AI RESEARCH
Linguistic Accommodation Between Neurodivergent Communities on Reddit:A Communication Accommodation Theory Analysis of ADHD and Autism Groups
arXiv CS.CL
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ArXi:2604.10063v1 Announce Type: new Social media research on mental health has focused predominantly on detecting and diagnosing conditions at the individual level. In this work, we shift attention to \emph{intergroup} behavior, examining how two prominent neurodivergent communities, ADHD and autism, adjust their language when engaging with each other on Reddit. Grounded in Communication Accommodation Theory (CAT), we first establish that each community maintains a distinct linguistic profile as measured by Language Inquiry and Word Count Lexicon.