By Anne Anlin Cheng — 2020
An Asian American writer grapples with interracial love in a time of disaster.
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As they reach adulthood, the overarching quest of many in this first generation to be identified with Asperger syndrome is the same as many of their nonautistic peers: to find someone to love who will love them back.
Romantic relationships are hard enough, but what if your partner is autistic?
We’ve been taught to refer to people with disabilities using person-first language, but that might be doing more harm than good.
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Marianne Eloise knows what it is to be neurodiverse. Here, she unpacks the misconceptions that can make dating – and relationships – harder for autistic people
Not surprisingly, the romantic lives of autistic adults are just like those of neurotypical adults: never easy.
Conceptions of identities are complex. We have a number of identities that manifest themselves in different environments or as composite forms of background experience. So, do neurodiverse conditions like autism, dyslexia, dyspraxia, and bipolar really comprise a part of a person’s identity?
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