Haylie Miller
she/her, ☕️🐴🇨🇺🏔 | PI @UM_MVDLab, Asst Prof @UMKines | Psych studying lifespan dev’t of visuomotor skills in neurodivergence | 🥐 enthusiast | opinionated…but not on behalf of anyone other than myself 😏
- Reposted by Haylie MillerRobert F. Kennedy Jr.'s picks for a key autism panel include members who tout dangerous treatments and say vaccine manufacturers are “poisoning children.” One doesn't know why she was chosen. www.wired.com/story/rfk-jr...
- Reposted by Haylie MillerAged 18-24years? Newly Identified Autistic, or maybe you have clients you'd like to refer to our Discovery Programme? 6 weeks starting 18th Feb 2026 Neuro-affirming Find out more about your Autistic identity Build community support Funded spaces available thrivingautistic.org/discovery-pr...
- Reposted by Haylie Millerthe Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
- Charlie Mackesy’s messages are always so timely each time I revisit his work. Thankful for #art and its ability to remind us to hold on to our #hope and #humanity even in terrible storms.
- Reposted by Haylie MillerFormer colleague of color noted that they were frequently asked to be the outside member on dept faculty searches (often times 3-4 requests per year) and freq asked to chair committees dealing with DEI or Culture themes
- Reposted by Haylie MillerThe data show that when you let more women and racial/ethnic minorities into your academic society they tend to be overrepresented doing the service work of your society. Isn’t that interesting? #ACNP2026
- Reposted by Haylie Millerfiguring out the the SCIENCV bio sketch for NIH submissions feels distinctly like being told that I am rearranging the deck chairs on the titanic in the wrong way
- 👀 Currently seeking two new team members: (1) a doctoral student excited to learn about neurodivergent movement (Movement Science PhD program), (2) a postdoctoral trainee with significant prior experience analyzing motion capture OR medical records data, with proficiency in Python, R, and Visual3D.
- Interested? Send a CV and letter of interest to millerhl@umich.edu. Additional info for prospective doctoral students here: www.kines.umich.edu/sites/defaul...
- Let’s finish 2 partially-done papers and a grant before the next semester starts. I’ll race you. Ready? Go! 🏃🏻♀️
- This, but it’s email instead of chocolate.
- You guys next week I get to do an R workshop that I’ve been wanting to do for FOUR YEARS. I finally hit the trifecta of registering fast enough, maintaining a (mostly) empty calendar for 2 whole days, and not having relatives in town. What a rush. 😮💨 Adulthood is weirder than I thought it would be.
- Reposted by Haylie MillerNew (free!) paper out describing our AASPIRE Suicide Prevention Project team's collaborative work to develop a new program focused on suicide prevention for the autistic community. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
- Reposted by Haylie MillerIt’s blowing my mind that schools, universities, public services would run headlong into this. We spent 15 years documenting black boxes. This is a black box in a black hole!
- Reposted by Haylie MillerWrite more grants write more grants write more grants. I feel like I'm out here buying endless *expensive* lottery tickets. Meanwhile the actual research piles up because there are only so many hours in a day.
- Reposted by Haylie MillerA reshare from Sabrina Guerra (Neuroclastic 2022) When the rights of abled people take precedence over those of disabled people, our great shame is evident, and we must not consider ourselves a modern, progressive society. neuroclastic.com/arresting-ab...
- Reposted by Haylie Miller“Your job is not to turn in completed assignments; it's to learn how to think.” Ted Chiang‘s succinct summary of the issue with using AI in education. I’m not a sports guy but the athlete metaphor he uses in this interview is pretty spot on.
- Reposted by Haylie MillerA groundbreaking children's television show is set to introduce a new character who is largely non-speaking and communicates with the help of a special speech tablet. #disabilities #autism #PBSKids #AAC
- Reposted by Haylie MillerThe Coalition of Autism Scientists have entered the chat: “The data cited do not support the claim that Tylenol causes autism and leucovorin is a cure, and only stoke fear and falsely suggest hope where there is no simple answer.” www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/aut...
