This post is the last in a six-part series on empathy from Autistic perspectives. In this post, we’ll explore the Double Empathy Problem. If you missed the previous five posts, you can find them here: Post 1: alexithymia, Post 2: cognitive empathy, Post 3: emotional empathy, Post 4: compassionate empathy, and Post 5: somatic empathy. …
This post is the fifth in a six-part series on empathy from Autistic perspectives. In this post, we’ll explore somatic empathy. If you missed the previous four posts, you can find them here: Post 1: alexithymia, Post 2: cognitive empathy, Post 3: emotional empathy, and Post 4: compassionate empathy. What is somatic empathy? Somatic empathy, …
This post is the fourth in a six-part series on empathy from Autistic perspectives. In this post, we’ll explore compassionate empathy. If you missed the previous three posts, you can find them here: Post 1: alexithymia, Post 2: cognitive empathy, and Post 3: emotional empathy. What is compassionate empathy? Compassionate empathy combines cognitive and emotional …
This post is the third in a six-part series on empathy from Autistic perspectives. In this post, we’ll explore emotional empathy. If you missed the previous two posts, you can find them here: Post 1: alexithymia and Post 2: cognitive empathy. What is emotional empathy? Emotional empathy, sometimes referred to as affective empathy, involves experiencing …
This post is the second in a six-part series on empathy from Autistic perspectives. In this post, we’ll explore cognitive empathy. Did you miss the first post on empathy and alexithymia? Find it here. The four types of empathy Often when people talk about empathy, they are referring to cognitive empathy. However, this is only …
This post is the first in a six-part series on empathy from Autistic perspectives. In this first post, we’ll explore empathy and its relationship to alexithymia.
The word “Autism” comes with a lot of societal stigma and misinformation. When disclosing to someone that they are Autistic, many Autistics find that instead of getting an affirming response like “Congratulations!” they are told something like, “but you don’t look Autistic.” When this happens, it leaves Autistics with two choices: Spend time and emotional …
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In recent years, many adults have self-diagnosed (or self-identified) as Autistic. The term “TikTok diagnosing” has arisen as a way to denigrate self-diagnosis and make it seem less valid than professional diagnosis. While it is true that you can’t (or shouldn’t) self-diagnose from seeing one TikTok about Autism, I have yet to meet a self-diagnosed …
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In Canada, we use the diagnostic criteria for Autism in the DSM – the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. We are currently on the fifth version of the DSM, called the DSM-5-TR (text revision). As an Autistic person, when I read the diagnostic criteria for Autism, I feel like all of my Autistic …
