One of the dominant characterizations of people on the autism spectrum is that they lack empathy or are empathy-disrupted. This is based on the paradigm that autistic people aren’t able…
…of empathy. Others pointed out that the article showed how empathy can be beneficial and harmful at the same time. A few asked for a more standardized definition of empathy…
Emma Reardon discusses the difference between her own autistic expression of empathy compared to neurotypical empathy and the role the sensory plays in how we feel and demonstrate empathy….
…this is what the root of empathy is. Empathy is the ability to feel the emotions for others that you yourself would be feeling if you were in their shoes……
…Lack Thereof: So, with whom in this situation did you most identify? Linda or Elise? What are your thoughts? Who was demonstrating empathy here? What does empathy mean to you?…
…as illuminating and thought-provoking for you as it has been for me. Part 1: The Nature of Empathy – A Case Study Part 2: Empathy Case Study – Feedback Part…
…Part 2 of this series on empathy. Neurotypical Responses Almost unanimously, neurotypicals responded overwhelmingly negatively towards Elise, calling her variations of a bully, a narcissist, robotic, arrogant, tone deaf, hostile,…
…Nature of Empathy – A Case Study Part 2: Empathy Case Study – Feedback Part 3: Empathy & Philosophy – The Neurotypical Response A Demonstration of Taking Things Literally: This…
…people only, cognitive empathy is required for emotional empathy to lead to personal wellbeing.((Cognitive empathy moderates the relationship between affective empathy and wellbeing in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (Boss…
…Autistic people “don’t have Empathy”? They have “no concept of other people”? I have never seen these concepts debunked more thoroughly than here. The drive to stop the abuse of…
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