Jemima Kang

Come talk to me at the poster session today at 1:30! #ic2s2

Come check out my poster at #ic2s2 tomorrow!

A Multidimensional Framework for Evaluating Lexical Semantic Change with Social Science Applications Naomi Baes, Nick Haslam, Ekaterina Vylomova. Proceedings of the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 1: Long Papers). 2024.

I am deeply grateful to my PhD supervisors, Nick Haslam and Kat Vylomova, and to my collaborators, Haim Dubossarsky and Raphaël Merx, for their valuable contributions to these frameworks.

Links to papers:
1) SIBling: aclanthology.org/2024.acl-lon...
2) LSC-Eval: arxiv.org/abs/2503.08042

ADHD and autism are different, but on social media those differences are shrinking A University of Melbourne study of Reddit communities has found that the terms ADHD and autism have taken on a similar meaning and the communities are merging

Representations of ADHD and autism are converging in social media discourse - we break down our new findings in this short piece.

pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/adh...
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Thank you so much! That’s also great to hear you’re finding similar trends in your work.

(5/5) To do so examined over 478,000 Reddit posts over a ten-year period and found that conversations in online communities on ADHD and autism are becoming increasingly alike – in language, membership and topics of conversation.

(4/5) In our new study we explored whether ADHD and autism have become more closely connected in our culture, and why this convergence may be occurring.

(3/5) In parallel with these changes, there has been a shift in how the two conditions are understood by many people, inspired in part by the neurodiversity movement.

(2/5) Genuine rising rates and greater awareness are two possibilities. Another major factor is changes introduced in the DSM-5 which permitted dual diagnosis for the first time.

(1/5) ADHD and autism are in the news as never before.

Media attention is at an all-time high, demand for diagnostic assessments has risen substantially, and clinical services are experiencing unprecedented pressure.

What’s behind the rise in these two conditions?

Converging Representations of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Autism on Social Media: Linguistic and Topic Analysis of Trends in Reddit Data - PubMed Our study clarifies how discourse around these 2 conditions has converged during a period when they have both attracted rising public attention. These findings contribute to wider discussions about th...

While ADHD and autism are distinct diagnoses, our research shows that on social media, the lines between them are blurring.

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pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40392589/