- Reposted by Haylie MillerTrump links autism and Tylenol: is there any truth to it? share.google/bxzgi0hMPCFT... Useful debunking, from the science writers.
- Reposted by Haylie MillerImportant information to share in the wake of disinformation-visual created by @neurodivergent_lou on FB.
- “Three deeply compassionate autistic experts” is such a lovely and accurate description of these fine folks. 🫶 Great read!
- "I practice self-care by turning off the news periodically, and stepping back from the world. I made the realization that in my fight for justice, I was hurting my own mental health." Autistic academic TC Waisman on self-compassion and resilience, at TPGA: thinkingautismguide.com/2025/09/cher...
- Reposted by Haylie Miller9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American." It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
- Reposted by Haylie MillerRead this if you want an encapsulation of what RFK jr is doing to autism research. Then imagine what happens when each NIH institute has an ideological overseer who has final say on funding priorities and funding decisions, as they intend to implement
- My latest on the Health Sec who promised to figure out what causes autism and the autism research that's been stopped along the way www.propublica.org/article/rfk-...
- Reposted by Haylie MillerThis is not caused primarily by "screen time". It's been caused by the mass eradication of third places for young people in basically every city over the past three decades - and a society that's hostile to the concept of teens socialising in public spaces. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
- Reposted by Haylie MillerI’m an Autistic classically trained chef and I wrote a food aversion acceptance cookbook and guide titled COLOR TASTE TEXTURE, that’s all about finding out what works for specific sensory needs and how to customize food for them. It’s useful for all ages, no cooking experience necessary.
- I’m pretty sure this is exactly what ChatGPT would give you if you asked it for an image of a “safe space” exclusively for rich white oligarchs. Good thing they aren’t building this on a college campus, or they would be doing an illegal DEI… 🙄
- Reposted by Haylie MillerDespite the fact that I try to advocate for people in tough situations (often using my own experience to amplify), I’m generally positive in my outlook. But someone please tell me how (new) PIs shouldn’t be scared about what’s ahead? Where are the solutions, the funders who believe in science?
- Reposted by Haylie MillerNow do the Department of Defense budget, Andrew. “Washington has thrown billions at NIH for decades with little accountability and few measurable outcomes,” HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon said in a statement to Future Pulse. www.politico.com/newsletters/...
- Reposted by Haylie MillerTo put this into perspective, in almost 15 years since my postdoc, the best score I have received on an R01 is 8%. You will need a score of 1 - 5% to land a new grant this year, and likely for years to come. I hope you can pull it off, but this is an insane standard that only a lucky few will hit
- If you’re from Texas and this doesn’t even remotely surprise you, clap your hands… 👏🏼👏🏼
- Reposted by Haylie Miller“The way the secretary characterizes autism research, it’s as if nobody’s been doing anything for the last 30 years.” 🩺 🛟
- Reposted by Haylie MillerOn Juneteenth, a US national holiday, we honor our Black communities—and should talk "about [its] complex history. Students, particularly Black students, can find empowerment in the jubilant celebrations of culture, activism and the humanity of a people.” www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/tea...
- Reposted by Haylie MillerCheck out this list of resources about being Black and disabled, collected by the HBCU Disability Consortium: www.blackdisabledandproud.org/disability-1...
- Reposted by Haylie MillerIT'S JUNETEENTH! There is still so much fucking work to do in this country to clean up the blood it was built on and so many reparations owed. One of the small ways we can help is actively seeking out, hiring, supporting and buying from Black artists. bsky.app/starter-pack...at://did:plc:qo2ojvosrg7hx5i24ejepean/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lcicr324xn2r
- Reposted by Haylie Miller"The question isn’t whether people like my [autistic] daughter have something to offer. It’s whether society is finally ready to stop measuring value with the wrong scale." Anais Godard skewers RFK Jr.'s unexamined ignorance re: autism, via @mcsweeneys.net: www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/an-...
