Alexander MacInnis (@a_g_macinnis) 's Twitter Profile
Alexander MacInnis

@a_g_macinnis

Epidemiologist working to make a difference for autism. Parent of a young adult with autism (severe). Formerly, engineer of video chips, lots of patents, etc.

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"Jonny has no ability to care for himself and will require intensive 24/7 care for the entirety of his life," says Jill. "As much as we adore him, we should never sugarcoat this dire reality." #ThisIsProfoundAutism

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There have been a lot of arguments advanced against profound autism. If a new label increases stigma, causes people to lose services, or suffer that’s bad. But will that really be the impact? The label is aimed at a poorly served population which might become better recognized

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Many people commenting on the proposed profound autism descriptor answer with some version of “All you need to do is . . .” But those pat answers have not led to service improvements. Why not try a simple term that lay people can relate to, and say “I support help for. . . “?

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We can answer autism’s big questions. The key is hiding in plain sight. sfautismsociety.org/we-can-answer-… #autism #autismbirthprevalence #autismprevalence #autismspectrumdisorder

We can answer autism’s big questions. 
The key is hiding in plain sight.

sfautismsociety.org/we-can-answer-…

#autism #autismbirthprevalence #autismprevalence #autismspectrumdisorder
Alexander MacInnis (@a_g_macinnis) 's Twitter Profile Photo

My comment correcting the flawed STAT article "There’s no autism epidemic. But there is an autism diagnosis epidemic" 2/10/22 statnews.com/2022/02/10/the… #autism #autismbirthprevalence #autismprevalence