Peter Crosbie
@petercrosbie.bsky.social
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Why it's important to push back against the dangerous #ProfoundAutism label; + CN: Suicide:
"Stereotypes created by 'Profound Autism' risk denying suitable support from many Autistic persons, which will predictably result in more Autistic suicides."
thinkingautismguide.com/2023/09/grav... #autism
"Stereotypes created by 'Profound Autism' risk denying suitable support from many Autistic persons, which will predictably result in more Autistic suicides."
thinkingautismguide.com/2023/09/grav... #autism
Grave Concerns About Profound Autism
The label "Profound autism" bungles the support needs of autistic people with complex disabilities, and will endanger autistic lives.
thinkingautismguide.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Why it's important to push back against the dangerous #ProfoundAutism label; + CN: Suicide:
"Stereotypes created by 'Profound Autism' risk denying suitable support from many Autistic persons, which will predictably result in more Autistic suicides."
thinkingautismguide.com/2023/09/grav... #autism
"Stereotypes created by 'Profound Autism' risk denying suitable support from many Autistic persons, which will predictably result in more Autistic suicides."
thinkingautismguide.com/2023/09/grav... #autism
November 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I wrote about this in relation to other cognitive biases. As the study points out "autistic individuals are less susceptible to social influence and cognitive biases than non-autistic individuals". A significantly under-researched characteristic of autism.
autism-advantage.com/autistics-do...
autism-advantage.com/autistics-do...
November 14, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I wrote about this in relation to other cognitive biases. As the study points out "autistic individuals are less susceptible to social influence and cognitive biases than non-autistic individuals". A significantly under-researched characteristic of autism.
autism-advantage.com/autistics-do...
autism-advantage.com/autistics-do...
"serious flaws, inconsistencies, and contradictions" ... hardly rare in research around autism, especially for both causes and (lord forbid) cures.
Assessing the literature, finding "serious flaws, inconsistencies, and contradictions that... undermine any claims about the involvement of the gut microbiome in autism" & "in many of the studies... some or all of the authors have competing commercial interests" www.cell.com/neuron/fullt... free
Conceptual and methodological flaws undermine claims of a link between the gut microbiome and autism
Claims that the gut microbiome causally contributes to autism regularly appear in
the scientific literature and popular press. Mitchell et al. critically examine influential
studies underpinning these...
www.cell.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:51 PM
"serious flaws, inconsistencies, and contradictions" ... hardly rare in research around autism, especially for both causes and (lord forbid) cures.
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It absolutely beggars belief that with all the evidence we have of climate change there are still people who deny it exists. While countries like the USA roll back what little moves there have been to tackle it, the situation is getting pretty dire for the planet.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:49 AM
It absolutely beggars belief that with all the evidence we have of climate change there are still people who deny it exists. While countries like the USA roll back what little moves there have been to tackle it, the situation is getting pretty dire for the planet.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Yet another new study that's found that ABA therapy is linked to worse mental health outcomes. The number of hours of "therapy" did not make a difference--any exposure to ABA is traumatic. You can't fix conversion therapy. LGBT conversion therapy has similar results in studies.
#autism #ABA #trauma
#autism #ABA #trauma
Mental health outcomes associated with applied behavior analysis in a US national sample of privately insured autistic youth - Nahime G Aguirre Mtanous, Jamie Koenig, Melica Nikahd, Sarah E Effertz, S...
Applied behavior analysis is a widely used intervention for autistic youth, though its mental health impacts remain under-researched. This study aims to investi...
journals.sagepub.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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"Burnout as experienced by autistic people is characterised by profound exhaustion, loss of functional abilities, and a chronic course marked by intermittent crises, with impacts on sensory, emotional, cognitive, and daily life functioning" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... systematic review
Burnout as experienced by autistic people: A systematic review
‘Autistic burnout’ is described as a debilitating state of exhaustion experienced by autistic people due to living in a world that often lacks accommo…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:12 AM
"Burnout as experienced by autistic people is characterised by profound exhaustion, loss of functional abilities, and a chronic course marked by intermittent crises, with impacts on sensory, emotional, cognitive, and daily life functioning" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... systematic review
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No it doesn't say that, no autism isn't an illness as @kathryndeplume.com below says. Where are the science journalists who actually understand results sections? Covid infection is bad full-stop but this study does not show a link to autism. And it's also damaging to the autistic community.
