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Dr. Liz Bahr on Habits and Strategies for Squiggly Brained Intuitives and Creatives

The Twelfth House

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The Double Empathy Problem in Autistics

The double empathy problem is where people who are neurodiverse or autistic can get called out for not having empathy. Sometimes it has to do with our inner state and then sometimes this can like manifest itself aslike our behaviors, or even our behaviors towards others. It's a twofold issue. People are 1000% capable of empathy and everything else but they also have sensory processing issues that make them very sensitive to sounds in the environment. And I think that that's why it's so important for people to know their own sensory preferences and be able to sort of self regulate throughout the day.

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