Some Associate Autism With Lower Empathy – But The Opposite May Be True

Some Associate Autism With Lower Empathy – But The Opposite May Be True

To be frank, I was always surprised to read that some people associated autism with a “lack of empathy” or “empathy dysfunction”.I know autism is a broad spectrum, meaning a “rule” that applies to one person doesn’t necessarily show up in another. But I’d noticed some loved ones with autism seemed to experience more empathy (or at least a more intense empathy) than average, not less.In 2024, researchers found a high percentage of “hyper-empathy”…