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Area of Science:

  • Autism advocacy
  • Social science research
  • Computational linguistics

Background:

  • Autism advocacy organizations led by family members have faced criticism from the autistic community.
  • Autistic individuals formed self-advocacy groups, emphasizing leadership by autistic people.
  • Recent debates question the representativeness of self-advocacy groups within the broader autistic community.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To computationally analyze the language used by autism advocacy organizations and individuals on Twitter.
  • To investigate claims of partial representation within different autism advocacy groups.
  • To provide empirical insights into the long-standing conflict surrounding representation in autism advocacy.

Main Methods:

  • Application of machine learning and natural language processing techniques.
  • Analysis of a large dataset of Tweets from autism advocacy organizations and individuals.
  • Specification curve analysis to assess language similarity and representation.

Main Results:

  • Evidence supports claims of partial representation for both self-advocacy groups and family-led organizations.
  • Both types of organizations show a stronger alignment with the interests of specific subgroups within the autism advocacy community.
  • Computational analysis revealed differential representation patterns in online communication.

Conclusions:

  • The study introduces a novel computational approach to understanding representation in autism advocacy.
  • Findings suggest that no single type of organization fully represents the diverse interests within the autism community.
  • The research aims to equip advocacy groups with tools for evidence-based discussions on representation.