TinDrum1d ago

what we thought we knew about autism and... whatnot

'For decades, researchers had been measuring the wrong thing. Conflating communication style differences with empathy deficits produced dramatically inflated effect sizes and an illusion of empathy impairment'

#autism #actuallyAutistic #science #psychology

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/positively-different/202601/what-the-world-got-wrong-about-autistic-people

What the World Got Wrong About Autistic People

For decades, autism research compared autistic people to animals, denied them moral sensitivity, and assumed autistic traits made them miserable. All wrong.

Psychology Today
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@oscarjiminy Ah, yes, Psychology Today. "The world" got it wrong. The whole world.

If only someone told "the world" to talk to autistic people, who are apparently not a part of the world, but knew all this the whole time.

"Nothing about us without us" indeed.

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