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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 7d

"Accessing the supports my autistic son needs can be brutally difficult, especially as he and his peers transition into adulthood. But unlike grievance parents, I believe my son deserves respect and understanding—not grievance parents’ relentless exploitation of their children as burdens."

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 7d

The @nytimes.com has a new article on " #ProfoundAutism," featuring the same grievance parents they always feature—and minimal autistic input. Pls counter with our explanation of why autistic kids deserve better representation than parents who resent them.

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Grievance-Based Parent Organizations Are Autism's MAGA Movement — THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM

Horrified by the misinformation peddled by MAGA truthers? You should be just as concerned about grievance-based autism parent orgs.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 6d

Memorizing this

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Tanya Lewis @tanyalewis.bsky.social · 7d

After yrs of disappointment scientists have made a genuine advance in treating Huntington's. The new gene therapy slowed disease progression by 75%. But it's still experimental and will likely be $$, @parshallison.bsky.social reports for @sciam.bsky.social: www.scientificamerican.com/article/firs...

How Scientists Finally Found a Treatment that Slows Huntington’s Disease

After years of heartbreak, researchers have found an experimental treatment that can slow the progression of Huntington’s disease, according to early results from a small clinical trial

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Rachel Feltman (she/they) @feltman.bsky.social · 7d

Today on Science Quickly for @sciam.bsky.social: @drdemetre.bsky.social on how the CDC has decayed from a trusted source of health information to "an ideology propaganda machine that’s Orwellian"—and what we can do about it

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Demetre Daskalakis Saw the CDC Change from the Inside—And He’s Sounding the Alarm

The former director of a CDC center reveals how political ideology is undermining science, threatening vaccine policy and endangering public health across the U.S.

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Allison Parshall @parshallison.bsky.social · 12d

On this week's @sciam.bsky.social science quiz, we've got earth wind and fire. (Kinda.) Can you get 6/6? www.scientificamerican.com/game/science... 🧪

Quiz question reading "'Earth wind' can blow particles of oxygen to the moon, where they can do what?" Answer options are "Erupt lunar volcanoes, feed lunar microbes, rust lunar minerals, and create lunar auroras"

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Allison Parshall @parshallison.bsky.social · 12d

"They say he was the composer's composer." Indeed.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 12d

A museum exhibit in Australia lets visitors hear music generated by brain cells derived from the blood of a dead composer.

Experimental Music Meets Neuroscience in a Haunting New Installation

A museum exhibit in Australia lets visitors hear music generated by brain cells derived from the blood of a dead composer.

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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 12d

A museum exhibit in Australia lets visitors hear music generated by brain cells derived from the blood of a dead composer.

Experimental Music Meets Neuroscience in a Haunting New Installation

A museum exhibit in Australia lets visitors hear music generated by brain cells derived from the blood of a dead composer.

www.scientificamerican.com

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Allison Parshall @parshallison.bsky.social · 12d

Every new thing I learn about Alvin Lucier is cooler than the last. He used his brainwaves to make music in the '60s--and he found a way to keep it up, even after his death. "If anyone was gonna pull off immortality, it was him," his daughter, Amanda Lucier, told me.

Enjoy the episode!🧪

Rachel Feltman (she/they) @feltman.bsky.social · 12d

Today on @sciam.bsky.social's Science Quickly, our unofficial music correspondent @parshallison.bsky.social tells us how one experimental composer is continuing to make music from beyond the grave www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/epis...

Experimental Music Meets Neuroscience in a Haunting New Installation

A museum exhibit in Australia lets visitors hear music generated by brain cells derived from the blood of a dead composer.

www.scientificamerican.com

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Rachel Feltman (she/they) @feltman.bsky.social · 12d

Today on @sciam.bsky.social's Science Quickly, our unofficial music correspondent @parshallison.bsky.social tells us how one experimental composer is continuing to make music from beyond the grave www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/epis...

Experimental Music Meets Neuroscience in a Haunting New Installation

A museum exhibit in Australia lets visitors hear music generated by brain cells derived from the blood of a dead composer.

www.scientificamerican.com

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O. Rose Broderick @rosebroderick.bsky.social · 13d

Wound up cutting this, but Jennifer Cook (Love on the Spectrum) had a great quote for all mothers freaked out by Monday's presser:

"Trust your doctor. You’re going to be ok. If you’re child is autistic, it’s not going to be a death sentence, it’s just a difference."
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Autistic moms feel shamed and stigmatized by Trump’s Tylenol warning

Trump's remarks linking Tylenol to autism are a return to an era when mothers were blamed for children developing the disorder.

