nyoooom to [email protected]English • 2 years agoIf there was a superhero called Super-Autist, what would be his superpowers?message-square38fedilinkarrow-up129
arrow-up129message-squareIf there was a superhero called Super-Autist, what would be his superpowers?nyoooom to [email protected]English • 2 years agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoTotal lack of empathy, saving the universe one Thanos Snap at a time.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish13•2 years agoAfaik autism isn’t defined by a lack of empathy (that would be sociopathy iirc)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•2 years agohttps://embrace-autism.com/autism-and-empathy/ It’s complicated
minus-squareBOMBSlinkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-22 years agoFurther reading/listening on the double-empathy “problem”: https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/double-empathy-explained/
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoThat’s a good article, thanks. Sorry you got downvoted! I agree it’s complicated…
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoInteresting. I do relate with the gaze and emotional empathy things, especially the “fluctuating empathy” part. I’m not officially diagnosed though. But my (licensed psychologist) sister says I’m “definitely on the spectrum”, for what it’s worth
Total lack of empathy, saving the universe one Thanos Snap at a time.
He’s just super, hero not sure
Afaik autism isn’t defined by a lack of empathy (that would be sociopathy iirc)
https://embrace-autism.com/autism-and-empathy/
It’s complicated
Further reading/listening on the double-empathy “problem”: https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/double-empathy-explained/
That’s a good article, thanks. Sorry you got downvoted! I agree it’s complicated…
Interesting. I do relate with the gaze and emotional empathy things, especially the “fluctuating empathy” part. I’m not officially diagnosed though. But my (licensed psychologist) sister says I’m “definitely on the spectrum”, for what it’s worth