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Aspie Shutdown and Withdrawal: Dealing with Sudden Emotional Withdrawal in Relationships

2020

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Aspie shutdown and withdrawal is a big part of how autism affects relationships. See more...

06:29 min

Love and Asperger’s: Practical Strategies to Help Couples Understand Each Other and Strengthen Their Connection

Everyday techniques to strengthen empathy and connection in neurodiverse couples Life with a partner whose neurotype is different than yours is filled with moments that are surprising, unique, and sometimes challenging.

The Concept of Neurodiversity Is Dividing the Autism Community

It remains controversial—but it doesn’t have to be. We need to embrace both the neurodiversity model and the medical model to fully understand autism.

Simon Baron-Cohen

Connecting and Communicating with Your Autistic Child

This book teaches drama and immersive theatre-based activities for parents and professionals working with children and young people on the autism spectrum.

Tessa Morton, Jane Gurnett

The Rosie Result (Don Tillman Series, 3)

Don and Rosie are about to face their most important project. Their son, Hudson, is having trouble at school: his teachers say he isn’t fitting in with the other kids, and they'd like Don and Rosie to think about getting an autism assessment.

The Rosie Project: A Novel

The art of love is never a science: Meet Don Tillman, a brilliant yet socially inept professor of genetics, who’s decided it’s time he found a wife.

An Adult with an Autism Diagnosis: A Guide for the Newly Diagnosed

Being diagnosed with autism as an adult can be disorienting and isolating; however, if you can understand the condition and how it affects perceptions, relationships, and your relationship with the world in general, a happy and successful life is attainable.

Clearing Up Some Misconceptions about Neurodiversity

Just because you value neurological differences doesn’t mean you’re denying the reality of disabilities. This piece is in response to another Scientific American article by Simon Baron-Cohen.

NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity

What is autism? A lifelong disability, or a naturally occurring form of cognitive difference akin to certain forms of genius? In truth, it is all of these things and more—and the future of our society depends on our understanding it.

Steve Silberman, Oliver Sacks (foreword)

Be Different: My Adventures with Asperger's and My Advice for Fellow Aspergians, Misfits, Families, and Teachers

In his bestselling memoir, Look Me in the Eye, John Elder Robison described growing up with Autism Spectrum Disorder at a time when the diagnosis didn’t exist.

John Elder Robison

How People With Autism Forge Friendships

Most autistic people want to and can make friends, though their relationships often have a distinctive air.

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