People with autism often have low levels of cognition  Some people with autism will show alexithymia, that is, they cannot understand emotions and lack the ability to recognize their own or other people's emotions  Because of their lack of emotional cognitive ability, people usually think that they are self-conscious
The incidence of alexithymia is as high as around in autistic patients, which is much higher than that of ordinary people
 Patients with autism are more indifferent