Researchers say Covid infection during pregnancy is tied to autism
Researchers say Covid infection during pregnancy is tied to autism
www.independent.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 11:22 PM
No it doesn't say that, no autism isn't an illness as @kathryndeplume.com below says. Where are the science journalists who actually understand results sections? Covid infection is bad full-stop but this study does not show a link to autism. And it's also damaging to the autistic community.
"autistic people have noticeable sensory & movement differences from day one"
You don't become autistic, you're born autistic. Nothing that occurs after birth will make you more or less autistic.
You don't become autistic, you're born autistic. Nothing that occurs after birth will make you more or less autistic.
Rethinking autistic "regression": Research shows autistic people have noticeable sensory & movement differences from day one, e.g. autistic babies smile at least as much as non-autistic ones—just less in response to parent social cues. @drstevenkapp.bsky.social:
www.frontiersin.org/journals/int...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/int...
Frontiers | Sensory–movement underpinnings of lifelong neurodivergence: getting a grip on autism
While the autism diagnosis emphasizes “deficits” in social communication, the article advances that sensory–movement differences underpin autism through a re...
www.frontiersin.org
October 30, 2025 at 10:21 AM
"autistic people have noticeable sensory & movement differences from day one"
You don't become autistic, you're born autistic. Nothing that occurs after birth will make you more or less autistic.
You don't become autistic, you're born autistic. Nothing that occurs after birth will make you more or less autistic.
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I've never seen a single skill taught to an autistic kid by an ABA therapist that required ABA therapy to be learned. Not one.
I *have* seen many harms imposed upon autistic kids because ABA therapists considered autistic traits like sensory needs "behaviors," however.
#BetterWaysThanABA #autism
I *have* seen many harms imposed upon autistic kids because ABA therapists considered autistic traits like sensory needs "behaviors," however.
#BetterWaysThanABA #autism
October 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I've never seen a single skill taught to an autistic kid by an ABA therapist that required ABA therapy to be learned. Not one.
I *have* seen many harms imposed upon autistic kids because ABA therapists considered autistic traits like sensory needs "behaviors," however.
#BetterWaysThanABA #autism
I *have* seen many harms imposed upon autistic kids because ABA therapists considered autistic traits like sensory needs "behaviors," however.
#BetterWaysThanABA #autism
“the terms ‘neurological diversity’ and ‘neurodiversity’ were first printed in 1997 and 1998, respectively, in the work of the journalist Harvey Blume, who himself attributed them not to Singer but rather to the online community of autistic people”
Today in re-emphasizing what's what: "For some time, the concept of neurodiversity has primarily been attributed to one person, Judy Singer. We consider the available evidence and show that the concept and theory in fact has multiple origins."
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#neurodiversity
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#neurodiversity
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October 19, 2025 at 6:32 AM
“the terms ‘neurological diversity’ and ‘neurodiversity’ were first printed in 1997 and 1998, respectively, in the work of the journalist Harvey Blume, who himself attributed them not to Singer but rather to the online community of autistic people”
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The media has also published far too many essays by these "autism parents" who hate their autistic kids. This has increased the vilification of autism IMO.
it's bc so many "autism parents" hate their children for being disabled.
it's never driven by autistic adults. autistic adults grow to be, at best, wary of "autism parents"
it's never driven by autistic adults. autistic adults grow to be, at best, wary of "autism parents"
October 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The media has also published far too many essays by these "autism parents" who hate their autistic kids. This has increased the vilification of autism IMO.
