It’s that hyper-empathy that flies in the face of traditional concepts of #ActuallyAutistic people lacking empathy
For me, I also see a connection with my difficulty communicating my interior life. I knew that I had a LOT going on inside that I couldn't communicate
So I never assumed that just because non-human animals couldn’t speak in a way humans could fully understand, didn’t mean they weren’t capable of thought, emotion, or communication.