Many clinicians speak of 'mind-blindness' as an essential - maybe even defining - aspect of autism.
Personally, I don't buy it. I am a fan of the Intense World Theory. So I tend to see any 'deficits' as actually being the flip-side of strengths.
As an example, some people say we feel no empathy. I would suggest that we feel too much and struggle to manage or interpret it. Also, some say we don't understand sarcasm. I'd suggest that we actually pick-up on multiple possible meanings of any particular sentence, such that we struggle to know which is the intended meaning.
Anyway, back to mind-blindness. I don't buy it. I think it is too deficit-oriented and a lazy way to explain things.
What about you?
Personally, I don't buy it. I am a fan of the Intense World Theory. So I tend to see any 'deficits' as actually being the flip-side of strengths.
As an example, some people say we feel no empathy. I would suggest that we feel too much and struggle to manage or interpret it. Also, some say we don't understand sarcasm. I'd suggest that we actually pick-up on multiple possible meanings of any particular sentence, such that we struggle to know which is the intended meaning.
Anyway, back to mind-blindness. I don't buy it. I think it is too deficit-oriented and a lazy way to explain things.
What about you?