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In our last episode we began exploring the relationship between autism and empathy.

Today we're continuing that conversation as our ARTiculate Skills Club students talk about what empathy actually feels like, why it can sometimes be overwhelming, and why every autistic person's experience is different.

These are real conversations, real experiences and real opinions from autistic people themselves.

00:00 Feeling Too Much: Autism, Hyper-Empathy and Emotions
00:19 Autism & Empathy: Can Autistic People Feel Too Much?
01:32 Catching Up With the Dis-labled Team
04:17 Yasmine on Acting, Self-Expression & Chickenshed Theatre
06:40 What Does Empathy Actually Feel Like?
08:43 Hyper-Empathy: Feeling Other People's Emotions Intensely
09:40 When Someone Else's Pain Becomes Overwhelming
11:00 Why Empathy Can Sometimes Look Cold
12:30 Walking Away Doesn't Always Mean You Don't Care
14:13 "Autistic People Don't Have Empathy": Challenging the Myth
15:16 How the Autism Empathy Stereotype Makes Us Feel
15:26 Do You Need Empathy to Be a Good Person?
16:54 Rain Man, The Good Doctor & Autism Stereotypes
18:55 Sophia's Experience: Sometimes More Empathy, Sometimes Less
20:40 Do Autistic People Sometimes Feel Emotions Too Much?
21:00 Trust, Family & Finding It Difficult to Open Up
22:05 Managing Strong Emotions & Finding Ways to Calm Down
23:18 Autistic Meltdowns, Sensory Overload & Self-Regulation
24:01 Emotional Dysregulation: Feeling Things Intensely
25:00 Feeling Emotions Without Showing Them
26:17 Is Empathy a Spectrum for Everyone?
27:42 Final Thoughts From the Dis-labled Team

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Editor: Phil Powell

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Theme Music: Rastko Rasic & the students of Community FocusOther Music: Jazzy Frenchy by ⁠⁠⁠Benjamin Tissot