| Are you dating someone with Aspergers? People | | | | Awkward physical coordination causes a person |
| with Aspergers Syndrome (AS) range from mildly | | | | to look, to move, and to walk differently from |
| quirky to what you may call weird. And this can | | | | other people. Since "normal" people avoid |
| pose challenges for someone who is neurotypical | | | | "different" people, those with AS are often |
| or at least not on the autism spectrum. Some | | | | shunned if they are not being bullied. They may |
| people call the neurological wiring of a person with | | | | feel lonely and yet not know how to overcome |
| Aspergers different while others consider it a | | | | social barriers to friendships and love relationships. |
| deficit. | | | | When you begin to interact with people who have |
| People with AS think in fundamentally different | | | | AS, you may find yourself struggling to deal with |
| ways from neurotypicals. Some of these | | | | their social difficulties. But if you stick with it and |
| differences can be challenges to developing a love | | | | work on understanding how they put together |
| relationship and some of these characteristics can | | | | the world in their minds, and encourage them to |
| strengthen the relationship.There are several | | | | try to understand how you put together the |
| characteristics that are typical of people with AS | | | | world in your mind, you will develop a set of loyal |
| such they may lack in social skills, physical | | | | friends and even romance. |
| awkwardness, and unusual interests. | | | | Gathering knowledge is deeply satisfying to a |
| Moreover, dating someone with Aspergers are | | | | person with AS and sharing it is also a lot of fun. |
| likely to not take hints well because their brains | | | | Another, a disadvantage to dating someone with |
| are blind to this form of communication. They | | | | Aspergers is that you may end up learning more |
| need to be told directly what you want them to | | | | than you ever wanted to know about that |
| do because they will never guess. Something else | | | | person's interests. Yet if you are intellectually |
| you should know is that they are also very | | | | curious, you will never become bored hanging out |
| honest people whereas you rarely won't get any | | | | with a person who has AS. |
| lies from them because of their honesty. | | | | If you want someone who is a little different but |
| If you want compliments all the time, don't date a | | | | honest, loyal, and smart, then as one with AS |
| person on the autistic spectrum. But if you want | | | | would say, welcome to our world. You can have a |
| honesty at the foundation of your relationship | | | | wonderful experience dating someone with |
| then people with AS are good candidates. | | | | Aspergers. |