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9781849058032

22 Things a Woman Must Know if She Loves a Man with Asperger's Syndrome

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    9781849058032

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    1849058032

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-05-15
  • Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Pub
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Summary

This book will help women to understand the male Asperger's mind and, equally, it can help men with AS to see things from their partner's perspective. It will also be of interest to counsellors working with couples where one partner has Asperger's Syndrome.

Author Biography

Rudy Simone is a writer and Aspergers Syndrome educator who lives in Western New York.

Table of Contents

Forewordp. 9
Introductionp. 13
There will be lonelinessp. 19
There will probably be no public displays of affectionp. 23
Labels and romantic expectations make him feel nervousp. 27
He will take you and the relationship for grantedp. 31
He may have a more patient approach to sex than you dop. 37
Communication will always be a challengep. 41
There will be shockp. 47
Your man may not be there for you in a crisisp. 51
Many AS males can be cranky, or have bad tempers, and can explode at the slightest of thingsp. 55
Your man may have a hard time completing a college degree, holding on to a job, or seeing things throughp. 59
He may get depressed and/or be completely inert for long periods of timep. 63
There will be times he embarrasses youp. 67
Your family and friends may think you're being a doormat and a foolp. 71
People will tell you he's just being a manp. 75
You must have a good social support network so you can go out and have fun once in a whilep. 79
Your AS male will not care about the things you do without him and there will be things he does not share with youp. 81
Time holds a different meaning for him than it does for youp. 85
He may want to sleep on the couch starting very early in the relationship and continuing throughoutp. 89
You will never change him, even if you can succeed in getting him to change his behaviorp. 93
Even if he loves you and values your relationship, it is possible you may never get a commitmentp. 97
Many AS/NT relationships go through various metamorphosesp. 101
Your relationship will stand a much better chance if your man will REACHp. 105
Questions to Ask Yourselfp. 107
Glossary of Termsp. 109
Recommended Reading, Resources and Referencesp. 111
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