism. But autism didn't suddenly appear in 1943 anymore than Mt Everest appeared in 1852 when it was "discovered". As long as there have been people there have been autistic people. Always.

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Autvntg @autvntg

3 days ago

Nothing "causes" autism any more than anything "causes" left-handedness. It's genetic, you're born autistic. You can't become autistic, or stop being autistic, there's no non-autistic person to 'catch' the autism. It's who you are, always were, and always will be.

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Autvntg @autvntg

8 months ago

"Thanks to Trump, the US will join Iran, Libya and Yemen as the only four countries not party to the Paris agreement." What fuckwits you all are. The leopards will have a field day.

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Autvntg @autvntg

10 months ago

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Autvntg @autvntg

10 months ago

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10 months ago

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Autvntg @autvntg

11 months ago

"Positive assessment rates for autism vary widely between parts of England. In adults, 97% of those evaluated under Berkshire healthcare NHS foundation trust received a positive assessment while just 14% in Suffolk did so." theguardian.com/society/2024/o…

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Autvntg @autvntg

a year ago

Devastated.

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Autvntg @autvntg

a year ago

"I’m autistic – and I couldn’t be happier than when I’m lost in a huge crowd.” @mayahattenstone theguardian.com/society/articl…

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Autvntg @autvntg

a year ago

In #AutismAcceptanceWeek, a big shout out to France where the official Autism Centres (where most people go for a diagnosis) still propagate info like this: “The following have been reported as possible risk factors for ASD: air pollution, pesticides, plasticisers and mercury.”

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Steven Kapp @drstevenkapp

2 years ago

In case you missed it: Our @journalautism article 'The neurodiversity concept was developed collectively: An overdue correction on the origins of neurodiversity theory' is now FREE. With @DrMBotha @DrRJChapman @MorenikeGO @ainokash @WalkerSensei 👉journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13…

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Autvntg @autvntg

2 years ago

‘Maybe everybody feels socially awkward’: the standups turning being autistic into a comedy superpower. From Fern Brady to Hannah Gadsby, a host of comedians have discovered that they are autistic. theguardian.com/stage/2024/mar…

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Autvntg @autvntg

2 years ago

A horrendous example of grooming and abuse by those who should have been helping and protecting. How Australian undercover police ‘fed’ an autistic 13-year-old’s fixation with Islamic State and in doing so, doomed his rehabilitation. theguardian.com/australia-news…