Autistic sociologist Damian Milton (2012, 2018) introduced the double empathy problem—the idea that misunderstandings between Autistic and neurotypical people aren’t due to Autistic people “lacking empathy,” but to a mutual gap in understanding. The real issue? Neurotypical norms are dominant—so Autistic people are expected to adapt, mask, and empathize upwards just to survive. This isn’t a personal failure. It’s a social power imbalance. Milton’s work shows we don’t lack empathy—we’re just not
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Autistic sociologist Damian Milton (2012, 2018) introduced the double empathy problem—the idea that misunderstandings between Autistic and neurotypical people aren’t due to Autistic people “lacking empathy,” but to a mutual gap in understanding. The real issue? Neurotypical norms are dominant—so Autistic people are expected to adapt, mask, and empathize upwards just to survive. This isn’t a personal failure. It’s a social power imbalance. Milton’s work shows we don’t lack empathy—we’re just not
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එංගලන්තේ ඉන්න researcher කෙනෙක් වෙන Dr. Damian Milton ඉදිරිපත් කලා Double Empathy Problem කියලා තියරි එකක්. විශේශත්වය තමයි Dr.Damian කියන්නේ ඔටිසම් පුද්ගලයෙක්. ඔහු මේ ඉදිරිපත් කරපු අදහස ඔටිසම් ප්‍රජාව සහ ඔටිසම් විවිධත්වය වටහා ගන්න පුදුමාකාර විදියට සහයක් ලැබුනු අදහසක්. ඒ ගැන මම පේජ් එකේ කලින් ලියලා තියනවා. සර්ච් කරලා බලලා ඒ පෝස්ට් එක හොයාගන්න පුළුවන්. Dr. Damian ඒ හරහා සරළවම ඉදිරිපත් කරේ ඔටිසම් පුද්ගලයින්ට " සහකම්පනය" පිළිබඳව කිසිම ගැටළුවක් නැහැ කියන එක.ඔහු කිව්වේ ඔටිසම් පුද්ගලයින් තමන්ගේ හැඟීම්
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