Editing Asperger syndrome (section)

=== Empathy ===
People with an Asperger profile might not be recognized for their empathetic qualities, due to variation in the ways [[empathy]] is felt and expressed. Some people feel deep empathy, but do not outwardly communicate these sentiments through facial expressions or language. Some people come to empathy through intellectual processes, using logic and reasoning to arrive at the feelings. People with Asperger profiles may be bullied or excluded by peers, and might as a result be guarded around people, which could appear as lack of empathy. People with Asperger profiles can still be caring individuals; indeed, it is particularly common for those with the profile to feel and exhibit deep concern for individual rights, human welfare, animal rights, environmental protection, and other global and humanitarian causes.<ref>{{Cite news | vauthors = Rourke A |date=2019-09-02 |title=Greta Thunberg responds to Asperger's critics: 'It's a superpower' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/02/greta-thunberg-responds-to-aspergers-critics-its-a-superpower |access-date=2023-02-02 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

Evidence suggests that in the "[[double empathy problem]] model, autistic people have a unique interaction style which is significantly more readable by other autistic people, compared to non-autistic people."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-03-29 |title=We May Have Been Wrong About Autism And Empathy |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/autism-empathy-brain-research_n_56f92575e4b014d3fe237413 |access-date=2022-04-08 |website=HuffPost UK |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-07-29 |title=Asperger Profiles: Emotions and Empathy |url=https://www.aane.org/emotions-and-empathy/ |access-date=2022-04-08 |website=The Asperger / Autism Network (AANE) |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Patil I, Melsbach J, Hennig-Fast K, Silani G | title = Divergent roles of autistic and alexithymic traits in utilitarian moral judgments in adults with autism | journal = Scientific Reports | volume = 6 | issue = 1 | pages = 23637 | date = March 2016 | pmid = 27020307 | pmc = 4810325 | doi = 10.1038/srep23637 | bibcode = 2016NatSR...623637P }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Mitchell P, Sheppard E, Cassidy S | title = Autism and the double empathy problem: Implications for development and mental health | journal = The British Journal of Developmental Psychology | volume = 39 | issue = 1 | pages = 1–18 | date = March 2021 | pmid = 33393101 | doi = 10.1111/bjdp.12350 | s2cid = 230489027 | doi-access = free }}</ref>