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Autistic people's feelings mostly misread – empathy works both ways, research reveals (www.brunel.ac.uk)
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[–] sovietknuckles@hexbear.net 10 points 3 weeks ago

CW: self-harm

Between 11 and 66% of autistic adults think about suicide during their lifetime, [...] according to figures from 2020.

There's a big difference between 11% and 66%, that statistic is not useful without more information