Dr Jessica AistonPostdoctoral Research AssistantEmail: j.aiston@qmul.ac.ukProfileProfileI am a Postdoctoral Research Assistant on the Wellcome Trust-funded project ‘Autism in affinity spaces: Interest-driven social media practices during the transition to adulthood.’ Before joining Queen Mary London, I completed my PhD and worked as an Associate Lecturer in the department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University.My research interests include digital communication, (critical) discourse analysis, autism and health communication, language, gender, and sexuality. Research