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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · Mar 6

'Understanding and affirming autistic clients: a primer for mental health professionals' is open for preorder!

Our entire book--from the cover art to the text--was created by autistic and neurodivergent people to help serve autistic clients.

www.bloomsbury.com/us/understan...

#actuallyautistic

Understanding and Affirming Autistic Clients

This book is an accessible primer focused on the provision of neuro-affirming clinical care for autistic clients, written from the perspective of autistic clini…

www.bloomsbury.com

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🇨🇦 🇫🇯 @docautie.bsky.social · 11h

We just published "Decolonizing autism research: Integrating indigenous ways of knowing, being, and doing" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 3d

I dunno man, try listening to marginalized people *before* shit goes wrong, and maybe it won't keep being like that

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 6d

I took a no-LLM policy in my class this semester, and explained why to my students. One of them *thanked me* for the policy and another commented that it was the push they needed to swear off AI the rest of the year. Just working with what I can control 🙂

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 6d

Sometimes we resist AI for good reasons by @thetattooedprof.bsky.social

www.chronicle.com/article/some...

Advice | Sometimes We Resist AI for Good Reasons

Why higher ed needs to listen to the contrarians in setting policies on using tools like ChatGPT in faculty work.

www.chronicle.com

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 6d

I am an AI hater by @anthonymoser.com

anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...

I Am An AI Hater

I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.

anthonymoser.github.io

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 6d

Against the uncritical adoption of ‘AI’ technologies in academia by @olivia.science and colleagues

philarchive.org/archive/GUEATU

philarchive.org

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 6d

Combining Psychology with Artificial Intelligence: What could possibly go wrong? by @irisvanrooij.bsky.social and colleagues

philarchive.org/archive/VANCPW

philarchive.org

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 6d

Man about a month ago I was on here propping up AI tools — not a stan or anything but I thought some could be useful — and smart people gave me some stuff to read and now I’m a for real certified gold star AI-hater.

I present: stuff I read that made me realize AI is actually trash.

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 29d

psych departments post a faculty job that has nothing to do with AI challenge

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 14d

Hahahah amazing. So it is. Your response popped up isolated on my feed, so I insta-reposted. Didn’t see it attached to a thread.

Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 14d

See also: autistics

Zoe🏳️‍⚧️the Smutress @zoethesmuttress.bsky.social · 14d

Rule 101 in 'Dehumanizing Minority Populations you want to Eradicate: Never Let Them Speak in Their Own Defense.'

See for example: Trans People, Immigrants.

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 15d

When the Tylenol-Autism discourse is Discoursing

A screenshot of the LinkedIn iOS app with a time limit notification that reads “you’ve reached your limit on LinkedIn”

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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 15d

Amid the [gestures at everything], I've been meaning to re-up this piece from April.

“‘Nonspeaking’ does not mean ‘non-listening,’” a formerly nonspeaking woman told me. “I was aware of the terrible things people were saying about me, when they discussed me like I wasn’t even there.”

Kennedy Claimed Autism ‘Destroys’ Lives. Autistic People Disagree.

www.nytimes.com

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Dr. Allison G. Harvey @allisonharvey.bsky.social · 16d

Are you applying to a PhD in Clinical or Counseling Psychology? Here is a list of mentors who are taking students. Please circulate widely (and on X) so all applicants can benefit 😀. If you are mentoring please do add your name!
#clinicalpsychology @abctnow.bsky.social

Accepting Clinical or Counselling Psychology Grad Student?

docs.google.com

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 17d

Tylenol does not cause autism.

AMASE @amase.org.uk · 17d

Paracetamol (Tylenol) does not cause autism, and it is a source of great dismay that autism researchers and Autistic advocates still have to spend so much time battling misinformation.

Research on causes of autism systematically fails to control for the existence and behaviour of Autistic parents.

Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 17d

Explicitly one of the reasons we moved away!

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 18d

If this is a thread about things we don't like about Indiana:

The HELL IS REAL billboard

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 18d

I just saw a call for book chapters about using AI as a “pedagogical partner” to teach psychology.

AI can’t be your partner in teaching, because it doesn’t *know* anything. Teaching is part science and part art — AI doesn’t do either of those parts well.

Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 20d

I was tagged above. While my research area isn’t in this space, my recommendation as a clinician would be to find a neuroaffirming provider (family therapist, psychologist) who specializes in working with autism in adolescence. I think any worth their snuff would be able to help your family out.

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 23d

I think the worst thing about living in Canada so far is that there's no Diet Mountain Dew here.

They have Mtn. Dew Zero, but that's a soulless beverage for feckless children.

Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 26d

Thanks for sharing!

Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 26d

Thanks!

Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 27d

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

Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · Mar 6

Understanding and Affirming Autistic Clients

This book is an accessible primer focused on the provision of neuro-affirming clinical care for autistic clients, written from the perspective of autistic clini…

www.bloomsbury.com

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 27d

Congratulations!

Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · Sep 6

My alma mater—there’s dozens of us! You’re in for an engaging crowd.