Since Professor William Fraser is the chairperson of Autism Cymru, and having heard good things about him he's someone whose opinion I'd respect, I've decided to address this question primarily to him...
Hey Prof, I've been reading a lot of stuff on autism blogs and sites on the question of whether or not people on the autistic spectum have impaired or zero empathy, and it seems that opinions vary... with some people being of the mind that contrary to popular opinion, autistic people have TOO MUCH empathy and so we close down because we can't handle the overload and feeling other's emotions too intensely: www.thestar.com/.../aspergers_theory_does_aboutface.html (I can certainly identify with that, lol)
Since you're one of the top experts on autism in this country, I'd be interested and v. appreciative to know whether you think we have TOO MUCH or TOO LITTLE empathy! Cheers. 
