Originally posted at THL Blog http://thlibrary.wordpress.com/2013/04/05/hashtags-of-the-week-hotw-week-of-april-1-2013/ by Chris Bulin, @Arduanne.
This has been a whirlwind of a week. We started with April Fools Day, which seemed to involve a lot of cats and alternative search methods this year. April is Autism Awareness Acceptance Month and Tuesday was World Autism Day. Tuesday was also the groundbreaking announcement of the BRAIN Initiative that was outlined yesterday on the THL Blog.
I decided to focus on the autism portion of the week, although, as you’ll see from the tweets, the other two are related. I started with the most obvious hashtag #autism. I focused on research and personal stories about autism. As you can see, Twitter delivered.
A Facebook friend points out that April Fool’s can be rough on kids with #ADHD, #SPD, and #autism, who rely on the predictable and stable.
— ADDitudeMag (@ADDitudeMag) April 1, 2013
Thanks for all the good work by @ambitiousautism This is my son (and my hero!) Ethan.. #AutismIs #WAAD twitpic.com/cgvovi
— Trevor Skinner (@TrevorSkinner) April 4, 2013
Has #autism touched your life? Tell us about your experience for @ajstream Monday ahead of World Autism Day. bit.ly/16cePQd
— Malika Bilal (@mmbilal) April 1, 2013
Acceptance Is Belonging by Amy Sequenzia || Autism Acceptance Month ow.ly/jHNmB
— autselfadvocacy (@autselfadvocacy) April 3, 2013
Very pleased to hear Obama will invest in research projects to help find cures for diseases like #alzheimers #autism abcn.ws/16tHan9
— Sen. Robert Menendez (@SenatorMenendez) April 2, 2013
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius discusses National #Autism Awareness Month & NIH research commitment: 1.usa.gov/12ao6vE
— Mental Health NIMH (@NIMHgov) April 4, 2013
Embodiment and sense-making in autism. goo.gl/bGNi3 #autism #psychology #neuroscience
— J.-François Gariépy (@JFGariepy) April 4, 2013
VIDEO: When one twin has #autism ow.ly/jDGL1 #ajstream
— The Stream (@AJStream) April 1, 2013
Useful reference page on #autism in adults from Research Autism. Share the awareness.researchautism.net/pages/autism_a…
— Autism Care UK (@autismcareuk) April 4, 2013
The Autism Spectrum | Books for Kids, Parents, and Teachers ow.ly/jG64M Extra Helping #waad
— SchoolLibraryJournal (@sljournal) April 2, 2013
I clicked through into the #neuroscience and #psychology streams to see what scientists and researchers were talking about this week as well.
USA- #Autism linked to genetic change in instable genome regions science.psu.edu/news-and-event…#healthinnovations #neuroscience #neuropsychiatry
— Michelle Petersen (@shelleypetersen) April 4, 2013
Blog discusses @bmc_series‘ #research: 91% of animal studies on #autism are flawed ow.ly/jHnim via @medicaldailycom #neuroscience
— BioMed Central (@BioMedCentral) April 3, 2013
The risk of autism is not increased by ‘too many vaccines too soon’ dlvr.it/38fjYk #neuroscience
— Bernardo R. Japón (@brjapon) March 29, 2013
A #Therapist‘s Experiences in #Autism by Richard Howlin @psych2morrowmag psychologytomorrowmagazine.com/autism-and-cre…#psychology
— Antonio Ho (@Lawyer_A_Ho) April 4, 2013
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