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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The double empathy problem explained: an idea that autistic ppl and non autistic ppl communicate differently from one another. The differences in communication cause us to misunderstand one another on a regular basis. Neither way of communicating is bad they are simply just different. But because we live in a neurotypical society where autism is not the norm, autistic ppl are seen as the problem in these miscommunications. We r told that we communicate wrongly and need to work to understand alli
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The double empathy problem explained: an idea that autistic ppl and non autistic ppl communicate differently from one another. The differences in communication cause us to misunderstand one another on a regular basis. Neither way of communicating is bad they are simply just different. But because we live in a neurotypical society where autism is not the norm, autistic ppl are seen as the problem in these miscommunications. We r told that we communicate wrongly and need to work to understand alli
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The double empathy problem says that autistic people struggle to empathize with non-autistic people, but non-autistic people also struggle to empathize with autistic people. And I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how hard it is going through life in a society (and family) that has zero empathy for you and just sees everything you think and do as “wrong.” It’s exhausting. It’s soul crushing. But at some point we have to stop expecting them to “get it” and validate ourselves. WE have to love th
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The double empathy problem says that autistic people struggle to empathize with non-autistic people, but non-autistic people also struggle to empathize with autistic people. And I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how hard it is going through life in a society (and family) that has zero empathy for you and just sees everything you think and do as “wrong.” It’s exhausting. It’s soul crushing. But at some point we have to stop expecting them to “get it” and validate ourselves. WE have to love th
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The Double Empathy Problem (Milton, 2012) is a sociological theory of autistic communication that suggests the miscommunication between autistics and non-autistics is not the fault of the autistic person but, rather, a bi-directional mismatch in communication styles. Autistics talk amongst ourselves just fine—non-autistics have just never been pressured to learn how to talk to us effectively 🙂 #actuallyautistic #autism #asd #doubleempathyproblem
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