Support & Education for Adults on the Autism Spectrum: March 2020

This audio clip from one of Mark Hutten's lectures will help explain why a person on the autism spectrum will tend to blame others for his/her trials and tribulations:

==> Why you, the NT partner, get blamed for all the problems in the relationship…

Theory of mind [summary]:

allows people to infer the intentions of others, as well as to think about what's going on in someone else's head, including hopes, fears, beliefs, and expectations
develops as children gain greater experience with social interactions
encompasses the ability to attribute mental states, including emotions, desires, beliefs, and knowledge
social-cognitive skill that involves the ability to think about mental states, both your own and those of others
the ability to understand that other people's thoughts and beliefs may be different from your own and to consider the factors that have led to those mental states