wedrifid comments on Do you have High-Functioning Asperger's Syndrome? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 02 May 2011 12:10:41AM 8 points [-]

Lack of empathy is not an autistic trait.

You beat me to it. I'll add that there is a difference between "reading social cues and inferring probable mental states of others in real time and responding appropriately" and "caring about the situation of others", even though the word empathy is used for both concepts. (Many people are essentially unable to distinguish the two concepts, so closely do they associate them.)