My mother published a fairly seminal paper on the topic [1] 18 years ago which concludes that emotional awareness (specifically, the "Theory of Mind"[2]) can be learned by people with Autism.
At the time this was against prevailing wisdom but AFAIK is now considered accepted wisdom.
At the time this was against prevailing wisdom but AFAIK is now considered accepted wisdom.
[1] https://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?cluster=165456960940191... [2] https://www.autism.com/understanding_theoryofmind