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Autistic people's feelings mostly misread – empathy works both ways, research reveals (www.brunel.ac.uk)

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

The article is based on a study in Autism for which it doesn’t give a link, title, date, or authors. After searching that journal, I believe the source study is this: Non-autistic observers both detect and demonstrate the double empathy problem when evaluating interactions between autistic and non-autistic adults (Jones, D. R., Botha, M., Ackerman, R. A., King, K., & Sasson, N. J., Dec 2023).

[–] metiulekm 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It could also be this: Cheang, R. T., Skjevling, M., Blakemore, A. I., Kumari, V., & Puzzo, I. (2024). Do you feel me? Autism, empathic accuracy and the double empathy problem. Autism, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613241252320

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

That fits too, and the article does quote two of that paper’s coauthors... although it doesn’t identify them as coauthors of the study in question, and it’s common for science journalism to get opinions on a study from scientists who have done similar work.