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From the earliest written accounts of autistic people one can see numerous mentions of this lack of understanding from others. It is this issue of empathy problems between autistic and non-autistic people being mutual in character that led to the development of the ‘double empathy problem’ as a theory.
The double empathy problem
autism.org.uk
Among the obvious risks, Columbia University psychiatrist Paul S. Appelbaum <a href="http://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2491352">writes in a companion article</a> to Kim’s, is “inducing hopelessness among other individuals with similar conditions and removing pressure for an improvement in psychiatric and social services.”
Where the Prescription for Autism Can Be Death - The Washington Post
washingtonpost.com
It had been established in the reign of Henry VIII, when his queens’ troubles led household servants to realize the tremendous power of gossip. Since then, the covert web of chambermaids and butlers, housekeepers and footmen, grooms and sweeps, had grown so extensive it had become in effect a downstairs government. With an information-rich net of service providers spread across the realm, A.U.N.T. ensured, amongst other things, that every scheme of the Wicken League was known, that pirates did not make too much trouble, and that spoiled rich girls were kept from killing one another on shopping sprees.
The Secret Service of Tea and Treason
India Holton
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