These studies never compare autism with other neurodevelopmental conditions, such as DLD. So even if they can differentiate those with autism diagnosis from controls, we have no idea of specificity.

New review on social support in siblings of children with neurodevelopmental disorders published today in Research in Developmental Disabilities. doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd…

New PhD paper published! Longitudinal study (10 years) of decision-making and risky behavior in ADHD. @Pernoan tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

New paper on the development of everyday executive functioning in children with ADHD or ASD: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Umbrella review of psychosocial autism interventions finds 128 meta-analyses, of which only 4 "had a statistically significant pooled effect size in a sensitivity analysis restricted to RCTs at low risk of detection bias"? nature.com/articles/s4138… note: what about harms?

The majority of individuals diagnosed with ASD in childhood still met the diagnostic criteria 10 years later, but a considerable proportion (35%) displayed loss of diagnosis. Loss of diagnosis was associated with higher IQ and being female. @Pernoan. authors.elsevier.com/a/1fPla6E7eDOh…

Our new review is the first to systematic overview of all the main areas of research and concludes there is no evidence of a link between low serotonin and depression nature.com/articles/s4138… THREAD

Let's make a list: How can NTs be a better friend to autistics? My students asked me this yesterday, and we had a great discussion. I'd love to gather more ideas. #askingautistics #ActuallyAutistic

"Autism interventions commonly recommend that adults extensively simplify their spoken language to help children understand what they say, but scientific evidence suggests that this practice may not be beneficial" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/au… overdue commentary, COIs, free

Review of interventions to treat autistics' mental health concludes against treating "core features of autism" to improve mental health, instead of mental health directly. Yet evidence lacking for specific interventions for autistics w/ poor mental health journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

PSA for autists: When people invite you to dinner, a movie or some other activity, the chances are the activity is just an excuse to meet up and the real objective of the gathering is to socialise. I find this endearing, but want to share it because for years I didn’t know this…

Check out our new review on parent-child communication measures: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Published today: Executive functioning is a longitudinal predictor of psychopathology symptoms 2- and 10-years later in individuals with and without ADHD. @Pernoan doi.org/10.1007/s10802…

Autism & "exceptional abilities" (or "islands of ability"), selective review, free journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09… note: EPF doesn't mean “missing the forest for the trees" & autistic strengths are often reported as deficits & is 46% (or 28.5% or 60%) a "small" portion of autistics?

We have a new study published were we examined trajectories of service in services for substance use and mental health before suicide in SUD patients in Norway. Open access: doi.org/10.1080/138111… @stiftelsendam Rådet psykisk helse Kartleggingssystemet Fredrik A. Walby 1/5

Internalizing difficulties mediates the relation between autism in childhood and lower quality of life in emerging adulthood: bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Autistic adults should be included in film and TV productions involving autistic characters. Sue Fletcher-Watson AndersNordahlHansen Michelle Dean sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Fun to share this new paper with AndersNordahlHansen and colleagues we asked autistic people their views on portrayals of autism in TV and film we need more diversity on screen, and more inclusion in the industry sciencedirect.com/science/articl…