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Aspergers in Love: Couple Relationships and Family Affairs | 
| Author: Maxine C. Aston
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Category: Book
List Price: $22.95
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 105410
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 224
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 1843101157
Dewey Decimal Number: 152
EAN: 9781843101154
ASIN: 1843101157
Publication Date: April 2003
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Product Description
Asperger Syndrome (AS) has often been considered to be incompatible with love and relationships, but as the number of diagnoses increases, it is becoming apparent that people with AS can and do have full and intimate relationships. Maxine Aston frankly examines the fundamental aspects of relationships that are often complicated by the disorder. Illustrated with real-life examples, the book tackles issues such as attraction, trust, communication, intimacy and parenting and includes a section on frequently asked questions, making it a must for all those with AS and their partners, as well as for friends, family and counselors.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
 Best book I've found on AS yet February 10, 2008
Stephen (Wellington, New Zealand)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Having been diagnosed with AS I have been reading many books on the subject. I found this one the best so far. My wife also found the book beneficial and it has helped us to understand why we see things differently in some situations and how this impacts on our interactions.
Solid in its treatment of this difficult area. July 15, 2007
K. Robinson (UK)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book was first published in 2003, a time when Asperger syndrome and relationships was still emerging as a psychological issue. Four years on and it stands up in both the strength of it having been written from sound research and its no nonsense approach to both sides. Too often there is a bias towards either the Asperger (AS) partner or the nuero-typical (NT) partner. As far as I am aware it is the only book written about AS/NT relationships based on extensive research and real life experience of such relationships.
Maxine Aston pulls no punches being as rigorous to both sides in her criticism or praise. Ms. Aston maintains an attitude, throughout the book, that AS/NT relationships can and do work. This attitude obviously comes from her years working with such relationships and the extensive research gathered from people who are, or have been, in such a relationship.
Ms. Aston is not starry eyed about the prospects of success; she stresses the importance of acknowledgement, by both partners, of how Asperger syndrome affects emotional reciprocity; she does not offer a magical solution but does offer sound, practical, advice for those who really want their relationship to work.
This book is about the practicalities of being in an AS/NT relationship and how, with the right mechanisms in place, there is a way forward.
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