Israeli study: People with autism don’t have less empathy, paradigm shift needed

 https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-study-people-with-autism-dont-have-less-empathy-paradigm-shift-needed/

Among non-autistic people, levels of the two broadly match, meaning that when they feel the experiences of others via emotional empathy, they have the cognitive empathy to decide on and execute an appropriate response.

Dr. Florina Uzefovsky, one of the psychologists behind the study, told The Times of Israel: “What we found is that people with autism feel affected by situations — in some cases even more so than others do — but have a cognitive understanding of the situation that lags behind their emotional response.”