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SUMMARY:Reflecting upon the double empathy problem: new directions and pra
 ctical implications. - Damian Milton\, University of Kent
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CONTACT:Simon Braschi
DESCRIPTION:Embedded within diagnostic criteria for autism is the idea tha
 t autistic people have impaired social understanding. A number of psycholo
 gical theories suggest autistic people have a deficit in empathising with 
 others or in theory of mind. It is certainly true that autistic people\, e
 specially when young\, can struggle to process and understand the 'quick-f
 ire' social interactions that many non-autistic people take for granted. Y
 et to what extent do such interactions require empathy? To what extent do 
 non-autistic people acquire a 'theory of autistic mind'? Where does the ab
 ility to predict the thoughts and actions of others reside? This presentat
 ion reflects on the concept of empathy in relation to autistic people and 
 their interactions with non-autistic people. According to the theory of th
 e 'double empathy problem'\, these issues are due to a breakdown in recipr
 ocity and mutual understanding that can happen between people of very diff
 erent dispositions. In this presentation\, I reflect on the development of
  the concept through to more recent related empirical studies\, as well as
  practical implications and potential new directions.\n\nDamian works part
 -time for the Tizard Centre\, University of Kent as a Senior Lecturer in I
 ntellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Damian’s interest in autism 
 began when his son was diagnosed in 2005 as autistic at the age of two.  D
 amian was also diagnosed with Asperger’s in 2009 at the age of thirty-si
 x. Damian’s primary focus is on increasing the meaningful participation 
 of autistic people and people with learning disabilities in the research p
 rocess and chairs the Participatory Autism Research Collective (PARC).\n
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