Autistic individuals and those with social anxiety differ in how they experience empathy, new study suggests | NYGazet

Autism and social anxiety can look similar on the surface, but new research reveals meaningful differences in how empathy is experienced. The study proposes a new tool to help clinicians more accurately differentiate between the two conditions.

A new study published in the journal Autism Research indicates that empathy may operate quite differently in individuals with autism spectrum condition compared to those with social anxiety. Both groups tended to report elevated levels of emotional d... [9877 chars]