I've noticed that the existence of low empathy autistic folks is kind of ignored by the autistic community a lot, or at least it feels like we are

To preface, I do understand why. The stereotype of autistic folks all being "unfeeling, unempathetic robots" is prevelent and pretty harmful, so I understand the need to emphasise the existence and prevelence of high empathy autistic individuals to fight back against it. I get it, I do, but I can't help but feel a bit isolated and ignored by the community sometimes

I don't think it's a bad thing to have low empathy, yet it feels like that trait is often buried and ignored to focus on more easily digestible, desirable "human" characteristics that neurotypicals will accept easier, such as high empathy. And neurotypicals don't often seem to realise we can struggle with high empathy as well, so I do believe it is important to bring up so that the less represented members of our community aren't misunderstood, but sometimes I feel like we try too hard to separate ourselves from autistic stereotypes and it just feels isolating. But perhaps that's just me overthinking it, so I'd like to discuss it more and see if others feel the same way. It's just something I've noticed a lot throughout my diagnosis journey

I should also state that, while I don't have a diagnosis, I've realised that I very likely have schizoid personality disorder (SzPD) as well as autism, so there's likely a reason why I fall into that "unfeeling robot" stereotype more than most of the autistic community. I'm perhaps biased on this and don't realise that other low empathy folks feel differently. I'd like to hear from other low empathy autistics to see if they also identify with that stereotype at all, as there's a lot of comorbidity between the disorders and it would be interesting to see the difference between the presentation and emotional experience of low empathy ASD compared to SzPD