Psychopath Or Autistic - Do Autistic People Have Empathy?
Channel: Thomas Henley
Date: 2021-05-25

What is the difference between Autism & Psychopathy? Do Autistic people feel Empathy? What are the two main types of empathy? 

In this video, I'll be explaining the two main types of empathy: Cognitive Empathy & Adaptive Empathy - detailing how these relate to Autism or Psychopathy, and giving you some examples of deficiencies in each type of empathy!

*Autistic people are generally born with lower innate abilities to use cognitive empathy, but just like most things in life... many people can work on developing this skill

I'd like to clarify a few things: 

1. There are many cases where autistic people may not understand a person's situation or emotions due to lack of that personal experience. With proper time, processing and clear explanations, they are likely to empathise once they understand.

2. There can be cases where autistic people have their own set of moral codes/rules for living, which may not be considered moral or lawful by the majority of society. Some autistic people never recover from trauma/isolation, and so develop jaded views of the world and people - this can lead to a learnt disconnection, and may lead them to act on unlawful desires.

3. Sometimes autistic people can go into meltdown, when stressed, anxious or pressured enough. Some autistic people can display outburst of anger, and this may lead to abusive behaviour in some cases.

I think it's important to emphasize that if you are being physically abused by any partner/relation, it's very important that you seek help - abuse is abuse, no matter if they are autistic or not. 

If they are verbally/emotionally abusive, this may be a result of crossed wires or unhealthy methods of communicating your feelings to each other. It's always important to stress that many neurotypicals struggle with communicating with, and understanding autistic people - but this goes both ways in an equal relationship. Work needs to be done to bridge those gaps and make a relationship healthy and functional.

Just as with everyone in this world, autistic people can be abusive, narcissistic and toxic. This video is meant to address the MAJORITY of autistic people - in other cases, although they may not be Psychopathic, autistic people can show both abusive/selfish behaviours.

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