22 Things a Woman with Asperger's Syndrome Wants Her Partner to Know
eBook - ePub

22 Things a Woman with Asperger's Syndrome Wants Her Partner to Know

  1. 144 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

22 Things a Woman with Asperger's Syndrome Wants Her Partner to Know

About this book

Rudy Simone covers 22 common areas of confusion for someone dating a female with AS and includes advice from her own experience and from other partners in real relationships. She talks with humour and honesty about the quirks and sensitivities that you may come across when getting to know your partner. All the pivotal relationship landmarks are discussed, including the first date, sex, and even having children.

This entertaining and easy-to-read book will be ideal for anyone dating, or in a relationship with, an AS female. Women with AS themselves, and their families and friends, will also enjoy the book and find it useful. Counsellors and other professionals working with women with AS will find the insight offered extremely enlightening.

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Yes, you can access 22 Things a Woman with Asperger's Syndrome Wants Her Partner to Know by Emma Rios, Rudy Simone in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Psychology & Autism Spectrum Disorders. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Contents
  4. Foreword
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Introduction
  7. 1 So, you want to date an Aspergirl?
  8. 2 Try feeling this!
  9. 3 She is not broken…you don’t need to fix her
  10. 4 No wire hangers…ever! Why she has control issues
  11. 5 Everyone’s a critic… but she’s better at it than you
  12. 6 Break on through to the other side
  13. 7 It might seem like her special interest is herself
  14. 8 She only needs one friend…and the winner is, you!
  15. 9 Don’t be cruel to a heart that’s true
  16. 10 Home is where her heart is…and her body much of the time
  17. 11 Even if you think of her as a woman, she might not
  18. 12 Her name isn’t Mommy…no matter how much she loves her child
  19. 13 How to turn a hotbed into a hot bed
  20. 14 Why soothing behaviors (formerly known as stimming) are good for her…and you
  21. 15 Jumping for joy… or bouncing, or twirling
  22. 16 Tongue-tied but not twisted…just because she can’t verbalize her emotions, doesn’t mean she doesn’t have them
  23. 17 Depression—the enemy on our borders
  24. 18 The mood swings…do more than duck
  25. 19 Trust—abuse it and lose it
  26. 20 Is it obsession or is it love?
  27. 21 You may find more in common as you get older
  28. 22 Asperger’s is a reason, not a label, not an excuse
  29. Last Words
  30. Glossary Of Terms
  31. Bibliography And Other Resources