Autism Spectrum Disorders Discourse on Social Media Platforms: A Topic Modeling Study of Reddit Posts

Overview of attention for article published in Autism Research, June 2025

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Mentioned by

news: 6 news outlets
blogs: 2 blogs
twitter: 6 X users

facebook: 1 Facebook page
reddit: 5 Redditors
bluesky: 2 Bluesky users

Readers on

mendeley: 39 Mendeley

So far, Altmetric has seen 7 Reddit threads by 5 users.

From the article: A new study...

User chrisdh79, in the Reddit Science subreddit, 16 Sep 2025

From the article: A new study [published](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aur.70066) in the journal Autism Research…

From the article: A new study...

User chrisdh79, in the Psychology subreddit, 16 Sep 2025

From the article: A new study [published](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aur.70066) in the journal Autism Research…

Study analyzed over 740,000 posts on Reddit to explore how autism is discussed and experienced by individuals. Autistic communities view these traits as differences rather than deficits, with many challenges arising from societal expectations and the pressure to mask neurodivergent traits.

User worldnewsbot, in the News From Around The World subreddit, 07 Jun 2025

This sub was used in a study utilizing my special interest!!! (Machine Learning and python)

User radishing_mokey, in the evilautism subreddit, 07 Jun 2025

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