I think there’s two ways this would show up in the research process.
First, autistic people’s social outcomes would have the potential to become better than what one would naively expect, as their relationships with other autists would drag up their social outcomes scores. This would lead to such factors being weighted less when one studies factors which influence social outcomes.
Secondly, once some concrete social abilities are discovered, one can directly investigate whether they exhibit double empathy dynamics.
I think there’s two ways this would show up in the research process.
First, autistic people’s social outcomes would have the potential to become better than what one would naively expect, as their relationships with other autists would drag up their social outcomes scores. This would lead to such factors being weighted less when one studies factors which influence social outcomes.
Secondly, once some concrete social abilities are discovered, one can directly investigate whether they exhibit double empathy dynamics.