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- Reposted by Haylie Miller"They tried to bury us. They didn’t know we were seeds." -Dinos Christianopoulos.
- Reposted by Haylie Miller"As soon as this evening, NSF is also expected to send layoff notices to an unspecified number of its 1700-member staff. The remaining staff and programs will be assigned to one of the eight smaller directorates." 🫤
- Reposted by Haylie Miller@autisminadulthood.bsky.social annual Editorial Board dinner at #INSAR2025 (with a few guests). What a phenomenal team! Hard to believe that 7 years ago we showed up to INSAR with our first little Preview Issue. I so appreciate all the people who have made our journal into what it is today.
- Reposted by Haylie MillerNew CRAE study, looking at experiences of UK-based autistic dental professionals 🦷 Online interview, approx. 30-45 minutes We would love to hear from autistic dental practitioners with any level of experience For more details, please email ashweja.barai.24@ucl.ac.uk Thank you!
- Reposted by Haylie Miller🚨May Talk Announcement!🚨 Join us on May 28th at 2PM to hear Kayleigh Doyle (@kayleighdoyle.bsky.social) discuss her PhD work looking at using the creative arts to teach autistic students. Tickets are available at eventbrite.co.uk/e/arch-semin... We hope to see you there!
- There are now >200 of us, including many senior leaders in the field. It is a group with diverse perspectives, & that is our strength…we share a common goal of advocating for ethical, rigorous, responsible #autism science. Good #autismscience is led by experts & community members, not politicians.
- “The Coalition of Autism Scientists came together to demand respect for autism research. Instead of focusing on questions that have been asked and answered, limited and valuable research dollars must focus on what we don’t yet know about autism.” www.eurekalert.org/news-release... #INSAR20245
- Reposted by Haylie MillerFollowing public false claims on autism causation and attacks on science, INSAR has released a statement that people are “born with autism” www.autism-insar.org/page/insarst.... Autism as innate and lifelong is the focus my new free paper (long thread incoming): www.frontiersin.org/journals/int...
- Reposted by Haylie MillerThis September I will be doing an end of fellowship public lecture at Durham University for the centre for Neurodiversity and Development on the topic of how autistic people are constructed and described in autism research, and why IT MATTERS!
- Reposted by Haylie MillerRFK Jr. framed autistic people as millstones for their families & society, which is straight up eugenics talk—& yet this delighted Profound Autism parents. On why the “profound autism” label & mindset harms rather than helps autistic people & their families: thinkingautismguide.com/2025/04/crea...
- I did not have “Robber’s Cave experiment: #autism org edition” on my bingo card for 2025…but I’ll take it, I guess? 🤷🏻♀️ Have to celebrate the small victories these days. Score one for the unifying power of superordinate goals & a common enemy. autisticadvocacy.org/2025/04/lead...
- Reposted by Haylie MillerRFK Jr. is speaking to a specific slice of parents (mostly) who believe their autistic child is not like the autistic people who, for example, post on this app. Those parents are committed to a diagnosis of "profound" autism. They are wrong. Please read this from me and @juststimming.bsky.social
- THIS RIGHT HERE 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
- In case you were curious…NONE OF THIS IS HUMANE OR EVEN REMOTELY EVIDENCE-BASED. Happy to discuss (calmly, not in all caps, I promise) w/anyone who has questions about any of these claims. TW: RFK uses dehumanizing language to spread gross misinformation about #autism www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjLwvAsb/
- Glutton for punishment and want to watch the whole thing? Here it is on C-SPAN… www.c-span.org/program/news...
- Reposted by Haylie MillerRFK Jr.'s HHS put out the biennial report about autism prevelance among children, saying the "autism epidemic is running rampant." The report says that "Black, Asian, and Hispanic children in the 2022 survey had higher overall ASD prevalence." But he misses key information. Let's talk about it 1/
- Reposted by Haylie MillerIs autism genetic? Why yes, yes it is.
