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Yeah, the uncanny valley effect is very damaging to people with invisible disabilities or psychological differences. If you look normal but don't 'act' in a way
by CM30 8y ago
Yeah, the uncanny valley effect is very damaging to people with invisible disabilities or psychological differences. If you look normal but don't 'act' in a way that's expected, it seems to creep out a lot of people.
And unfortunately, I believe this may be why to some degree, having the difference being physical/visible may make someone with a disability more sympathetic/liked. Disability itself has an uncanny valley setup ranging from 'can pass as completely normal' (certain high functioning psychopaths)to 'is visibly different and accepted'.
I also wonder if fiction may have had an effect here too. The average fictional psychopath/sociopath/whatever may look more like someone on the autistic spectrum than a genuine psychopath or sociopath.