Post #921957
2026-04-03 18:44 UTC
Replies (6)
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@joshsusser@autistics.life 2026-04-03 18:47
@Mepurfield Damian Milton really nailed it when he called it the Double Empathy Problem
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@Sh41@androiddev.social 2026-04-03 19:40
@Mepurfield it's not lack of empathy, it's a different way to empathize, which NTs don't share, and therefore don't bother to understand 🤷♀️
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@Elizafox@social.treehouse.systems 2026-04-03 19:40
@Mepurfield the most empathetic people I know have autism. They conflate us with ASPD constantly
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@the_wub@mastodon.social 2026-04-03 19:57
@Mepurfield Just in case any "neurotypical" folk stumble across your post here is a link to a blog post from Psychology Today that I think I found on Mastodon which summarises the issues in a very readable way. Also the link to the Wikipedia page discussing the double empathy problem in much greater detail. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/positively-different/202601/what-the-world-got-wrong-about-autistic-people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_empathy_problem #autism #empathy
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@DrSafariBoob@neurodifferent.me 2026-04-03 20:06
@Mepurfield had a psychiatrist tell me autistic people don't have empathy and I promptly fired him ✨
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@ShadowInTheVoid@topspicy.social 2026-04-03 20:17
@Mepurfield they mostly don't understand the difference between sympathy and empathy.