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Accepted for/Published in: Journal of Medical Internet Research

Date Submitted: Apr 27, 2024
Date Accepted: Oct 29, 2024

The final, peer-reviewed published version of this preprint can be found here:

The Art of the Special Interest: Lexicon-Based Analysis of Longitudinal Changes in Language Patterns Among Neurodiverse Youth Designing Special Interest–Related Digital Art

Campos-Castillo C, Atkinson E, Nishii U

The Art of the Special Interest: Lexicon-Based Analysis of Longitudinal Changes in Language Patterns Among Neurodiverse Youth Designing Special Interest–Related Digital Art

J Med Internet Res 2025;27:e59976

DOI: 10.2196/59976

PMID: 40920452

PMCID: 12455143

The Art of the Special Interest (SPIN): A Lexicon-Based Analysis of Longitudinal Changes in Language Patterns among Neurodiverse Youth Designing SPIN-related Digital Art

  • Celeste Campos-Castillo; 
  • Elise Atkinson; 
  • Uta Nishii

ABSTRACT

We analyze changes in language patterns among neurodiverse youth while they were recorded participating in a five-session online program in which a mentor taught them to design digital art that is related to their special interest (SPIN, as the neurodiverse community refers to it).


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Please cite as:

Campos-Castillo C, Atkinson E, Nishii U

The Art of the Special Interest: Lexicon-Based Analysis of Longitudinal Changes in Language Patterns Among Neurodiverse Youth Designing Special Interest–Related Digital Art

J Med Internet Res 2025;27:e59976

DOI: 10.2196/59976

PMID: 40920452

PMCID: 12455143

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