Autsim Spectrum

We do not believe in curing autism because autism is not a disease. We do believe that people on the autism spectrum have a unique set of challenges interacting in a world that can be inflexible and even cruel with social expectations. For those who are diagnosed in their teens and adulthood, these struggles have been there all along and either invisible or misattributed. In this situation, it can feel like you’ve been carrying an invisible burden all your life, or that you’ve never been able to quite fit in or get the social nuances right. Peers may not understand your particular areas of deep interest, your capacity for overstimulation, or other personal quirks. When dating and negotiating sexual relationships, it can be especially stressful navigating the unwritten and unspoken expectations. When misunderstandings happen in this area, it can be especially painful and frightening. In couple’s therapy, especially when one partner is neurotypical, it is important to build an understanding of what ASD is and how it works. From here, we can build communication skills and interpersonal effectiveness skills to more effectively negotiate the needs surrounding ASD and to build more satisfaction in the relationship.