Fact-checking claims Trump made about autism

Thank you @katebarker.bsky.social . There was a section on the inaccurately negative impression of autism and autistic people that is part of this whole sorry saga. Got lost in the editing but important not to lose sight of it in the conversation 🤔😗

Read this and weep! www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic...

Important message in the light of today’s statements from the White House. www.autism.org.uk/what-we-do/n...

On Monday Sept. 15th, MPs will be debating a petition about SEND provison for children. This is REALLY important - follow if you can. committees.parliament.uk/committee/32...

Hope to see lots of you😀. Currently stranded in Widnes (or perhaps Macclesfield) courtesy of various train lines. But I WILL get there🤞

British Science Festival 2025 (Liverpool): britishsciencefestival.org Gina Rippon in Conversation with Professor Liz Pellicano about her book ‘The Lost Girls of Autism’ , Wednesday September 10th@ 15.00-16.00

“The government must provide urgent funding for diagnosis services and make sure autistic people and families get the support they need when they need it.” www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Jeremy Hunt needs to read Carrie Grant's great piece on the cost of NOT supporting SEND children (www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...). www.theguardian.com/education/20...

The Diagnosis Delusion: an edited version of a debate @ HowThe LightGetsIn Festival in May www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeKw...

This is important new #research on the danger to #truth in #science when #journals don’t remove papers found to be #scientifically #faulty.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

🧪 This is SUCH an important read - not only for the topic itself but for its brilliant revelations of how a scientific story can be manipulated.The Playbook Used to ‘Prove’ Vaccines Cause Autism www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Here’s a ‘long read’ version of my recent Guardian article. x.com/psychmag/sta...

I think she embodied the term “inspirational” on so many fronts. RIP, Steve. Dame Stephanie Shirley obituary

Well, well, well😯 . The Telegraph picks up the baton.... 😀👏 www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitne...

Great post by Great blog post about The Age of Diagnosis from Ciara Lee @Women_inNeuro Echoing concerns raised elsewhere! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Something to listen to when you're stuck in traffic? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Off to the Latitude Festival at the weekend 😍. Hope to see you there! www.latitudefestival.com/artists/weir...

Oops! Why the antagonism over the rise in autism diagnoses? It’s actually good news | Gina Rippon www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

So incensed by the recent toxic narrative around mental health diagnoses (‘the sick note from life’ brigade) that I had to put my head above the parapet! Thanks to the Guardian for giving me voice 👍🏻 Why the antagonism over the rise in autism diagnoses? It’s actually good news | Gina Rippon

This is SO WRONG. Part of the glorification of the "overdiagnosis" debate and its so-called 'compassionate' propagators. Maybe true when talking about physical conditions, but way off the mark here 😡🤬 www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07...

The story behind the story! Check out this page: www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

Just recovering from #hayfestival and getting ready for Cheltenham. Looking forward to a great conversation. www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/the-l...

Many thanks to Sophie (and the audience)for the great questions 👍🏻👏

Thank you @berrymusic.bsky.social 😊. Am going to be talking about the book with Robin Ince at the @hayfestival.bsky.social on Saturday.

If you're interested in the "over-diagnosis" debate, I'll be discussing issues with Alastair Santhouse and Karsten Jorgensen at #HTLGIFestival on Monday, May 26th, at 12 p.m.

Am SO looking forward to my conversation about autism with @robinince.bsky.social at Hay Festival @hayfestival #HayFestival2025 on Saturday May 31st 😀.

Just getting ready to head for Hay! Will be 'In Conversation' with Robin Ince on Saturday May 31st @ 2:30 p.m. about my new book 'The Lost Girls of Autism' @hayfestival #HayFestival2025. Hope to see you then 😀👋

How did you all do?

Great company - good to be with you🤩! @theguardian.com

Have listened to all episodes while on the ‘book road’. It is excellent BUT not enough about the brain. Come to Brighton next week and I’ll fill in some gaps 👍🏻🤔🤓

Please come and join in the conversation. I’m learning more each time from the great questions that are coming up so hopefully you will too!

With many thanks to Hannah MacInnes for the great questions! howtoacademy.com/podcasts/gin...

What an offer!

Update - I’m afraid this Festival has been cancelled 😞. But I will be in Birmingham on May 6th and Brighton on May 13th 😄

😡🧪https://open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/p/the-whi-is-endingyou-should-be-furious?utm_source=direct

Listen in later today! howtoacademy.com/events/the-l...

“Taking us back to a failed past” …….😡😡😡RFK’s statements prove autistic people and their families everywhere should fear Trump and his allies

😊☺️ Widening the autism spotlight | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

If you are Brighton way on May 6th, please come along to this BrightThink event: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-lost-g...

If anyone is near Falmouth on May 3rd, please come and join me at the Wayward Book Festival 😀https://www.instagram.com/waywardbookfestival/p/DH74s5BPAbR/

Dr Peter Marks, "Vaccines have been studied very extensively for being potentially associated with autism" "That theory has been debunked" "One study in Denmark, over 600,000 children. It shows that if anything, children had a lower rate of autism than unvaccinated children"

An investigation of increased rates of autism in U.S. public schools onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... - this study shows an increase in autism diagnoses but NO increase in overall levels of disability in children (which implies diagnostic substitution as key factor)

Are You Autistic? Channel 5 documentary looks at the increase of people with an autism diagnosis eastieoaks.com/2025/04/06/a...

🧪🤩US scientists create most comprehensive circuit diagram of mammalian brain

🧪I was lucky enough to be interviwed by Cat de Lange, who asked exactly the right questions to letme explain what my book is about 👍https://www.newscientist.com/video/2475916-a-new-picture-of-autism-in-girls-is-emerging-says-gina-rippon/

Thank you, Hayley. Great event with really thought-provoking questions. Sorry to those who missed out on buying books.

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