Autism is a naturally occurring neurotype. Around 1% of our species are born autistic.
October 10, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Autism is a naturally occurring neurotype. Around 1% of our species are born autistic.
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Language hack - When talking about "autism", replace autism with "tall" and see if it makes sense:
"The tall community has opinions about new tall research that came out recently, about the increased risk of tall."
Now write it correctly, using tall, and then replace "tall" with "autistic".
"The tall community has opinions about new tall research that came out recently, about the increased risk of tall."
Now write it correctly, using tall, and then replace "tall" with "autistic".
Neurodiversity-Lite is a diluted, performative version of #Neurodiversity —using its language without its substance; followed & practiced by those who wield its concepts superficially, without understanding them or why they matter. By @kieranrose.bsky.social:
theautisticadvocate.com/the-danger-o...
theautisticadvocate.com/the-danger-o...
The Danger of Misunderstanding Neuro-Affirming Practice - The Autistic Advocate
In this balanced and reflective article Kieran Rose discusses the dangers of misunderstanding neuro-affirming practice.
theautisticadvocate.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Language hack - When talking about "autism", replace autism with "tall" and see if it makes sense:
"The tall community has opinions about new tall research that came out recently, about the increased risk of tall."
Now write it correctly, using tall, and then replace "tall" with "autistic".
"The tall community has opinions about new tall research that came out recently, about the increased risk of tall."
Now write it correctly, using tall, and then replace "tall" with "autistic".
October 4, 2025 at 6:00 AM
"There is a much higher bar for proving causation than association. In this case proving causation would mean showing that eliminating exposure to Tylenol would actually reduce the number of autism cases."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How the White House used studies with ‘weak’ evidence to tie Tylenol to autism
Experts say White House presented ‘association as causation’ and based conclusions on ‘poor quality studies’
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:56 PM
"There is a much higher bar for proving causation than association. In this case proving causation would mean showing that eliminating exposure to Tylenol would actually reduce the number of autism cases."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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My personal timeline is full of autistic people trying to explain that there isn't more autism than before, it's just that we're better at detecting it, and there's nothing more autistic than hoping explaining something at length will help matters when nobody is really listening.
September 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
My personal timeline is full of autistic people trying to explain that there isn't more autism than before, it's just that we're better at detecting it, and there's nothing more autistic than hoping explaining something at length will help matters when nobody is really listening.
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Paracetamol (Tylenol, Acetaminophen) does not cause autism. MMR vaccines also don't cause autism.
Autism is not a disease. Stop pathologising it!
Autism is not a disease. Stop pathologising it!
September 26, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Paracetamol (Tylenol, Acetaminophen) does not cause autism. MMR vaccines also don't cause autism.
Autism is not a disease. Stop pathologising it!
Autism is not a disease. Stop pathologising it!
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You want constant positivity from autistic people right now? It’s hard to stay upbeat when watching society laugh at our traits, misrepresent our struggles, and dismiss our voices. We’re tired. We’re not broken we’re reacting to real harm. We do have feelings even though we are stereotyped as robots
September 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
You want constant positivity from autistic people right now? It’s hard to stay upbeat when watching society laugh at our traits, misrepresent our struggles, and dismiss our voices. We’re tired. We’re not broken we’re reacting to real harm. We do have feelings even though we are stereotyped as robots
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It’s NOT a communication “deficit”… It’s the Double Empathy Problem - and it changes everything
💬 Autistic people aren’t defective, uncaring, or unsociable
🧠 The real issue? Two different neurotypes trying to connect
Communication is a two-way street, not a one-sided flaw
(1/7)
💬 Autistic people aren’t defective, uncaring, or unsociable
🧠 The real issue? Two different neurotypes trying to connect
Communication is a two-way street, not a one-sided flaw
(1/7)
September 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
It’s NOT a communication “deficit”… It’s the Double Empathy Problem - and it changes everything
💬 Autistic people aren’t defective, uncaring, or unsociable
🧠 The real issue? Two different neurotypes trying to connect
Communication is a two-way street, not a one-sided flaw
(1/7)
💬 Autistic people aren’t defective, uncaring, or unsociable
🧠 The real issue? Two different neurotypes trying to connect
Communication is a two-way street, not a one-sided flaw
(1/7)
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"There is no 'autism epidemic.' Autism is a developmental difference that has existed as long as human beings have." -ASAN executive director @colinkillick.bsky.social.
