About Autism
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Intelligent High-Functioning Autism
It’s a bit of an understatement to say that autism is heterogeneous disorder. There are sooooo many different manifestations of autism that are are all called “ASD.” The situation is…
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Ten Facts about High-Functioning Autism in Adults
High-functioning autism (which formerly was referred to as “Asperger’s”), entered the DSM (the Bible of the mental health professions) only in 1994. The lack of diagnostic criteria prevented the possibility…
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Autism, Theory of Mind Deficits and Relationships
Adults with high-functioning autism have theory of mind deficits and theory of mind deficits have a major impact on marriage and adult relationships. Theory of mind is the ability to…
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REAL White Paper: An Introduction to Mixed-Neurological Marriage
At REAL, our primary focus is mixed-neurological marriage, or a marriage between a typically developing person and a person with high-functioning autism. We offer this White Paper as our official…
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High-Functioning Autism: Media vs. Reality
It can take many years of marriage to discover that one of the partners is on the Autism Spectrum. Sometimes it happens after one of the couple’s children undergoes diagnosis…
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Behind the Mask
It is very confusing when there is a huge discrepancy between the public behavior of your spouse and what you experience behind closed doors. What makes it so confusing is…