Dr. Alyssa (they/them)

Episode 378: Autism Research Misheard Moral Expression—Gestalt Language Processing and Echoes Today’s episode critically examines how traditional autism research has misinterpreted the moral reasoning of autistic children.

Today’s episode critically examines how traditional autism research has misinterpreted the moral reasoning of autistic children.

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I didn't know until we buried my mother, so probably most people here don't know: Jewish cemeteries strongly recommend that you get insurance for the headstone.

Because the cemeteries are so often desecrated, the gravestones smashed.

Autism research, autistic co-researchers, and PhD projects: a collaborative autoethnography - The Australian Educational Researcher While participatory autism research is a priority in supporting the evolution of research in the field of autism, there has been limited consideration of community involvement in higher degree by research (HDR) projects such as PhD study. This is an important issue in higher education that requires focus, as HDR projects should represent significant contributions at the forefront of relevant disciplines. Detailed in this paper is a collaborative autoethnographic approach used to highlight the...

Have you read first online #OA article by Helen McLennan, Rachel Aberdein, Beth Saggers & Jenna Gillett-Swan 'Autism research, autistic co-researchers, and PhD projects: a collaborative autoethnography' in AER? https://loom.ly/RpIY0B8

ABSTRACT Viral pandemics continue to threaten global health and economic stability. Despite medical advances, the absence of broad-spectrum antivirals (BSAs) prevents rapid responses to emerging viral threats. This is largely due to the lack of universal drug targets across diverse viral families and high variability among viral proteins. In this study, we evaluated 57 synthetic carbohydrate receptors (SCRs) for antiviral activity in cellulo using pseudotyped virus particles (PVPs) from six high-risk viruses across three families: Paramyxoviridae, Filoviridae, and Coronaviridae. Four SCRs inhibited all tested PVPs, and their efficacy was confirmed against live viruses including SARS-CoV-2, MERS-COV, EBOV, MARV, NiV, and HeV. Notably, SCR005 and SCR007, which exhibited minimal toxicity, significantly reduced SARS-CoV-2 infection in a severe animal model with a single dose. Mechanistic studies suggested that SCRs bind viral envelope N-glycans, blocking viral attachment and/or fusion. These results identify conserved viral N-glycans as promising BSA targets and establish SCRs as candidate prophylactic agents against enveloped viruses with pandemic potential.

Their efficacy was confirmed against LIVE viruses including Ebola, Marburg, Nipah, Hendra, SARS-CoV, SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), AND Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS).

The study has been published in Science Advances. YES, it is PEER-REVIEWED.
• www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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the point of having a comms team, just so everyone is clear, is not only to write better statements than you (which everyone arrogantly thinks they don't need) but also to give others the power to take your phone away when needed, because this is patently embarrassing at this point.

Jews, you do not need to read these replies on Yom Kippur. But leftist Gentiles who still insist there is not a problem with antisemitism on the left, you really do need to read these replies.

If anyone has the energy to continue this legacy I think it's Mychal

HATS OFF, we need that specific energy now more than ever. Pick up a book if you haven't, don't be afraid to read YA, visit your local library, even if its just to hang out.

Value literature and third spaces. Love reading!

Still time before Bandcamp friday. Still time after Bandcamp friday.

Let’s hear what you’ve got.

watching a video discussing a paper about whether/to which degree other primates have theory of mind, and i realized i don't really believe scientists can accurately study this given they completely fail at it with fellow modern humans if those himans are autistic.

18 Lawyers Caught Using AI Explain Why They Did It Lawyers blame IT, family emergencies, their own poor judgment, their assistants, illness, and more.

When the second case of a lawyer getting caught using synthetic text extruding machines hit the news, I wondered: Don't these people gossip?? I would have thought the first case would be so embarrassing as to make things very clear.

www.404media.co/18-lawyers-c...

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I am realizing that a lot of Potterheads are hoping, despite all presented evidence … that Rowling isn’t going to direct her estate to continue to harm trans people via Harry Potter for at least 70 years after her passing (that being the length of her copyrights)

Says a lot about the state of popular science reporting that some techbro doofus can pretend he's going to be immortal and that will grab more headlines than "Hey we have a gene therapy that slows the advance of Huntington's by 75%," or "We gengineered a pothos into a living air purifier."

