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 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: NT spouses with Aspergers spouses

Irv
Posted: 19 Apr 2011, 1:13 pm 

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I believe the "latest stats" on NT/AS marriages is a close to an 80% failure rate. IMHO, this is probably understated, since the morbidities leading to problems in marriage are usually not clearly associated with a primary axis condition, and therefore not seen as AS issues. Clearly identifying the ...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: How well are you dealing with autism/Aspergers?

Irv
Posted: 05 Nov 2010, 4:34 pm 

Replies: 25
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I just wanted to know how everyone's doing dealing with Aspergers on a daily basis. At 64, diagnosed a few years ago, married to an NT woman for 40 years, two sons, four grand children, never been unemployed for more than a month, still working and also matriculated at a "Name University', on PhD t...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Do I have Aspergers or am I just a misfit?

Irv
Posted: 21 Aug 2010, 7:16 pm 

Replies: 9
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I think in many cases we are so frightened of being accused of using it as a "get out of jail" card (you're using this figuratively, right? as in, using it as an excuse to be jerks?) that we either over-police ourselves and become shy, or else just don't tell people, or else refuse to use it as any...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Do I have Aspergers or am I just a misfit?

Irv
Posted: 21 Aug 2010, 11:26 am 

Replies: 9
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My experience is that when I finally got around to getting a formal diagnoses, it was not the cure for anything. Like you, I resisted the suggestion that there was a label that confirmed and objectified me into part of the "mentally abnormal" spectrum and its universe of acronyms. I think that I was...
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