Dating, Friendship, and Marriage
Philip Wylie, my Aspergian colleague, challenges non-autistic parents, educators, and partners to think about Apergers autism as a different culture. As non-autistics, we need autistics to guide us in learning how to empower our children, students, and partners. Philp Wylie is going to be one of our guides today. I’m excited today to share part […]
Young Love: It’s so beautiful, so wonderful, it takes your breath away. Like any other romantic couple, two adults who are in love in an Asperger’s relationship are on cloud nine when they first meet. Reality sinks in once the emotional high wears off, and if there are not some tools for navigating the journey, Aspie-NT couples […]
There are 100 divorces in the US every hour. And you feel like your marriage may end up as one of those 100 divorces. There’s no joy in your marriage. Physical intimacy has fled. Instead of talking, you yell. Or, worse, you ignore each other as mountains of hurt and regret pile up. “I want […]
In 2005, I watched the news in disbelief as Hurricane Katrina’s floodwaters overwhelmed New Orleans. Wikipedia tells us there were over 50 failures of levees and walls protecting New Orleans. As a result, 80% of the city flooded, and devastation followed. On April 5, 2006, the Corp of Engineers admitted that the levees didn’t fail […]
My family and I took a vacation in Venezuela, South America one summer. We found ourselves in the middle of a town whose streets layout made no sense, and we wondered how we were going to get from point A to point B, since there were no street maps or guides available. Dating can be […]
