One of the worst, and most prolific stereo-types of people with autism is that they completely lack empathy. It is as if people think that those with autism are completely emotionless, and immune to the effects of human suffering.
On the whole autistic people are very offended by this, and often say that it’s the main myth they wish they could dispel.
Obviously people with autism can struggle to understand, and show their emotions at times.
In the latest part of her ‘empathy museum’, Clare Patey invites audiences to put on a stranger’s footwear and take a walk while listening to the shoe-owner’s personal story on headphones In 2013, Barack Obama gave a speech …
Memorial Day is an appropriate time to focus on the types of psychological harm veterans have willingly exposed themselves to in order to defend our nation. While words like post-traumatic stress disorder, major depression and post-concussion syn…
In particular, he draws attention to the “action-centered leadership” model, which consists of three overlapping circles, representing the task, the team and the individual. According to this approach, it is the role of the leader to achiev…
New research from Lund University, Sweden, has shown for the first time that chimpanzees catch yawns from humans, and that the susceptibility to contagious yawning develops gradually with age – just like it does in humans… Yawning to…