I try to focus this account so it's for my readers, but hey writers:

NEVER sign a contract where the publisher keeps your rights indefinitely. For short stories, there should be a point when you can sell reprints.

and NEVER sign your movie/TV/etc adaptation rights to a publisher. Those are yours.

AutistiCon 2025 order of events digital flyer. For full details visit the Leeds Autism Services event page (link in comments)

Just over a week to go until #AutistiCon2025
We should have full details available later this week, but in the meantime here is the expected running order on the day 😄
Find out more>> bit.ly/4m7DBOY

A text post from tumblr user AutisticAbby, reads "Sometimes people use “respect” to mean “treating someone like a person” and sometimes they use “respect” to mean “treating someone like an authority” and sometimes people who are used to being treated like an authority say “if you won’t respect me I won’t respect you” and they mean “if you won’t treat me like an authority I won’t treat you like a person” and they think they’re being fair but they aren’t, and it’s not okay"

10yo evergreen post by AutisticAbby on the tumblr

Suicidal ideation – autchat View a past chat on this topic here. — Today’s #autchat is on suicidal ideation. Please be aware the tag may have difficult or triggering things on it; remember you can mute the hashtag or step away f...

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AutChat on BlueSky in 1 hr, Sun 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern / 20:00 UTC /9pm GMT. Topic: suicidal ideation. autchat.com/suicidal-ide...

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CommunicationFIRST isn't autism-specific but it is autistic-relevant, being about communication access.

“Why tylenol?” Because it’s the pain medication that pregnant people can take. That’s it. That’s why.

When writing about autism for scholarly publications, it's a constant source of annoyance that so much autism research is just offensive in the way it frames things.

Like, I want to cite these researchers, but maybe not quite as much as I want them to fuck off.

Mostly I can work around it, but 😖.

In her recommendation, Bagdasarian stated, "Any person over the age of six months without contraindication who has not received a dose of a Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved or-authorized 2025-2026 COVID-19 vaccine may be considered to have an underlying condition that puts them at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19 and is thus eligible to receive an age-appropriate dose."

I like this. Since under RFK Jr, Covid shots are now for people with underlying conditions that put them at risk, Michigan’s chief medical executive Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian states that not having the most recent Covid shot constitutes such an underlying condition.

www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...

pretty far outside my area, but good luck

Does anyone know of an expert in #Austism studying adolescents that reject family moves to a new country? We are looking for advice and help. Please resend etc.

Any time I'm reading autism research articles and Simon Baron-Cohen's name pops up in a citation I silently shake my fist at my computer

Really important study - findings highlight why we must consider intersectionality in autism research

I HAVE A LOT OF THOUGHTS

(also not directly related can we please fund the African Translation Project.)

Summit Spotlight: Axelle Ahanhanzo

Award-winning social impact entrepreneur and DEI changemaker, Axellejoins this year's Summit lineup to discuss 'Identity, Diversity, and Belonging'.

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#autism #autistic #livedexperience #AFTI

The Unfortunate Icebreaker: What I Wish They Had Known On scripts, silence, and the systemic refusal to see gestalt language pathways

What I wish my teachers had known: scripts were my language, not resistance. Quiet was not absence. GLPs are visible if you know how to look—yet schools still refuse to see us. Literacy has more than one path; I’m writing to keep it known.

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One of our anonymous reviewers said our autistic writing team was too early in our clinical careers to make a meaningful contribution to the field, even though we work almost exclusively with autistic people 🙃

We’re hoping to prove Reviewer 2 wrong. 6 days til release!

#autres #actuallyautistic

Photograph of a stage - to the right, Wenn Lawson introducing a seated Mary Doherty (right) and Eva Loth (central) a screen behind displaying an image of a mountain with a winding path, titled "Adventures in Co-Production: a conversation on Participatory Autism Research"

Wenn Lawson introducing Mary Doherty and Eva Loth who are going to have an on stage chat about their "Adventures in Co-Production: a conversation on Participatory Autism Research"

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