nyoooom@lemmy.world to Autism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoIf there was a superhero called Super-Autist, what would be his superpowers?message-squaremessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up119arrow-down1message-squareIf there was a superhero called Super-Autist, what would be his superpowers?nyoooom@lemmy.world to Autism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square39fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejet@hackertalks.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down11·1 year agoTotal lack of empathy, saving the universe one Thanos Snap at a time.
minus-squareSylvartas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 year agoAfaik autism isn’t defined by a lack of empathy (that would be sociopathy iirc)
minus-squarejet@hackertalks.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agohttps://embrace-autism.com/autism-and-empathy/ It’s complicated
minus-squareBOMBS@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 year agoFurther reading/listening on the double-empathy “problem”: https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/double-empathy-explained/
minus-squareSylvartas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year 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
minus-squarenyoooom@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoHe’s just super, hero not sure
Total lack of empathy, saving the universe one Thanos Snap at a time.
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/
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
He’s just super, hero not sure