Autism and the Troubling Risk of Suicide

• By: Marina Sarris SPARK | Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative
• September 29th, 2022
• ableism, abuse, accommodation, communication, compromise, discrimination, Fall 2022 Issue, intimate relationships, miscommunications, negotiation, neurodiversity, relationships, stigma
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This article has information about suicide and suicide prevention. For help 24/7, please call or text the U.S. Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988. Few people used to think about the risk of suicide among people on the autism spectrum. Researchers rarely studied it. Primary care doctors did not...

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...