“Autistic People Lack Empathy” Really? - Part 2

[peteracton]

I commented on your last video about the need for two-way understanding. On reflection I think autism is far less understood and would have included myself in that before I found out I was autistic. From what I have read we get about 25% of NTs non-verbal communication and about 70% of their communication is non-verbal! So please NTs, explain things clearly to us and we'll have much better understanding of you and also we'll be less confused.

[simplyzay]

Okay but like how the hell am I supposed to know how someone feels if they don’t communicate it to me
I think NT communication like that be passive aggressive and is probably why folk like me mask to hide that we can’t figure that shit out but also I could never figure that shit out and bluntly have been I cannot read your mind wtf is going on

[moments]

I’m more worried about my ASD friend ( potential romantic partner ) lack of texting, that boy leaves me on read more often than not 🥺🥺🥺🥺 it’s a bit triggering, and I’m trying my best to understand

[DantzDaGoat]

Alright, coming from an autistic person, yes, we do have struggles with COGNITIVE and PREDICTIVE empathy with neurotypicals. For me, since autism is a spectrum, I have a short-term empathetic memory. This means in moments where I feel cognitive empathy, I forget it unless the event happens over and over again throughout time.