I posted earlier about Japan, and someone said something about researchers saying that Aspies do not show empathy.
Aspies have what I have read called a "flattened affect". I also have schizoaffective disorder. That is usually known to cause a blunted affect.
I read somewhere in a psychology book that schizophrenics/schizoaffectives do not really feel that much. I have to say that is bull. We just don't show it that much - not visible to those who don't have the disorder.
Same is probably true with Aspies.
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Friesland = a province in the Netherlands. Pronounced so that it rhymes the English word "free" (not "fry"). I live in the USA, but I have a Frisian surname and all-Dutch ancestry. Just a minor Aspie obsession of mine.
17 Mar 2011, 5:08 pm
