Perspective-taking

The cognitive ability to understand and consider another person's thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and point of view. In accessibility and neurodiversity contexts, perspective-taking is central to the double empathy problem — research shows that neurotypical individuals struggle with perspective-taking toward autistic people just as autistic individuals may struggle with neurotypical perspectives. Effective cross-neurotype communication requires perspective-taking efforts from both sides. Technology-based interventions increasingly use simulation and interactive scenarios to help neurotypical individuals practice taking autistic perspectives, shifting the traditional focus from training autistic people to adapt to neurotypical norms.