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What the World Got Wrong About Autistic People (www.psychologytoday.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by misk@piefed.social to c/Autism@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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[–] Beetschnapps@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It’s not that the world thinks you lack the capacity for empathy it’s that you have a huge group of folks stating how little you have ever demonstrated it. At no point are you apparently required to do something but at what point do you bring anything to the table…?

It’s almost like empathy is experienced, not assumed. All while some people keep digging deeper and deeper in a desperate attempt to not actually empathize but instead blame…