While no single theory fully explains all aspects of autism, each attempts to provide insights into different cognitive and behavioral characteristics.
- Developed by Simon Baron-Cohen, this theory suggests that autistics have an imbalance between empathizing (understanding others' emotions and mental states) and systemizing (understanding and predicting systems and patterns). They tend to have strong systemizing abilities but weaker empathizing skills.
- Implications: Strengths in areas requiring analytical and logical thinking, such as mathematics and engineering, but difficulties in social communication and understanding others' emotions.
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