14 Practical Strategies for Marriage with Autism and Asperger Syndrome

• By: Eva Mendes
• October 1st, 2014
• ASD relationships, co-parenting, communication strategies, counseling, intimacy challenges, marriage, mental health, neurodiverse couples, relationships, sensory sensitivities
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The Asperger’s Association of New England (formerly known as the Asperger’s Association of New England) (AANE) has been offering the Partner/Spouse and Couples Support Groups for ten years. The couples we see typically consist of a man with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or Asperger Syndrome...

Epic Scenes from a Barbershop

• By: Carrie Cariello
• October 1st, 2013
• autism parenting, behavioral triggers, communication breakdown, emotional regulation, family conflict, marriage stress, parenting challenges, sensory sensitivities
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Yesterday afternoon I poked my head into the family room where Jack, Charlie, and Henry were sprawled watching Scooby Doo, and announced we were going for haircuts. “No!” they shouted in unison. “No haircuts!” I told them we’d stop at the school book fair first, and jollied them out...

What is Normal?

• By: Carrie Cariello
• July 1st, 2013
• acceptance, behavioral differences, diagnosis, neurodiversity, parenting, sensory sensitivities, social expectations
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Nearly every day someone asks me something like, “When did you know that Jack wasn’t normal?” And then they stop themselves, stammer a bit, and apologize for saying normal. Their faces turn all red and they look away and stare at their feet. “I mean, you know, what’s normal, there is no...