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 13d

I participated in a @nytopinion.nytimes.com @nytimes.com roundtable and they asked me what a better world for #ActuallyAutistic people would look like if Trump and RFK Jr. didn't focus so much on Tylenol or vaccines. This was my honest-to-God response.
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Garcia: I genuinely don’t know how to answer because we don’t know what a world that accepts autistic people looks like. I guess what I would hope is that an ideal world is one that doesn’t see an autism diagnosis as an apocalyptic one. Rather, when the diagnosis comes down, the next question is: “What can we do for them? How can we serve them? What does a good life look like for them?” That isn’t very specific. But it’s open-ended enough to fit as many people across the autism spectrum as possible, I feel.

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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 14d

🎉 Science Quickly is a Signal Awards Finalist! 🎉

🗳️ Support us by casting your vote before October 9: bit.ly/3W5wCLb

Thanks for tuning in each week to hear host Rachel Feltman and our guests dive into fascinating conversations about the science that shapes our world 💜

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O. Rose Broderick @rosebroderick.bsky.social · 15d

Trump, Kennedy say the data show that Tylenol use during pregnancy causes autism.

It doesn't, but the PACER files show that the researcher whose data is fueling their conclusions was paid $150,000 to testify in a case against Tylenol.

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Trump’s Tylenol warning cited a Harvard dean’s research. But a judge called his shifting conclusions ‘unreliable’

A Harvard dean whose work was cited as justification for curtailing Tylenol use provided what a judge called 'unreliable' expert testimony against the drug’s maker

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 16d

BREAKING: Trump goes on a wild and unhinged rant spouting misinformation and easily debunked lies about autism.
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Trump;‘taking Tylenol is not good’ for pregnant women and makes wild autism claims

President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made an announcement declaring that they had found a link between autism and acetaminophen, commonly known as Tylen...

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Meghan Bartels @meghanbartels.bsky.social · 16d

To prepare you for today's wild ride in science news--here's what experts know and don't know about the causes of autism and the use of Tylenol during pregnancy: 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/does...

Does Tylenol Use during Pregnancy Cause Autism? What the Research Shows

Trump and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. plan to tie Tylenol use during pregnancy and folate deficiencies to rising autism rates—but the evidence is thin

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Allison Parshall @parshallison.bsky.social · 28d

Scientists rarely proclaim absolutes. Yet autism researchers are all but certain that there is no simple cause of the condition. Here's why the idea of finding a "smoking gun" for autism is so absurd. www.scientificamerican.com/article/auti... 🧪

Autism Has No Single Cause. Here’s How We Know

Scientists will not find a simple answer to how autism arises, despite Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s promise to announce its causes sometime this month. Here’s what makes the condition so staggeringly comp...

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David M. Ewalt @dme.bsky.social · 16d

Our investigation into disappearance of Shiid-birood (“the iron rock”) reveals a journey of lies, smuggling and possibly death across the seamy world of black market collecting.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 16d

How a space rock vanished from Africa and showed up for sale across an ocean

The Meteorite That Vanished: A Tale of Lies, Death and Smuggling

How a space rock vanished from Africa and showed up for sale across an ocean

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Allison Parshall @parshallison.bsky.social · 16d

Does taking Tylenol during pregnancy increase risk of autism? The evidence is thin—and entirely correlational. Here's what to know. @sciam.bsky.social 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/does...

Does Tylenol Use during Pregnancy Cause Autism? What the Research Shows

Trump and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. plan to tie Tylenol use during pregnancy and folate deficiencies to rising autism rates—but the evidence is thin

www.scientificamerican.com

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Allison Parshall @parshallison.bsky.social · 19d

On this week's @sciam.bsky.social Science Quiz, we've got wild drinking and treasure hunting. Can you get 6/6? www.scientificamerican.com/game/science... 🧪

Quiz question reading "What global treasure-hunting game uses GPS to lead players to spots that are hidden in plain sight?"; Answer options are MapQuest, Grandlining, Geocaching, and Skytagging

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Lauren J. Young @laurenjyoung.bsky.social · 21d

Confused by patchwork COVID vaccine guidelines across states? @sciam.bsky.social has a map with the latest info from the National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations. We'll keep tracking updates. 📊 @unamandita.bsky.social ✏️ @jaimieseaton.bsky.social. www.scientificamerican.com/article/covi...