Extending Double Empathy: Effects of Neurotype-Matching on Communication Success in an Expository Context.

Purpose: Milton's theory of double empathy posits that the difference in communication styles between people of different neurotypes contributes to mutual misunderstandings. The current quasi-experimental study seeks to expand on research indicating that matched neurotype pairs tend to communicate more effectively than mixed neurotype pairs by examining communication across and within neurotypes in an expository language context.

Method: Thirty autistic adults and 28 nonautistic adults were paired in either a matched neurotype or mixed neurotype condition.