http://aspierhetor.com/2008/10/22/empathize-with-this/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=empathize-with-this { on autism, rhetoric, technology, & ELO } Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:34:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://aspierhetor.com/2008/10/22/empathize-with-this/comment-page-1/#comment-2022 The Empathy Question, Revisited: Theory of Mind, Culture, and Understanding | Autism and Empathy Fri, 14 Oct 2011 04:08:18 +0000 http://aspierhetor.com/?p=52#comment-2022 [...] autistic writers are questioning the very nature of empathy itself. Aspie Rhetor discusses an article by Dennis Lynch, “Rhetorics of Proximity: Empathy in Temple Grandin and [...] [...] autistic writers are questioning the very nature of empathy itself. Aspie Rhetor discusses an article by Dennis Lynch, “Rhetorics of Proximity: Empathy in Temple Grandin and [...]

]]> http://aspierhetor.com/2008/10/22/empathize-with-this/comment-page-1/#comment-1740 Audra Clark Tue, 23 Aug 2011 03:03:32 +0000 http://aspierhetor.com/?p=52#comment-1740 I got a bit confused as to the whole point and may have lost whatever message you were aiming at (due to my own aspie processing)...but I think the theory of mind problems come into play whenever there isn't empathy OR whenever things are taken in a different context than intended or else the "point" is in dispute. This is based on my own experiences with TOM issues. Also, it is very difficult and frustrating to experience empathy (on a physiological/psychic level) but have confusion on a mental/emotional level. I think this happens quite frequently and can make us feel at mercy of others' unexplained moods...and then come off as cold and uncaring because others are affecting us powerfully while making no sense! I got a bit confused as to the whole point and may have lost whatever message you were aiming at (due to my own aspie processing)…but I think the theory of mind problems come into play whenever there isn’t empathy OR whenever things are taken in a different context than intended or else the “point” is in dispute. This is based on my own experiences with TOM issues. Also, it is very difficult and frustrating to experience empathy (on a physiological/psychic level) but have confusion on a mental/emotional level. I think this happens quite frequently and can make us feel at mercy of others’ unexplained moods…and then come off as cold and uncaring because others are affecting us powerfully while making no sense!

]]> http://aspierhetor.com/2008/10/22/empathize-with-this/comment-page-1/#comment-1734 The Empathy Question, Revisited: Theory of Mind, Culture, and Understanding « Woman With Asperger's Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:49:15 +0000 http://aspierhetor.com/?p=52#comment-1734 [...] autistic writers are questioning the very nature of empathy itself. Aspie Rhetor discusses an article by Dennis Lynch, “Rhetorics of Proximity: Empathy in Temple Grandin and [...] [...] autistic writers are questioning the very nature of empathy itself. Aspie Rhetor discusses an article by Dennis Lynch, “Rhetorics of Proximity: Empathy in Temple Grandin and [...]

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