Ask the Doctor - 001 : Are autistic individuals hypersensitive to emotions?

Andrea Libutti, MD

Ask the Doctor: Anything Autism Doctor Andrea Libutti, MD answers your questions on autism • Are autistic individuals hypersensitive to emotions? • The two conditions are not related. Alexithymia is defined as difficulty in experiencing, expressing and describing emotional responses. At first glance, people may assume autism and alexithymia are similar. They are not! If you liked this short audio, you can get the whole article at: https://www.andrealibutti.com/2018/09/19/are-autistic-individuals-hypersensitive-to-emotions/?utm_source=anchor&utm_medium=description-blog Download the first chapter of my book “Awakened by Autism” for FREE: https://www.andrealibutti.com/?utm_source=anchor&utm_medium=description-chapter My name is Andrea Libutti and I’m a doctor, author and mother of a brilliant son, who at the age of 2 was diagnosed with severe autism.