Brian Irvine
@brianirvine.bsky.social
Happy wanderer. Mentor. Researcher. Fool.
Chatting with @krysiawally.bsky.social is always amazing. 🤩
September 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Chatting with @krysiawally.bsky.social is always amazing. 🤩
Age is a tricky one. It could be simply that - as a minority and on average - autistic folk take a while longer to find someone who gets them to settle down with and have kids.
September 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Age is a tricky one. It could be simply that - as a minority and on average - autistic folk take a while longer to find someone who gets them to settle down with and have kids.
5) So I am grumbly, these studies looking for a link make no mention of whether the families are autistic families. Having autistic folk in charge of this research would have avoided this obvious oversight.
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September 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
5) So I am grumbly, these studies looking for a link make no mention of whether the families are autistic families. Having autistic folk in charge of this research would have avoided this obvious oversight.
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It may be that a choice of pain relief accounts for the American study that found a little more acetaminophen in the cord plasma of mothers of autistic children (Ji et al., 2020).
Not taking the sensory and pain needs of the mums into account seems like a glaring mistake.
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Not taking the sensory and pain needs of the mums into account seems like a glaring mistake.
(5/6)
September 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
It may be that a choice of pain relief accounts for the American study that found a little more acetaminophen in the cord plasma of mothers of autistic children (Ji et al., 2020).
Not taking the sensory and pain needs of the mums into account seems like a glaring mistake.
(5/6)
Not taking the sensory and pain needs of the mums into account seems like a glaring mistake.
(5/6)
3) Smaller studies in Europe (Avella-Garcia, 2016; Leppert, 2019; Liew, 2016) have a slim link between paracetamol and autism, but none say in which direction.
So 4) It might be that autistic mums have a greater pain burden when autistic hypermobility meets pregnancy hypermobility. (4/6)
So 4) It might be that autistic mums have a greater pain burden when autistic hypermobility meets pregnancy hypermobility. (4/6)
September 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
3) Smaller studies in Europe (Avella-Garcia, 2016; Leppert, 2019; Liew, 2016) have a slim link between paracetamol and autism, but none say in which direction.
So 4) It might be that autistic mums have a greater pain burden when autistic hypermobility meets pregnancy hypermobility. (4/6)
So 4) It might be that autistic mums have a greater pain burden when autistic hypermobility meets pregnancy hypermobility. (4/6)
2) The big study (Ahlqvist et al, 2024) and the one that looked at sibling (Ahlquist, 2024b) found no link. This sibling study without a link to paracetamol is particularly important because autism is genetic. (3/6)
September 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
2) The big study (Ahlqvist et al, 2024) and the one that looked at sibling (Ahlquist, 2024b) found no link. This sibling study without a link to paracetamol is particularly important because autism is genetic. (3/6)