Asperger Marriage.

By: Slater-Walker, ChristopherContributor(s): Slater-Walker, Gisela | Attwood, Tony | Attwood, TonyMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2002Copyright date: ©2002Description: 1 online resource (162 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781846423215Subject(s): Asperger's syndrome -- Great Britain | Asperger's syndrome -- Patients -- Family relationships | AutismGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Asperger MarriageDDC classification: 161 LOC classification: RC553.A88 -- S53 2002ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- An Asperger Marriage -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction - Gisela -- 2 Terminology - Gisela -- 3 Relationships - Chris -- 4 How we met - Gisela -- 5 Diagnosis - Chris -- 6 ICD-10 Criteria for Asperger Syndrome -- 7 Diagnosis - Gisela -- 8 Communication - Chris -- 9 Communication - Gisela -- 10 Affection, sentimentality and intimacy - Chris -- 11 Intimacy, romance and intuition - Gisela -- 12 Sex -- 13 Living together - Chris -- 14 Living together - Gisela -- 15 Parenthood - Chris -- 16 Parenthood - Gisela -- 17 Social life - Chris -- 18 Social life - Gisela -- 19 Employment - Gisela -- 20 The future - Chris -- 21 Postscript - Gisela -- Bibliography.
Summary: Chris and Gisela have been partners for 12 years. When Chris was diagnosed with AS, Gisela had to come to terms with a marriage in which there would never be an intuitive understanding despite Chris's good intentions. It was the beginning of a long process of learning to live with a disability regarded by some as incompatible with marriage.
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Intro -- An Asperger Marriage -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction - Gisela -- 2 Terminology - Gisela -- 3 Relationships - Chris -- 4 How we met - Gisela -- 5 Diagnosis - Chris -- 6 ICD-10 Criteria for Asperger Syndrome -- 7 Diagnosis - Gisela -- 8 Communication - Chris -- 9 Communication - Gisela -- 10 Affection, sentimentality and intimacy - Chris -- 11 Intimacy, romance and intuition - Gisela -- 12 Sex -- 13 Living together - Chris -- 14 Living together - Gisela -- 15 Parenthood - Chris -- 16 Parenthood - Gisela -- 17 Social life - Chris -- 18 Social life - Gisela -- 19 Employment - Gisela -- 20 The future - Chris -- 21 Postscript - Gisela -- Bibliography.

Chris and Gisela have been partners for 12 years. When Chris was diagnosed with AS, Gisela had to come to terms with a marriage in which there would never be an intuitive understanding despite Chris's good intentions. It was the beginning of a long process of learning to live with a disability regarded by some as incompatible with marriage.

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