Double empathy problem
Videos
The double empathy problem is a psychological and sociological theory first coined in 2012 by Damian Milton, an autistic autism researcher. This theory proposes that many of the difficulties autistic
Both autistic and non-autistic people can find it difficult to empathize with each other. The fact that both people in the interaction have trouble understanding and empathizing is why the theory is called the "double empathy problem".
Simon Baron-Cohen
Videos
Sir Simon Philip Baron-Cohen is a British clinical psychologist and professor of developmental psychopathology at the University of Cambridge. He is the director of the university's Autism Research Ce
Double empathy problem
…individuals are inherently and universally impaired across contexts, as well as the theory of "mind-blindness" proposed by prominent autism researcher Simon Baron-Cohen in the mid-1990s, which suggested that empathy and theory of mind are universally impaired in autistic individuals. In recognition of the findings that…
Baron-Cohen in 2011