Researchers question the "Double Empathy" Problem in Autism---Are they taking this too literally?*

Val's Take/ Conjecture

• The APA PsycNET paper advises not to translate the Double Empathy "research" to applied settings.
• I think if the researchers want to "conceptualize" the Double Empathy Problem with rigorous research ----
  • Go for it.
• However, this appears to be a stunning case of missing the forest for the trees.
• What most people mean by the Double Empathy Problem is in desperate need of being used in society and clinical settings.
• But what most people mean is what the researchers acknowledged, social interaction is inherently a two-way process.
  
• As we start to understand some of these neuro-developmental and psychiatric issues as idiosyncratic energy issues, I think that can improve empathy as well.
  

The Double Empathy Problem: A Derivation Chain Analysis and Cautionary Note

Louise Taylor, Neurodivergent Therapist
Neurodiversity and Empathy

*The joke is that people with autism are said to take things too literally and that appears to be what has happened in the APA PsycNET paper.