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justanotherpersonsomewhere23124
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01 Oct 2023, 7:53 pm

If autistic people may have issues with theory of mind with non autistics, do you think that maybe non-autistics have the same issue towards autistics?



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01 Oct 2023, 8:15 pm

Yes.



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01 Oct 2023, 10:47 pm

No.



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02 Oct 2023, 12:16 am

This question raises another question for me- when it comes to struggling with theory of mind, does this not affect autistic people as much when they're dealing with other autistic people? I didn't realize the neurotype of the subject made a difference



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02 Oct 2023, 12:20 am

GreenVelvetWorm wrote:
This question raises another question for me- when it comes to struggling with theory of mind, does this not affect autistic people as much when they're dealing with other autistic people? I didn't realize the neurotype of the subject made a difference


I imagine a struggle with theory of mind would be equally troublesome in ND exclusive relations, as well as ND & NT relations.



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02 Oct 2023, 12:21 am

justanotherpersonsomewhere23124 wrote:
If autistic people may have issues with theory of mind with non autistics, do you think that maybe non-autistics have the same issue towards autistics?


I think that NT's are probably better at understanding autistic folk than autistic folk are at understanding NT's. But NT's are the best at understanding other NT's, in general.