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Requested move at Talk:Fidget toy#Requested move 9 August 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Fidget toy#Requested move 9 August 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Векочел (talk) 09:18, 10 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Possible misinformation from the United States health secretary in September

I have been friends and neighbors of autistic people throughout my life, and I currently work with autistic children to develop communication skills. I do not consider this a conflict of interest but do believe it helps to be upfront.

United States health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has spread misinformation about the baseless link between vaccines and autism. He has described autism as a tremendous horror show caused by life-saving vaccines.[1] In the past, his spreading of this misinformation directly preceded a measles outbreak in Samoa that killed dozens of children.[2] Earlier this year, he promised to "solve" autism.[3] In September, he plans to announce his claims about autism while actual scientists are resigning and being fired from the CDC.[4] After the federal government made the purely linguistic change to use "Gulf of America" in place of "Gulf of Mexico", many editors turned up on the Gulf's talk page to demand a change. There is a real possibility that this could trigger or embolden efforts to push misinformation in Wikipedia's autism articles. Rjjⁱⁱⁱ (talk) 18:11, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Help needed: Creating a new article about reading abilities in autistic people

If you want to help, it's at Draft:Autism and reading Shocksingularity (talk) 21:09, 13 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It's been moved to mainspace under the title of Reading in autism. That phrasing sounds awkward to me. Does anyone wants to think about possibilities for a better article title? Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 04:58, 20 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Request for comment: Category:Autism spectrum disorders

Hello. There is a request to delete or merge Category:Autism spectrum disorders. Please comment on Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2025_October_4#Category:Autism_spectrum_disorders. --TadejM ^{my talk} 11:14, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Autism and LGBTQ identities#Requested move 16 October 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Autism and LGBTQ identities#Requested move 16 October 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. CNC (talk) 10:16, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]