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It is important to note that conceptual replications and further studies on double empathy are needed in different groups, including siblings of autistic people, non-autistic pupils in [[school]]s including autistic peers, late-diagnosed autistic adults, parents of autistic children, and autism service providers.<ref name=":18">{{cite journal |last1=Mitchell |first1=Peter |last2=Sheppard |first2=Elizabeth |last3=Cassidy |first3=Sarah |year=2021 |title=Autism and the double empathy problem: Implications for development and mental health |journal=British Journal of Developmental Psychology |volume=39 |issue=1 |pages=1–18 |doi=10.1111/bjdp.12350 |pmid=33393101 |s2cid=230489027 |doi-access=free|url=https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/preview/4871894/bjdp.12350.pdf }}</ref><ref name=":21" />
 
Emphasizing that empathy and reciprocity are a "two-way street",<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":31" /> Milton and many other researchers propose that further autism research should focus on bridging the double empathy gap by empowering autistic individuals, building rapport and appreciation for their worldview, educating non-autistic people about what being autistic means, and moving towards a more continuous understanding of [[neurodiversity]].<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":9" /><ref name=":20" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Kapp |first1=Steven K. |last2=Gillespie-Lynch |first2=Kristen |last3=Sherman |first3=Lauren E. |last4=Hutman |first4=Ted |date=2013 |title=Deficit, difference, or both? Autism and neurodiversity. |url=https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/files/16869786/Deficit_difference_or_both.pdf |journal=[[Developmental Psychology (journal)|Developmental Psychology]] |language=en |volume=49 |issue=1 |pages=59–71 |doi=10.1037/a0028353 |issn=1939-0599 |pmid=22545843}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Jaarsma |first1=Pier |last2=Welin |first2=Stellan |date=2012 |title=Autism as a Natural Human Variation: Reflections on the Claims of the Neurodiversity Movement |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10728-011-0169-9 |journal=Health Care Analysis |language=en |volume=20 |issue=1 |pages=20–30 |doi=10.1007/s10728-011-0169-9 |pmid=21311979 |s2cid=18618887 |issn=1065-3058|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Chapple |first1=Melissa |last2=Davis |first2=Philip |last3=Billington |first3=Josie |last4=Myrick |first4=Joe Anthony |last5=Ruddock |first5=Cassie |last6=Corcoran |first6=Rhiannon |date=2021-07-27 |title=Overcoming the Double Empathy Problem Within Pairs of Autistic and Non-autistic Adults Through the Contemplation of Serious Literature |journal=Frontiers in Psychology |volume=12 |pages=708375 |doi=10.3389/fpsyg.2021.708375 |issn=1664-1078 |pmc=8354525 |pmid=34385964 |doi-access=free }}</ref> It has also been suggested that the [[medical model of autism]] – the traditional and dominant model of autism in which autism is viewed as a disorder and deficit<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Milton |first1=Damian E. M. |last2=Bracher |first2=Mike |date=June 2013 |title=Autistics speak but are they heard? |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330875068 |journal=Medical Sociology Online |volume=7 |issue=2 |pages=61–69}}</ref> – shouldis be moved away fromproblematic due to its approach being too narrow, individualistic, and deficit-based,<ref name=":42">{{Cite journal |last1=Pellicano |first1=Elizabeth |last2=den Houting |first2=Jacquiline |date=November 2021 |title=Annual Research Review: Shifting from 'normal science' to neurodiversity in autism science |journal=Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry |language=en |volume=63 |issue=4 |pages=381–396 |doi=10.1111/jcpp.13534 |issn=0021-9630 |pmc=9298391 |pmid=34730840}}</ref> as well as how its messaging could contribute to ableism, [[prejudice]], and stigma towards autistic people,<ref name=":42" /><ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Woods |first=Richard |date=2017-08-09 |title=Exploring how the social model of disability can be re-invigorated for autism: in response to Jonathan Levitt |journal=Disability & Society |language=en |volume=32 |issue=7 |pages=1090–1095 |doi=10.1080/09687599.2017.1328157 |s2cid=148783346 |issn=0968-7599|doi-access=free |url=https://openresearch.lsbu.ac.uk/download/03490c9a8af5af864334f6aa9ae6da0f979f174aef504b527b78216d86070699/42457/14%20April%202017%20DS%20Submission%20Author%27s%20copy.docx }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Bottema-Beutel |first1=Kristen |last2=Kapp |first2=Steven K. |last3=Lester |first3=Jessica Nina |last4=Sasson |first4=Noah J. |last5=Hand |first5=Brittany N. |date=2021-03-01 |title=Avoiding Ableist Language: Suggestions for Autism Researchers |journal=Autism in Adulthood |language=en |volume=3 |issue=1 |pages=18–29 |doi=10.1089/aut.2020.0014 |issn=2573-9581 |pmc=8992888 |pmid=36601265}}</ref> further widening this double empathy gap.
 
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