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Understanding your neurodiverse partner is not just about appreciating their uniqueness but also about adapting communication styles, handling emotions, and building a foundation of trust.

Adult Autism Spectrum Disorder and Relationships

Understanding Your Neurodiverse Partner: Insights and Strategies for Harmonious Relationships

Understanding your neurodiverse partner is not just about appreciating their uniqueness but also about adapting communication styles, handling emotions, and building a foundation of trust.

This guide will explore these aspects to empower you in creating a more harmonious and understanding relationship with your neurodiverse partner.

May 8, 2024 No Comments

The diagnostic process involves gathering information from multiple sources, including interviews with the individual, observations in different settings, and input from family members or caregivers. Standardized assessments and questionnaires may also be used to assess social communication skills, behavioral patterns, and sensory experiences.

Assessment of Adult Autism Spectrum Disorder

Assessing Autism in Adults: Understanding the Diagnostic Process

The diagnostic process for adult autism involves gathering information from multiple sources, including interviews with the individual, observations in different settings, and input from family members or caregivers.

Standardized assessments and questionnaires may also be used to assess social communication skills, behavioral patterns, and sensory experiences.

April 30, 2024 No Comments

Enhancing emotional communication in neurodiverse relationships involves integrating understanding, empathy, and practical strategies.

Adult Autism Spectrum Disorder and Relationships

Enhancing Emotional Communication in Neurodiverse Relationships

In all relationships, emotional communication plays a pivotal role.
For neurodiverse couples, who navigate unique challenges in understanding and expressing emotions, enhancing emotional communication becomes even more crucial.

In this article, I will describe effective strategies and insights tailored to neurodiverse couples, empowering them to cultivate deeper connections and foster emotional intimacy.

April 24, 2024 No Comments

This article describes effective strategies for providing emotional support in neurodiverse relationships.

Adult Autism Spectrum Disorder

A Guide to Providing Emotional Support in Neurodiverse Relationships

Understanding and supporting your partner’s unique needs is vital, especially when one or both of you are on the autism spectrum.

This guide delves into effective strategies for providing emotional support in neurodiverse relationships, ways to support a neurodiverse partner, and building trust with a neurodiverse partner.

My goal is to empower you with knowledge and confidence, enhancing your relationship’s quality and depth.

April 10, 2024 No Comments

There are effective ways of overcoming internalized stigma in autistic adults.

Living with Adult Autism Spectrum Disorder

Unpacking and Overcoming Internalized Stigma in Autistic Adults

Internalized stigma in autistic adults refers to the process by which individuals with autism absorb and accept negative stereotypes and prejudices against them, often leading to self-doubt and diminished self-esteem.

April 3, 2024 No Comments

Fostering inclusivity is one of the common challenges of neurodiversity.

About Autism Spectrum Disorder

What Are the Common Challenges of Neurodiversity?

Neurodiversity is a paradigm that views neurological variations as a natural and valuable aspect of human diversity.

For adults with autism, who are integral to the neurodiverse spectrum, the world presents unique challenges that arise from living in a society primarily designed for neurotypical individuals—those whose neurological development and functioning are within societal norms.

March 27, 2024 No Comments

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Dr. Kenneth Roberson

Dr. Kenneth Roberson is an Adult Autism Psychologist in San Francisco with over 30 years of experience. Click below to ask a question or schedule an appointment.

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Dr. Kenneth Roberson is an Autism Spectrum Disorder psychologist in San Francisco with over 30 years of experience. To ask a question or schedule an appointment, please call 415-922-1122.

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