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

Talks

Click here to watch the recording of all the talks, with captions

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.

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