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Morgan Oates1, Rebecca McCauley1, Allison Bean1
1Department of Speech and Hearing Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus.
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research : JSLHR
|March 13, 2024
Summary
Autistic girls and boys show similar language patterns online and in person. These autistic adolescents displayed fewer linguistic gender differences compared to neurotypical individuals.
Area of Science:
- Linguistics
- Developmental Psychology
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) research
Background:
- Social media offers autistic youth a comfortable interaction space, mitigating face-to-face communication challenges.
- Understanding online linguistic patterns is crucial to assess their consistency with in-person communication for autistic adolescents.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate gender differences in the language use of autistic adolescents within an online forum.
- To determine if observed online linguistic patterns align with existing research on in-person communication among autistic individuals.
Main Methods:
- Analysis of forum entries from self-identified autistic adolescents (99 girls, 94 boys).
- Coding of discourse, lexical, and semantic features in relation to total words produced.
- Comparison of findings with prior research on linguistic gender differences in autistic and neurotypical populations.
Main Results:
- Three out of four observed gendered language patterns in the online forum matched previous research on autistic adolescents' face-to-face communication.
- Only one of twelve linguistic features showed a similar gender distribution to that found in neurotypical communication.
Conclusions:
- Autistic adolescents exhibit consistent gender-based language differences across both online and in-person interactions.
- The study suggests autistic individuals may express gender characteristics differently or to a lesser extent than neurotypical individuals, as evidenced by fewer significant gender differences in language use.
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