Empathy Takes Action: An Autistic Therapist on the Radical Work of Connection

Written by an autistic therapist, this clear and urgent case for rethinking how we relate to one another upends popular notions of empathy and teaches us how we can all build deeper, more authentic connections

Mainstream psychology has long accepted that some people (like those with autism) are naturally more logical and unemotional, while others (like so-called empaths) intuitively experience the feelings of those around them as deeply as their own.

But this is wrong. Aimee Cliff, an autisti...