Spread the word: Tylenol does not cause autism. But reproduction sure does!
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio... #neurodiversity
Spread the word: Tylenol does not cause autism. But reproduction sure does!
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio... #neurodiversity
September 26, 2025 at 5:20 AM
"There is no 'autism epidemic.' Autism is a developmental difference that has existed as long as human beings have." -ASAN executive director @colinkillick.bsky.social.
Spread the word: Tylenol does not cause autism. But reproduction sure does!
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio... #neurodiversity
Spread the word: Tylenol does not cause autism. But reproduction sure does!
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio... #neurodiversity
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If I could get non-autistic people to understand one thing, it wouldn't be that I have support needs. It would be that YOU have support needs.
September 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
If I could get non-autistic people to understand one thing, it wouldn't be that I have support needs. It would be that YOU have support needs.
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Siobhan Moorton, a white middle-class woman who was diagnosed as autistic last month at the age of 30, has defied stereotypes by not immediately signing a publishing deal.
Outlier! Newly diagnosed autistic woman has no plans to write memoir
A woman who very recently discovered she is autistic has today made the shocking announcement that she has no imminent plans to write an autobiography. Siobhan Moorton, a white middle-class woman who…
thedailytism.com
September 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Siobhan Moorton, a white middle-class woman who was diagnosed as autistic last month at the age of 30, has defied stereotypes by not immediately signing a publishing deal.
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Thanks @worldoflove.bsky.social
Behold. The festering carcass of American rot shoved into an ill-fitting suit: the sleaze of a conman, the cowardice of a draft dodger, the gluttony of a parasite, the racism of a Klansman, the sexism of a back-alley creep, the ignorance of a bar-stool drunk,
Behold. The festering carcass of American rot shoved into an ill-fitting suit: the sleaze of a conman, the cowardice of a draft dodger, the gluttony of a parasite, the racism of a Klansman, the sexism of a back-alley creep, the ignorance of a bar-stool drunk,
September 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Thanks @worldoflove.bsky.social
Behold. The festering carcass of American rot shoved into an ill-fitting suit: the sleaze of a conman, the cowardice of a draft dodger, the gluttony of a parasite, the racism of a Klansman, the sexism of a back-alley creep, the ignorance of a bar-stool drunk,
Behold. The festering carcass of American rot shoved into an ill-fitting suit: the sleaze of a conman, the cowardice of a draft dodger, the gluttony of a parasite, the racism of a Klansman, the sexism of a back-alley creep, the ignorance of a bar-stool drunk,
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"Everyone is a little autistic."
No.
Autism is a perfectly normal part of human diversity, but it isn't a quirk of character; it's a lifelong pattern of social, sensory, and behavioural differences that shape how a person experiences and interacts with the world.
No.
Autism is a perfectly normal part of human diversity, but it isn't a quirk of character; it's a lifelong pattern of social, sensory, and behavioural differences that shape how a person experiences and interacts with the world.
Autism is ok, actually.
September 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
"Everyone is a little autistic."
No.
Autism is a perfectly normal part of human diversity, but it isn't a quirk of character; it's a lifelong pattern of social, sensory, and behavioural differences that shape how a person experiences and interacts with the world.
No.
Autism is a perfectly normal part of human diversity, but it isn't a quirk of character; it's a lifelong pattern of social, sensory, and behavioural differences that shape how a person experiences and interacts with the world.