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Whose Land Of The Free? Latina Transgender Immigrants In The United States, Luis R. Alvarez-Hernandez
Whose Land Of The Free? Latina Transgender Immigrants In The United States, Luis R. Alvarez-Hernandez
School of Social Work Faculty Publications and Presentations
Transgender women from Latin America are driven to migrate to the United States in pursuit of a place where they can escape violence and discrimination. However, their experience in the United States continues to be one of oppression. Transgender Latina immigrants in the United States are the target of systematic oppression and interpersonal violence that affect their overall health and well-being. These experiences have led many transgender Latina immigrants to assume leadership roles and to organise social movements in demand for their human rights and dignity in the United States. Recommendations are provided for community leaders, policymakers, and academics.
An Expert Discussion On Autism And Empathy, Damian Milton, Noah J. Sasson, Elizabeth Sheppard, Melanie Yergeau, Christina Nicolaidis
An Expert Discussion On Autism And Empathy, Damian Milton, Noah J. Sasson, Elizabeth Sheppard, Melanie Yergeau, Christina Nicolaidis
School of Social Work Faculty Publications and Presentations
As early as 1962, psychologists described children with “autistic psychopathy” as being “unable to achieve empathy.”2 An empathy deficit has since become a core feature in many conceptualizations of autism, including the Theory of Mind (or mind-blindness) model and the Empathizing-Systematizing model.3 Researchers have distinguished between cognitive empathy (or theory of mind; the capacity to understand another person’s perspective or mental state) and emotional or affective empathy (the capacity to experience affective reactions to the observed experiences of others), asserting that autistic individuals have deficits in the former, but not in the latter.4,5 Even this …