- Reposted by Haylie MillerAutism grievance parents keep topping themselves in cynical awfulness, including cozying up to fellow autism disinformation-spewer RFK Jr. So we’ve updated our explainer on how these parents harm autistics, meaning their own kids as well as ours. Thread. thinkingautismguide.com/2022/11/grie... 1/
- Reposted by Haylie MillerScience does not work like this. The only way you can set a timeline is if you have rigged the results in advance.
- We had a great afternoon at the first annual #specialolympics Unified Games at the @uofmichigan.bsky.social Big House…thankful for all of the athletes, unified partners, students, faculty, staff, and community members who made it possible!
- Reposted by Haylie MillerCDMRP cuts entire autism research program for FY2025. This is a major blow for #AutismResearch in the U.S. cdmrp.health.mil/pubs/press/2...
- Reposted by Haylie MillerPatrick is still looking for participants if you are able to take part. pbs.twimg.com/media/GWFCTh...
- Reposted by Haylie MillerI am calling on all #devpsyc colleagues to condemn & speak out about the abduction of Rumeysa Ozturk by the US govt on March 25, 2025. She is a developmental psychology graduate. #childpsyc #developmentalpsyc #lifespanpsyc #acadmicsky #childrenandyouth @srcdorg.bsky.social @issbd.bsky.social
- Some more gasoline on the HHS fire… #autism research is moving backwards. “If you want an independent source, you’d go to…people who have spent their lives doing this stuff. You wouldn’t go to somebody with no qualifications and a long track record of impropriety and incompetence.”
- RFK Jr. is elevating some of the most incompetent and publicly reviled anti-vax autism pseudoscience grifters, by literally putting them in charge of an HHS autism study. All the trigger warnings for harm the Geiers have caused to autistic people and their families. www.statnews.com/2025/03/26/r...
- #NIH is trapped in the burning house of HHS. But tell us again how it’s all going to be fine and we should just keep submitting… 🫠
- Spreadsheet conversion of the March 21 revision of HHS's PDF list of terminated grants- let us know if you find any errors docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
- Reposted by Haylie MillerWIRED tested the popular AI video generator from OpenAI and found that it amplifies sexist stereotypes and ableist tropes, perpetuating the same biases already present in AI image tools.
- Reposted by Haylie MillerCheck for co-occurring possibilities such as ADHD, intellectual disability, forms of epilepsy, co-occurring gut difficulties causing pain when eating, etc. So many autistic 'behaviours' aren't autism at all, but the ABA industry is only taught to stop the behaviour. Results can be disastrous.
- Yelling more things into the void related to #disability awareness… ADA/IDEA COMPLIANCE IS THE BARE MINIMUM! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Rights afforded to people under this legislation are worded vaguely, & orgs go to great lengths to avoid doing any more than is legally required. Advocate for REAL access & support. 🫶🏼
- Reposted by Haylie MillerAcross studies, a strong autism identity has been shown to have its benefits - personal autism acceptance, solidarity with other autistic people, pride in being autistic. So enjoy #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek crae.ioe.ac.uk/autis...
- Reposted by Haylie MillerAutistic people should not "feel shame about any ways we might adjust our lives to cope with our movement challenges." Whether that is modifying set ups or providing physical support, or deciding to do things the way that works for you. Iris Warchall at TPGA: thinkingautismguide.com/2024/11/what...
- To celebrate Disability Awareness Month, I’ve decided to just yell some things into the void…first up: EYE CONTACT ≠ ATTENTION! 😵💫 ✨Do some people like it? Sure! ✨ Is it necessary for effective communication? Nope. ✨ Should we force, coerce it, condition it, or grade it? NO.
- Reposted by Haylie MillerI’ve never seen it put so succinctly before! Even as a disabled person myself, I struggle a lot with internalized ableism. These 12 all two common narratives about disability can be difficult to unlearn, but that work is important. (Created by Jamie Shields, founder of Disabled By Society.)
