Along with the growing awareness of the traumas experienced by neurotypical spouses of adults with Asperger’s autism more and more NT spouses are asking the same questions: Where do I find a good therapist? Where can I find a counsellor with…
Tag: autism spectrum disorder
The Impossible Conversation with an Adult with Asperger’s / Hfa
Neurotypical spouses worldwide report similar how they feel powerless and “driven crazy” when trying to get a mutual, meaningful conversation with their adult asperger partner. In this article Judith A. Morgan explains the underlying couses. She describes the limitations in social language comprehension…
Individuals with Aspergers Autism may deliberately fake it in diagnostic tests
Undiagnosed adults with High functioning autism (Hfa) may deliberately cheat with answers in the questionnaires used in the diagnosis of Hfa. People with AS / High functioning autism can give false answers in order to protect their own self-understanding states leading…
NT-ægtefællers viden anerkendes internationalt
For første gang er netværk for NT-ægtefæller til voksne med Autisme Spektrum Forstyrrelse repræsenteret på en af verdens mest betydningsfulde handicap-konferencer: Den årlige internationale Pacific Rim Konference om Handicap og Mangfoldighed. Konferencen finder i 2014 sted fra 18. til 20. Maj…
Forskning: Depression og lav tilfredshed i NT-AS parforhold
Tilfredsheden i parhold, hvor den ene har asperger/ASF og den anden er normalt udviklet (neurotypisk, NT) er mærkbart lavere end i parforhold, hvor begge er NT. Dét fremgår af netop offentliggjort forskning gennemført ved Bond University, Australien. Undersøgelsen viser også, at…