Challenging Empathic Deficit Models of Autism Through Responses to Serious Literature
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.828603
Abstract: Dominant theoretical models of autism and resultant research enquiries have long centered upon an assumed autism-specific empathy deficit. Associated empirical research has largely relied upon cognitive tests that lack ecological validity and associate empathic skill… read more here.
Keywords: deficit; non autistic; autistic individuals; models autism ... See more keywords
Exploring the different cognitive, emotional and imaginative experiences of autistic and non-autistic adult readers when contemplating serious literature as compared to non-fiction
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1001268
Abstract: Introduction Recent research has demonstrated how reflections on serious literature can challenge dominant social-deficit views of autism. This method enables autistic readers to explore social realities more slowly and carefully, encouraging detail-focused considerations. Previous research… read more here.
Keywords: non autistic; autistic readers; autistic non; non fiction ... See more keywords