Comment on Ask HN: Do people with authism have emotions?Comments−ahazred8ta1moThere are certainly some people with severe autism whose behavior is emotionally flat and they don't SHOW emotions much. But that's a far cry from not having any emotions. Explain the word 'Stoic' to him.There's an unrelated cluster of unemotional traits associated with psychopathic disorders, but that's not autism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callous_and_unemotional_traits−runjake1moAnd even people with psychopathy disorders have emotions.
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There are certainly some people with severe autism whose behavior is emotionally flat and they don't SHOW emotions much. But that's a far cry from not having any emotions. Explain the word 'Stoic' to him.
There's an unrelated cluster of unemotional traits associated with psychopathic disorders, but that's not autism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callous_and_unemotional_traits
And even people with psychopathy disorders have emotions.