Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

double empathy problem

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.69 in modern English

Syllables: dou-ble em-pa-thy prob-lem
IPA

39

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The phenomenon of autistic and nonautistic people mutually failing to understand each other due to cognitive differences in expressing and processing emotion.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Autistic people's difficulties with communication combined with the 'double empathy problem' can lead to assumptions being made by staff about the people they are teaching or supporting."
"Rather, such difficulties are reciprocal, so a 'double empathy' problem exists."
"In contrast to the old (and disproven) idea of autistic people lacking empathy, the double empathy problem suggests that non-autistic people often lack empathy towards autistic people, and this might be the cause of many difficulties experienced by autistic people."

Etymology

Coined by autism researcher Damian E. M. Milton in 2012 in a journal article.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does double empathy problem mean?: The phenomenon of autistic and nonautistic people mutually failing to understand each other due to cognitive differences in expressing and processing emotion.
Where does double empathy problem come from?: Coined by autism researcher Damian E. M. Milton in 2012 in a journal article.

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