double empathy problem
nounEtymology
Coined by autism researcher Damian E. M. Milton in 2012 in a journal article.
Definitions
The phenomenon of autistic and nonautistic people mutually failing to understand each…
The phenomenon of autistic and nonautistic people mutually failing to understand each other due to cognitive differences in expressing and processing emotion.
- Autistic people's difficulties with communication combined with the 'double empathy problem' can lead to assumptions being made by staff about the people they are teaching or supporting.
- Rather, such difficulties are reciprocal, so a 'double empathy' problem exists.
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