One of the things said about us Autistic folk (and a thing that is highly contentious and not at all true) is that we lack empathy. Some people disagree saying that we maybe have too much and have problems processing it but who knows? Then there's the whole ' double empathy ' thing which is way too much to explain here. I feel that - personally - I have 'sympathy' rather than 'empathy' meaning that to truly be affected by something I need to have a personal 'hook' to identify with. For example if someone has a pet that's died I can see that they're upset but can't relate to the emotions as I've never had a dead pet. Sure I can pat them on the back and make sympathetic noises but that's as far as it goes. I can't relate it to anything I've experienced as that would be different. And why am I telling you this? Well a few years back I was commissioned thru' Glasgow Open Museums to create an arts instillati