Tag Archives: empathy

Superpower envy!

Posted on 4 September, 2013 by catastraspie

Normally when I think about Aspies and being Aspie, I think of us as the ones with superpowers – being logical, being exact, being effortlessly quirky. However, this week I learned about a neurotypical (NT) superpower that made me green … Continue reading →

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Compatibility

Posted on 20 June, 2013 by catastraspie

I’ve been told my partner and I aren’t an obvious match.  We’ve even joked about it ourselves.  He used to say that we were opposite ends of the spectrum, but since he has also now been diagnosed as Aspie, that … Continue reading →

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Stop making value judgements about empathy, please.

Posted on 3 May, 2013 by catastraspie

I get really uncomfortable when people discuss “empathy” in relation to Asperger’s, and sometimes I get a bit annoyed.  Ok, so I might not intuitively know how you are feeling or what you need, but I care deeply about your … Continue reading →

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Baby, you are rocking my world… Stop it!

Posted on 19 March, 2012 by catastraspie

Whilst trying to think of a simple analogy for my life as an Aspie, with sufficient explanatory power to get through to a frenemy with a distinct agenda, I thought about boats.  I thought about how my little Aspie row-boat … Continue reading →

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