"the autistic participants with high levels of sensory responsivity had higher heart rates following the unpleasant stimuli than the controls or other autistic participants did."
I can't believe they said this:
"They exposed all the participants to mildly unpleasant sensations"
I can't believe they said this:
"They exposed all the participants to mildly unpleasant sensations"
https://twitter.com/PeripheralMinds/status/1409618760667910146
Sorry, if they think (per the article) that the autistic kid is going into FIGHT-OR-FLIGHT MODE after touching them with a cloth or playing white noise (most painful for me) stimuli to them,
it's not "mildly unpleasant."
Autistic children shouldn't have to do this to prove pain
it's not "mildly unpleasant."
Autistic children shouldn't have to do this to prove pain
And we wonder how autism research is lacking ethics.
This is the "mild" version -
Putting autistic children in an MRI and playing stimuli to them to literally show that it causes anxiety, overwhelm (and very likely pain!) to autistic children.
Why not ASK THEM?
This is the "mild" version -
Putting autistic children in an MRI and playing stimuli to them to literally show that it causes anxiety, overwhelm (and very likely pain!) to autistic children.
Why not ASK THEM?
This is why I think any of this kind of research needs to be asking autistic adults to do the study, not children!
Don't traumatize autistic kids so you can go to a conference and talk to your colleagues about how yes, in fact sounds and touch are overwhelming to autistic kids.
Don't traumatize autistic kids so you can go to a conference and talk to your colleagues about how yes, in fact sounds and touch are overwhelming to autistic kids.
Thinking of your threads @AnnMemmott
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