BPS Seminar series
An emerging literature in autism research has suggested that social communication difficulties exist not solely within autistic people but in the interaction with non-autistic people, what has been named the double empathy problem (Milton, 2012). This seminar series is sponsored by the British Psychological Society and it is bringing together several researchers to present conceptual approaches to the double empathy problem, empirical evidence and best practice on its implications for higher education.
Seminar 1: The double empathy problem
This seminar was held online the 17th March 2022
Programme
Vasu Reddy Encounters, meetings and others
Damian Milton Socially situating the lives of autistic people: the double-empathy problem
Dimitris Bolis Beyond the individual in autism: the dialectical misattunement hypothesis
Catherine Crompton Sharing information and building rapport: empirically exploring the double empathy problem by examining autistic and non-autistic interactions
Holly Sutherland "I was brought up in an NT-speaking household”: autistic perspectives on autistic communication
Leonhard Schilbach Psychiatric disorders as disorders of interaction: the case of autism
Melissa Chapple The value of literature in challenging stigma and promoting double empathy
Brett Heasman, Double Empathy Problem in practice: Collaborative research with Kathryn Lewis autistic people
& Sammy Williams
Noah Sasson The Effects of biases towards autism on the perception of autistic cognitive abilities
Panel discussion Chaired by Damian Milton
Seminar 2: Implications of the double empathy problem for Higher Education
The date and speakers for this seminar is yet to be confirmed.
Seminar 3: Moving forward: Removing barriers to support for autistic students
The date and speakers for this seminar is yet to be confirmed.