> However, knowing whether the second party is neurotypical or autistic, can a neurotypical person model their second party's mental states better than an autist, or worse?
Even this is still limited by the neurotypical person's prior experience with autistic people and recognizing them as such.
All of this really reduces down to "it's hard to understand people whose brains work different from yours or from others' that you have significant experience with."
Even this is still limited by the neurotypical person's prior experience with autistic people and recognizing them as such.
All of this really reduces down to "it's hard to understand people whose brains work different from yours or from others' that you have significant experience with."