just as we always knew ...

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Just as we always knew ...

" A groundbreaking study suggests people with autism-spectrum disorders

such as Asperger’s do not lack empathy—rather they feel others’

emotions too intensely to cope. "

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-05-11/a-radical-new-autism-t\

heory

Kate Gladstone

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Yes, I saw this article but did not post it. The more I get to know Aspies and

deal with them, the more I think that while most avoid social interaction

because others' emotions are too intense for them, I am also beginning to feel

that there are some Aspies who really cannot understand how others feel in any

given situation.

To be blunt: Some Aspies DO lack empathy. They literally do not know what others

are feeling, possibly because they themselves do not even know what they are

feeling much of the time.

Of course, maybe they do not try to sort out their feelings because doing so

would be too intense for them, thus if they cannot understand their own

feelings, they will not be able to understand others' feelings either.

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" A groundbreaking study suggests people with autism-spectrum disorders

such as Asperger's do not lack empathy—rather they feel others'

emotions too intensely to cope. "

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-05-11/a-radical-new-autism-t\

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heory