Check out this MQ summary of our newly published JAMA Psychiatry study on sex differences in mental health problems in autistic young adults with a link to a blog post with more information⬇️

This study of young adults included over 13,000 men and 7,000 women diagnosed with autism, and found that psychiatric diagnoses and psychiatric hospitalizations were more common among autistic females compared with autistic males. ja.ma/3FnShXQ

Researchers should monitor short-term and long-term adverse effects of behavioral interventions for autism, autism experts Michelle Dawson and Sue Fletcher-Watson argue in a commentary. @SAGEJournals See more in Spotted: bit.ly/3SMRxyG Commentary: bit.ly/3UanzWx

Autistic adolescents and young adults are more likely than their non-autistic peers to be hospitalized with a psychiatric diagnosis. Via JAMA Psychiatry. See more in Spotted: bit.ly/3NePNwS bit.ly/3sFHqRB

Excellent & important paper on sex differences in mental health problems for autistic people. And - in my view - the only appropriate use of the word “profound” in relation to #autism - to refer to the need for MH services!

Fabulous co-created video, reporting on a fabulous co-created survey on the still-apparently-unresolved topic of the language we use (in the UK) to talk about autism well worth 3 minutes of your time youtube.com/watch?v=KWuMLH…

Here is this month’s batch of null and replicated results. By Emily Harris. Damien Fair JAMA Network Open study: bit.ly/3G3mI5U JAMA Psychiatry study: bit.ly/3NWukJx molecularpsychiatry study: bit.ly/3GdB6si bit.ly/3DZHpNw

jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap… Research: Young autistic people, and mental health diagnoses. This, from Sweden. Shocking to see the high figures for women. [I suspect we only dx most autistic women & girls if they already have MH situations from lack of support & understanding].

It was very inspiring hearing more about autistic flourishing from Liz Pellicano, and on autistic perspectives on autism research from Autism Sverige Stockholm and Organiserade Aspergare Stockholm at the KI Autism Research Network kick-off organized by @SthlmMark and Kristiina Tammimies at Karolinska Institutet!

Extremely influential advocates (who imposed the biased incoherent term "profound autism" on all autistics) claim it is "essential" for autism researchers to use biased, ill-defined, and pejorative terms to describe autistics onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/au… evidence-free, free

Its not about policing language, and getting the ‘words right’. Its about viewing all people as worth of dignity and empathy. You can literally do your research, from a less ableist perspective and just…where is the harm in that?

The genetic component for developing avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder #ARFID is high, 79 per cent, according to a new study in JAMA Psychiatry by Lisa Dinkler and colleagues. news.ki.se/serious-eating…

In this study, the heritability of avoidant restrictive food intake disorder was comparable with the heritability of other eating disorders and similar to heritability of neurodevelopmental disorders. ja.ma/3RqhLaV

New CEDI paper out! We identify an urgent need for improved #ARFID healthcare in Sweden, including more resources, clearer organisation, and more training opportunities for clinicians meeting people with ARFID. Lisa Dinkler Cynthia Bulik Link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Really excited to attend the 2nd largest INSAR conference and present my research in the „sex as a key variable in autism and mental health“ session on Friday afternoon!#INSAR2023

#INSAR2023 keynote speaker Dr. Gauri Divan discusses the journey taken by Sangath, a not-for profit in India, to realize the goal of universal health care for young children with autism in low-resource settings that have limited specialty services.

INSAR really saved the best for last: Amazing panel on obstetric care and pregnancy experiences among autistic people at #INSAR23 with these amazing speakers! Having autistic individuals present and sharing their experiences just makes all the difference! More of this please!

I heard so much at #INSAR2023 about the need for participatory research, valid outcome measures, diverse participant samples, and research that matters to autistic adults, their families, and clinicians. Here’s your chance to make that happen! Please spread the word!

Fantastic article in Nature re autistic peoples' (well-founded) demands for inclusion in research. Quotes from Kristen Bottema-Beutel, Monique Botha is actually they/them 🤷🏻‍♀️, Steven Kapp, Mary Doherty 🏳️‍🌈, Liz Pellicano, and me with discussion of AASPIRE and Autism In Adulthood papers. nature.com/articles/d4158…

I’ve learned from a decade on this app to not accept the superficial way things are presented here, especially when someone’s words are being used against them. And so I watched the whole session for context. And I’m glad I did. Because in context it’s way worse.