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As harmful autism disinformation campaigns go, grievance parents‘ attempt to break off “ #profoundAutism” as a separate diagnosis via smearing #neurodiversity advocates is notable—mostly for its spitefulness. Select observations by @embergreen.bsky.social: thinkingautismguide.com/2026/03/debu... 1/

"I want to talk about and to parents. Parents of autistic kids who might be getting manipulated by very persuasive arguments into fearing and distrusting a movement [ #neurodiversity] which is actually there to help." 2/

"I was looking into a report that RFK Jr. was citing, and I noticed this one study that he claims supports his argument—and I was surprised to see that one of the listed authors was Alison Singer. Alison Singer of course, of Autism Every Day fame." CN: filicide youtu.be/C7NTfZzS9b8?... 3/

"So who is Alison, & why does the mention of her name get me so wound up?" [Singer has/held pivotal roles with the IACC, Autism Speaks, & the Autism Science Foundation.] "She’s got some fingers in some pies, then. This is not a person who is coming across as powerless or silenced or anything." 4/

"Alison gained a lot of praise for not being anti-vax & for quitting Autism Speaks for pursuing research to that end. 'A voice for science,' she was called. By Nature no less. (To be clear, Alison is not a scientist—nor does she have a background in science. Her qualification is business admin.)" 5/

"If you’ve heard of Alison it might be because you’ve seen a short film called Autism Every Day in which she discusses when she felt desperate enough to drive her car off a bridge with herself and her autistic daughter inside it. I’ve spoken about this before because it upsets me a great deal." 6/

She said she was describing the desperation that is out there, and the thing is she’s right. Families of autistic kids are desperate. Alison was talking about a day when she’d been to view a possible school for her daughter, and it was seeing the state of that place that pushed her to her limit. 8/

The reason why that clip upsets me so very much is not because it’s a mother describing a brief fleeting moment of hitting rock bottom, of having a thought that probably made her feel like the worst person to ever exist. No, I can actually empathize with that. 9/

I was so upset because she articulated this so casually right in front of her young daughter, entirely in the assumption that [her daughter] did not understand what was being said, and I don’t claim to know what Jodie did or did not understand. 10/