The ‘double empathy problem’: Ten years on

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Journal article of the type Editorial ( ; english)

Damian Milton * , Emine Gurbuz , Beatriz López
The ‘double empathy problem’: Ten years on published in the journal "Autism" n°8, vol.26, 3 pages , doi: 10.1177/13623613221129123

*One co-author has publicly identified as autistic. [Learn more about this mention]

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In simple terms, the ‘double empathy problem’ refers to a breakdown in mutual understanding (that can happen between any two people) and hence a problem for both parties to contend with, yet more likely to occur when people of very differing dispositions attempt to interact. Within the context of exchanges between autistic and non-autistic people however, the locus of the problem has traditionally been seen to reside in the brain of the autistic person. This results in autism being primarily framed in terms of a social communication disorder, rather than interaction between autistic and non-autistic people as a primarily mutual and interpersonal issue.
It has been 10 years since the ‘double empathy problem’ as a term was first described within the pages of an academic journal (Milton, 2012).

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