this must be the best thing I've read in ages.

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this must be the best thing I've read in ages.

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Autism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months ago

The Identity Theory of Autism: How Autistic Identity Is Experienced Differently

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Terra Vance posits that Autistic people experience empathy and emotions differently because the way autistic identity is structured differs from non-autistic people’s identity constructs.

I‘ve not related to something this much in a long time. I‘ve been treated as a traitor for this so often all over my life. I can’t believe that someone actually has a theory about this that is not esoteric in some way.

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Thats very valuable insight imo. The pathologizing of autistic people is rough in my perception as well.

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