I'm not trying to change the world. I'm just trying to make it a little bit brighter for those living through marriages with one or both spouses on the Autism Spectrum. I don't have a degree in psychology and neither does Mike, but we have been together for four years and we're both on the spectrum struggling every day to keep our own aspects of the spectrum in check so that we don't have or cause a meltdown.
My mission is to give hope. I want to give all of the worried parents hope that their child will have a healthy relationship in their adult years. I want to give hope to those living in and Autistic marriage; things can be different with a little extra work.
This isn't a blog to find a list of criteria or symptoms. It's a blog to help us learn how to adapt to an Autistic partner even if we're on the spectrum ourselves. It's a place for Mike and I to list our problems to give our readers and idea of how to handle them when they appear. Marriages with an Autistic spouse are difficult. That spouse is distant, self absorbed (myself) or obsessive and talkative (Mike) and that creates problems. It is my sincere hope that the posts of this blog with help you learn how to deal with these problems or, at the very least, know that you're not alone in them.
Robyn
