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Intimate Relationship Failures From an Autistic Perspective

  • By: Zosia Zaks, MEd, CRC Zaks Autism Consulting
  • September 29th, 2022
  • ableism, abuse, accommodation, actually autistic, communication, compromise, discrimination, Fall 2022 Issue, intimate relationships, miscommunications, negotiation, neurodiversity, relationships, stigma
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The standard narrative positions autism as the cause of relationship trouble when a non-autistic person dates or falls in love with an autistic person. The autistic partner is assumed to be the disruptive or difficult one. Self-help books offer non-autistic partners tips on how to cope with their...

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