There were notions of schizoid personality and autism from Blueler as part of schizophrenia, preceding Sukhareva and her schizoid term clearly was influenced, but she also made her own observations.
Grunya Sukhareva pioneered autism as its own category, and one that in the 1920s is remarkably similar to the present one, including a subtler presentation in girls than boys. Hans Asperger described children with various intellectual abilities & described a spectrum, but in ableist, downplayed way.
Lorna Wing pioneered spectrum concept and also presented camouflaging hypothesis for girls (1981). She worried autistic females "may continue to go unrecognised or misdiagnosed" in DSM-5.
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Tes suggesting autistic women are simply hyper-emotional is classic sexism
The image is a recruitment flyer for a research study - the wording states: Participants Needed. Are you a parent or caregiver of an autistic child aged 8-18? Do you have views about their screen use? Complete a short survey to help us understand more about the role of media in their lives. It will take less than 20 minutes and your answers will be anonymous. You can also provide your email address to be entered into a competition to win one of ten Amazon vouchers (closing date 30th April). There is a QR code to follow, and the researcher's email address is also given.
My friend is currently recruiting for her PhD - if you are a parent / guardian / caregiver of an autistic young person (aged 8-18) and have views on their screen use, please consider taking part in this short survey.
#PhDSky #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #Parenting #AutisticChild #ScreenUse #Autism
@kmunday.bsky.social yet another sign of the US being more divided than the UK. Even fewer rights for trans people but Girls Scouts is more inclusive than Girl Guides.
1. In an incredible public outpouring of support, trans girl scouts on our girl scout cookie list have sold over 330,000 boxes of cookies.
Parents report to us that they are in tears from the support.
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Autism is not overdiagnosed.📜 Self-identifying vs diagnosed autistic adults tended to have similar autistic traits & understanding of autism but *higher* unmet needs, unemployment, & distress. They mostly wanted a diagnosis but barriers eg costs, lack of support.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Yes. These issues are also discussed in my paper.
Senior author of classic theory of mind & autism paper (Frith) minimizes autistic ppl's sensory issues. www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
Yet hypersensitivity is in original (Sukhareva, Asperger, Kanner), autistics' accounts. Interaction happens *btwn* ppl. More in sensory-1st paper:
tinyurl.com/3dvbahy8
Thoughts on the new-look Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee? Thursday at 5 pm Eastern is the deadline to submit comments to the IACC for March meeting. See guidelines iacc.hhs.gov/meetings/pub... and iacc.hhs.gov/meetings/pub... before submitting a public comment: iacc.hhs.gov/meetings/pub...
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For those children whose disabilities miraculously disappear when they go to secondary school?
BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
Many self-identifying autistic ppl lack formal diagnosis despite wanting it, & have higher unmet needs, unemployment & distress than many diagnosed ppl (as we found). UK is proposing to narrow diagnosis despite subtyping failures.👇 Rationing healthcare backfires!
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
We're hiring in Psychology at Portsmouth Uni (apps due next Fri)!
Teaching Fellow:
TF: mss.port.ac.uk/ce0732li_web...
Perhaps place that enabled me to become British (via hire for @uoppald.bsky.social) can become your home too?
(Pictured: UK passport that arrived yesterday alongside my US passport)
100 years ago the prolific psychiatrist Grunya Sukhareva published her work on autism in girls. The world too long ignored the scholarship and clinical care of a pioneering Ukrainian Jewish woman.
This reminds me of how Catherine Lord, speaking for the workgroup for the revision of autism in the DSM-5, said autism includes strengths but they are irrelevant for diagnosis.
Yet holistic assessment would strengthen research, understanding, and practice.
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Last month, Secretary Kennedy had a press conference where he claimed that the original intent of the ADA was to exclude trans people. So I asked a bunch of experts and someone who was actually there.
Looking forward to my module (class) Neurodiversity Studies restarting tomorrow. I give students early access to research & we discuss current developments/news, in addition to planned structure. Links to news below:
sam.gov/workspace/co...
arstechnica.com/health/2026/...
www.hhs.gov/press-room/h...
Folks tend to assume that anyone who claims to be an autism advocate is working on behalf of autistic people's wellbeing. Unfortunately, that is often untrue—especially with parents who promote " #ProfoundAutism." Why? @ejwillingham.bsky.social explains in our latest, thread-worthy newsletter. 1/
“We already knew that self-identifying autistic adults often encountered barriers when seeking a diagnosis… We also did not know that most self-identifying adults want a diagnosis. This is the first study to report greater unemployment, worse mental well-being, and greater unmet support needs...”
While UK is proposing to narrow diagnoses (!), our new study led by @isaacahuvia.bsky.social: adults w/ self-identified autism had more unmet needs & higher distress, & similar understanding of autism, than officially diagnosed peers. Most wanted formal diagnosis journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Quoted in CNN & Guardian “implication is that society needs to stop going down rabbit holes of seeking false prevention of developmental disabilities. Instead, we should focus on making the world a better place for disabled people.”
edition.cnn.com/2026/01/16/h...
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I don't think people who haven't gone through burnout understand what burnout is. And autistic burnout in particular. Higher education is perfectly designed to induce it and I'm trying very hard to reconcile my career with my ability to function day-to-day.
"assisted methods to teach typing, long dismissed, deserve new, careful study. Revisiting these teaching methods could expand access to effective communication and improve quality of life for more nonspeaking autistic people."
Milestone publication for INSAR.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Yes, JD. Let’s ask them if they think a stay at home mom, avowed Christian, and widow of a veteran deserved to be shot in the face and left to bleed out in her own car after dropping her 6-year-old off at school, for the crime of looking out for her neighbors. Let’s ask everyone running for office.
The Autism Intersectionality & Mental health outcomes (AIM) Lab at the UNC TEACCH Autism Program is recruiting participants for a new research study
paid!!!
to understand the experiences and opinions of autistic people about psychiatric medication for co-occurring mental health conditions.
A pink linktree named Neuroqueering Online - study
- Helping a friend with recruitment -
If anyone here knows a queer and neurodivergent TikTok user aged 16-25 who would be up for an online interview (including silent scrolling time!), would you let them know about my study?
I would be so grateful 🎓🌈
linktr.ee/nqresearch.s...
Congratulations to @kmunday.bsky.social and all you accomplished last year! Well done navigating "side quests" (you accepted nearly all the ones you brought to my attention). This is one perhaps most relevant to the PhD.
Your plainer language summary is again here: autisticltd.co.uk/2025/12/22/u...
New paper (w/ accompanying video) below by @themiskaraminis.bsky.social shows trust in right-wing newspapers relates to harsher attitudes toward autistic ppl despite what ppl admit.
Ties in w/ @thinkingautism.com’s piece connecting grievance parents to MAGA:
thinkingautismguide.com/2022/11/grie...
