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[vileseagulls]

If anyone wants a heavy but fascinating read on an alternate theory of autism, specifically that there are two types of empathy and autism follows as a natural consequence from a deficit in one but not the other--

who am I kidding, if you don't actually have aspergers or autism you're not going to click this link.

It's awesome, though.

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[lemmealone]

Ooh, bookmarking this. One of my sister's boys is autistic, and it sounds like it might be good for the future.

[vileseagulls]

It's a heavy frickin read, so I'd be willing to provide a detailed summary in plain English if you or she needs it.

[lemmealone]

I'm okay with it - not my subject so I'll need to read it through a couple of times, but not the worst I've come across.

(I don't know if I like the term 'mindblind' for people on the spectrum, though. WTF sci-fi plagiarism?)

[vileseagulls]

That's Simon Baron-Cohen's term, and he spends slot of time talking about how wrong sbc is.

Also, sbc is kind of a douche in multiple ways, and all his conclusions are wrong. But that's my conjecture.

[vileseagulls]

It's also the theory that most strikes me as true, both by occams razor and my own experience. :)

[lemmealone]

I don't quite buy the whole thing, but aspects of it definitely ring true.