Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Autism

Autism Flour Power Challenge

So on the Autism Awarneess Day Article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Autism_Awareness_Day) I saw that section about the Autism Flour Power Challenge (check history of the page) was previously unsourced and I was going to added a citation needed template to it but another user had already gone ahead and removed it. I found this YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsSubJiFsC0 of a family doing the challenge but nothing else so far from looking at the first few results of a Google search. However I believe its a great idea to bring awareness to a challenge that bring awareness to such a great cause. If someone can find a good source like one of the official websites describing the challenge that would be great but until then the citation needed tag will have to remain in place. I hope everyone had a great autism awareness day yesterday :) --Have a great day :) , Sanjev Rajaram (talk) 19:23, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

WikiProject: Bullying

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I would just like to inform you about Proposal for WikiProject Bullying. If you have any comments on this matter, either use my talk page or use the proposal page. Thanks,

East Anglian Regional (talk) 10:01, 19 June 2016 (UTC)

Discussion about autism diagnosis at the MOS

Please see WT:Manual of Style/Medicine-related articles#Diagnosed "autistic" or "with autism" and participate in the disciussion. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 16:36, 26 July 2016 (UTC)

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Can someone please explain to me how Generalized anxiety disorder fits within the scope of your WikiProject? As someone with generalized anxiety disorder I find this kind of offensive. It's ridiculous, I would like an explanation, please. ThatGirlTayler (talk) 20:11, 31 March 2017 (UTC)

ThatGirlTayler It was removed because this project was marked as inactive, but I'd imagine it might be considered a common co-occurring disorder for people on the spectrum? Conditions comorbid to autism spectrum disorders seems to suggest so. It's not an insinuation that people with anxiety are autistic but that autistic people might be more likely to also have an anxiety disorder. - Purplewowies (talk) 16:30, 24 May 2017 (UTC)

Nonverbal Autism Communication - Potential Articles to Cite

1. Sigafoos, J., Lancioni, G. E., O'Reilly, M. F., Achmadi, D., Stevens, M., Roche, L., & Green, V. A. (2013). Teaching two boys with autism spectrum disorders to request the continuation of toy play using an iPad-based speech-generating device. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 7(8), 923-930. doi:10.1016/j.rasd.2013.04.002 2. Vernay, F., Kahina, H., Thierry, M., & Jean‐Yves, R. (2017). Self‐paced segmentation of written words on a touchscreen tablet promotes the oral production of nonverbal and minimally verbal children with autism. Journal Of Research In Special Educational Needs. doi:10.1111/1471-3802.12384 3. Sandiford, G. A., Mainess, K. J., & Daher, N. S. (2012). A pilot study on the efficacy of melodic based communication therapy for eliciting speech in nonverbal children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, (2013) 43:1298-1307. doi:10.1007/s10803-012-1672-z 4. Lerna, A., Esposito, D., Conson, M., & Massagli, A. (2013). Long-term effects of PECS on social–communicative skills of children with autism spectrum disorders: a follow-up study. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 49(4) 478-485. doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.12079 5. Somogyi, E., Kiraly, I., Gergely, G., & Nadal, J. (2013). Understanding goals and intentions in low-functioning autism. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 34 (2013) 3822–3832. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2013.07.039 6. Paparella, T., Stickles Goods, K., Freeman, S., & Kasari, C. (2011). The emergence of nonverbal joint attention and requesting skills in young children with autism. Journal of Communication Disorders, 1-15. doi:10.1016/j.jcomdis.2011.08.002 7. Achmadi, D., Kagohara, D. M., van der Meer, L., O’Reilly, M. F., Lancioni, G. E., Sutherland, D., Lang, R., Marschik, P. B., Green, V. A., & Sigafoos, J. (2012). Teaching advanced operation of an iPod-based speech-generating device to two students with autism spectrum disorders. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 6 (2012) 1258–1264. doi: 10.1016/j.rasd.2012.05 8. Kagohara, D. M., van der Meer, L., Ramdoss, S., O’Reilly, M. F., Lancioni, G. E., Davis, T. N., Rispioli, M., Lang, R., Marschik, P. B., Sutherland, D., Green, V. A., & Sigafoos, J. (2013). Using iPods and iPads in teaching programs for individuals with developmental disabilities: A systematic review. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 34 (2013) 147–156. doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2012.07.027

Jthuey (talk) 06:19, 31 July 2017 (UTC) jthuey

Work to be done

So there's a lot of work to be done on autism Twitter, eh? I really think autism should be pointing to autism spectrum by now, as per DSM-5 and most current discourse. It's possible the current article there should be renamed 'classic autism' or 'Kanner autism' or something.

In any case, both pages need a lot of work, bearing in mind that this is likely to be somewhere people come when they are first actively trying to learn about autism. There is much pathologising language that could be rewritten without compromising Wikipedia's NPOV policy. In fact, the heavily medical and deficit-based framing used in many places should be understood to represent a quite specific point of view on the autism spectrum, and one which many autistic people (as well as many psychologists, family members and other interested parties) do not share. --Oolong (talk) 21:39, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

Urgent

This project needs to re-activate, as there is a serious issue throughout the Autism article base. A biased user is trying to game the system to press Autism in a negative light. User:Ylevental has promoted people who hate it such as Jonathan Mitchell, David Miedzianik, Benjamin Alexander, Thomas McKean and has tried the same with Thomas Clements and Jill Escher. He created National Council on Severe Autism for the same reason and has tried to promote Donald Triplett, NeuroTribes and In a Different Key negatively. He has also tried to snow AfD nominations for most recently Julia Bascom as well as John Elder Robison, Jim Sinclair, Autistic Pride Day, Wrong Planet, Aspies for Freedom, Amy Sequenzia, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network and Autism Network International. He needs to be watched closely as he is not adhering properly to WP:NPV and can't possibly do so. He has already admitted to a COI with Mitchell here. He has also gamed the system on Wikiquote for the record. We need users onto this and keep his nonsense in check. 2001:8003:58DD:C700:64C6:7BB2:D963:2A7D (talk) 01:57, 19 February 2019 (UTC)