Readers of this may be aware of Sir Baron Cohen's work of the problem of empathy for autistics from 2009 and beyond.
Readers of this may also be aware of and have lived experiences of the Double Empathy Problem as described by Dr Damian Milton in 2012.
Recently I have been thinking that as well as including double empathy problems between neurodiverse and neurotypical maybe the model could do with expanding again.
There is a third empathy problem that is also in the mix:
"be kind to yourself", get to know the neurodivergent you" etc.are the sort of advice and practice that I encounter post diagnosis. These are problems of empathising with oneself as neurodivergent which many of us work so hard to overcome.
I suggest promotion of awareness of the triple empathy problem.
