Alone Together : Making an Asperger Marriage Work.

By: Bentley, KatrinContributor(s): Attwood, Tony | Attwood, TonyMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2007Copyright date: ©2007Description: 1 online resource (132 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781846426230Subject(s): Asperger's syndrome -- Patients -- Biography | Asperger's syndrome -- Patients -- Family relationships | Bentley, Gavin | Bentley, Katrin, -- 1960- | People with mental disabilities -- MarriageGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Alone Together : Making an Asperger Marriage WorkDDC classification: 362.196/8588320092 B LOC classification: RC553.A88 -- B46 2007ebOnline resources: Click to View
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FRONT COVER -- Alone Together: Making an Asperger Marriage Work -- Contents -- FOREWORD BY TONY ATTWOOD -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- THE CACTUS AND THE ROSE -- 1. Becoming Aware of Asperger's Syndrome -- 2. Meeting the Handsome Stranger -- 3. The Wedding -- 4. The First Real Argument: I Married You for Fun, Not for Problems -- 5. Travelling to Australia: The White Board -- 6. The Honeymoon: Rigid Thinking! -- 7. Sexuality, Intimacy and Love -- 8. Making Friends -- 9. Starting a Family: Empathy and Theory of Mind -- 10. Babies and New Mothers are Unpredictable: Coping with Change -- 11. Arguments Need to be Resolved: Being Married to a Non-Communicator -- 12. A Family Requires Teamwork -- 13. The 'Girlfriend' -- 14. Dealing with Sickness: Associative Thinking Causes Stress -- 15. The Car Accident: Dizzy Spells can be Fatal! -- 16. Being There in Body but Not in Soul: Alone Together -- 17. The Energy Theory: My Way of Dealing with Tantrums -- 18. Bringing up Champions: How to Handle Criticism -- 19. A Good Day Turns Bad in a Matter of Seconds: How We Fix Arguments -- 20. How a Diagnosis Helps: Resources and Opportunities for Improving the Relationship -- 21. The Stress Factor: Understanding Each Other -- 22. Our Life Today -- EPILOGUE BY GAVIN BENTLEY -- USEFUL CONTACTS AND FURTHER READING -- BACK COVER.
Summary: Since receiving her husband's diagnosis of AS, Katrin Bentley's marriage has improved substantially. This book shares the struggle of one couple to rescue their marriage. It is uplifting and humorous, and includes plenty of tips to making an Asperger marriage succeed. It offers couples hope, encouragement and strategies for their own marriages.
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FRONT COVER -- Alone Together: Making an Asperger Marriage Work -- Contents -- FOREWORD BY TONY ATTWOOD -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- THE CACTUS AND THE ROSE -- 1. Becoming Aware of Asperger's Syndrome -- 2. Meeting the Handsome Stranger -- 3. The Wedding -- 4. The First Real Argument: I Married You for Fun, Not for Problems -- 5. Travelling to Australia: The White Board -- 6. The Honeymoon: Rigid Thinking! -- 7. Sexuality, Intimacy and Love -- 8. Making Friends -- 9. Starting a Family: Empathy and Theory of Mind -- 10. Babies and New Mothers are Unpredictable: Coping with Change -- 11. Arguments Need to be Resolved: Being Married to a Non-Communicator -- 12. A Family Requires Teamwork -- 13. The 'Girlfriend' -- 14. Dealing with Sickness: Associative Thinking Causes Stress -- 15. The Car Accident: Dizzy Spells can be Fatal! -- 16. Being There in Body but Not in Soul: Alone Together -- 17. The Energy Theory: My Way of Dealing with Tantrums -- 18. Bringing up Champions: How to Handle Criticism -- 19. A Good Day Turns Bad in a Matter of Seconds: How We Fix Arguments -- 20. How a Diagnosis Helps: Resources and Opportunities for Improving the Relationship -- 21. The Stress Factor: Understanding Each Other -- 22. Our Life Today -- EPILOGUE BY GAVIN BENTLEY -- USEFUL CONTACTS AND FURTHER READING -- BACK COVER.

Since receiving her husband's diagnosis of AS, Katrin Bentley's marriage has improved substantially. This book shares the struggle of one couple to rescue their marriage. It is uplifting and humorous, and includes plenty of tips to making an Asperger marriage succeed. It offers couples hope, encouragement and strategies for their own marriages.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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