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Autistic people are famously fond of logic, and data.
We’ve also repeatedly ‘failed’ in tests designed to evaluate our empathy.
Tests which I found more interesting as a ‘spot the assumption’ exercise than serious research – or at least, serious research into what the studies professed to be about.
(I wrote a thread on it, "Have you wondered where the claim that autistic people lack empathy came from?", link: https://mas.to/@KatyElphinstone/116070156336606549)
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#ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent #AutismResearch #Empathy #AutisticThinking #CriticalPsychology #Logic #Reasoning #Neurodiversity #DoubleEmpathy
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Autistic people are famously fond of logic, and data.
We’ve also repeatedly ‘failed’ in tests designed to evaluate our empathy.
Tests which I found more interesting as a ‘spot the assumption’ exercise than serious research – or at least, serious research into what the studies professed to be about.
(I wrote a thread on it, "Have you wondered where the claim that autistic people lack empathy came from?", link: https://mas.to/@KatyElphinstone/116070156336606549)
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#ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent #AutismResearch #Empathy #AutisticThinking #CriticalPsychology #Logic #Reasoning #Neurodiversity #DoubleEmpathy
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Autistic people are famously fond of logic, and data.
We’ve also repeatedly ‘failed’ in tests designed to evaluate our empathy.
Tests which I found more interesting as a ‘spot the assumption’ exercise than serious research – or at least, serious research into what the studies professed to be about.
(I wrote a thread on it, "Have you wondered where the claim that autistic people lack empathy came from?", link: https://mas.to/@KatyElphinstone/116070156336606549)
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#ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent #AutismResearch #Empathy #AutisticThinking #CriticalPsychology #Logic #Reasoning #Neurodiversity #DoubleEmpathy
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Autistic people are famously fond of logic, and data.
We’ve also repeatedly ‘failed’ in tests designed to evaluate our empathy.
Tests which I found more interesting as a ‘spot the assumption’ exercise than serious research – or at least, serious research into what the studies professed to be about.
(I wrote a thread on it, "Have you wondered where the claim that autistic people lack empathy came from?", link: https://mas.to/@KatyElphinstone/116070156336606549)
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#ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent #AutismResearch #Empathy #AutisticThinking #CriticalPsychology #Logic #Reasoning #Neurodiversity #DoubleEmpathy
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Autistic people are famously fond of logic, and data.
We’ve also repeatedly ‘failed’ in tests designed to evaluate our empathy.
Tests which I found more interesting as a ‘spot the assumption’ exercise than serious research – or at least, serious research into what the studies professed to be about.
(I wrote a thread on it, "Have you wondered where the claim that autistic people lack empathy came from?", link: https://mas.to/@KatyElphinstone/116070156336606549)
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#ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent #AutismResearch #Empathy #AutisticThinking #CriticalPsychology #Logic #Reasoning #Neurodiversity #DoubleEmpathy
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Is empathy a less reliable basis for morality than people tend to assume?
A thread on empathy, morality, and autistic reasoning ♾️
Empathy works a bit like a spotlight. In its traditional sense, it often illuminates only a certain bit of the landscape (the bit that’s in front of us, or that we choose to see) but not all of it.
That's a problem if we confuse that with morality, or 'goodness'.
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#ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent #Autism #Empathy #Morality #SocialJustice #CriticalPsychology #AutismResearch
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Is empathy a less reliable basis for morality than people tend to assume?
A thread on empathy, morality, and autistic reasoning ♾️
Empathy works a bit like a spotlight. In its traditional sense, it often illuminates only a certain bit of the landscape (the bit that’s in front of us, or that we choose to see) but not all of it.
That's a problem if we confuse that with morality, or 'goodness'.
⬇️
#ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent #Autism #Empathy #Morality #SocialJustice #CriticalPsychology #AutismResearch
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Is empathy a less reliable basis for morality than people tend to assume?
A thread on empathy, morality, and autistic reasoning ♾️
Empathy works a bit like a spotlight. In its traditional sense, it often illuminates only a certain bit of the landscape (the bit that’s in front of us, or that we choose to see) but not all of it.
That's a problem if we confuse that with morality, or 'goodness'.
⬇️
#ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent #Autism #Empathy #Morality #SocialJustice #CriticalPsychology #AutismResearch
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Is empathy a less reliable basis for morality than people tend to assume?
A thread on empathy, morality, and autistic reasoning ♾️
Empathy works a bit like a spotlight. In its traditional sense, it often illuminates only a certain bit of the landscape (the bit that’s in front of us, or that we choose to see) but not all of it.
That's a problem if we confuse that with morality, or 'goodness'.
⬇️
#ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent #Autism #Empathy #Morality #SocialJustice #CriticalPsychology #AutismResearch
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Is empathy a less reliable basis for morality than people tend to assume?
A thread on empathy, morality, and autistic reasoning ♾️
Empathy works a bit like a spotlight. In its traditional sense, it often illuminates only a certain bit of the landscape (the bit that’s in front of us, or that we choose to see) but not all of it.
That's a problem if we confuse that with morality, or 'goodness'.
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#ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent #Autism #Empathy #Morality #SocialJustice #CriticalPsychology #AutismResearch
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DATE: August 27, 2026
SOURCE: AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATIONTITLE: Largest ever ‘map’ of autism may hold clues for new targeted therapies
URL: https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/27/health/autism-treatment-new-map-study
Scientists are getting a step closer to understanding exactly how autism develops in the brain – and what might work to treat it.
URL: https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/27/health/autism-treatment-new-map-study
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DATE: August 27, 2026
SOURCE: AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATIONTITLE: Largest ever ‘map’ of autism may hold clues for new targeted therapies
URL: https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/27/health/autism-treatment-new-map-study
Scientists are getting a step closer to understanding exactly how autism develops in the brain – and what might work to treat it.
URL: https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/27/health/autism-treatment-new-map-study
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Private, vetted email list for mental health professionals: https://www.clinicians-exchange.org
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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #AutismResearch #AutismTherapies #BrainScience #Neuroscience #AutismMap #TargetedTherapies #Neurodevelopment #AutismAwareness #ScientificBreakthrough #MedicalResearch
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DATE: August 27, 2026
SOURCE: AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATIONTITLE: Largest ever ‘map’ of autism may hold clues for new targeted therapies
URL: https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/27/health/autism-treatment-new-map-study
Scientists are getting a step closer to understanding exactly how autism develops in the brain – and what might work to treat it.
URL: https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/27/health/autism-treatment-new-map-study
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Private, vetted email list for mental health professionals: https://www.clinicians-exchange.org
Unofficial Psychology Today Xitter to toot feed at Psych Today Unofficial Bot @PTUnofficialBot
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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #AutismResearch #AutismTherapies #BrainScience #Neuroscience #AutismMap #TargetedTherapies #Neurodevelopment #AutismAwareness #ScientificBreakthrough #MedicalResearch