BYU professor Garrett J. Cardon (BS ’04) is here to debunk the myth that people with autism don’t feel empathy. The lack of empathy between autistic and neurotypical people comes not from an empathy deficit on the autistic person’s part, but from a difference in social styles from both parties. This mutual misunderstanding is called the “double empathy problem,” says Cardon.

Join host Whitney Singley Archibald (BA ’01) as she talks with Cardon, an audiologist and neuroscientist, about how we can foster more empathy and connection with those who are different from us. 

This episode is connected with an article that will appear in the Fall issue of Y Magazine.

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