Karen, my wife, and I had the opportunity to join Roger Love on stage at his Voice of Success Event event. We primarily spoke about how Roger's training has helped us, particularly in our relationship. With me having Asperger's and Karen being a neurotypical, autistic traits were a major focus as they amplify all the common relationship problems and add many additional challenges.
While I focus on Autism at Work and bridging the tech/business communication gap, as a Neurodiverse Communication Specialist and with the experience of our 3+ decade marriage, relationship questions frequently come up. The most frequent question is "I think my spouse has ASD/Autism/Asperger's and I don't know what to do." Funny thing is the person asking assumes this is an unusual question. I can assure you, it is a very common question so don't think you are facing a unique situation.
At this event I was again asked this questions. I figured it was about time I put together a post explaining a...