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    Being Married To a Person Who Has Asperger’s Syndrome
    Being Married To a Person Who Has Asperger’s Syndrome
    Being Married To a Person Who Has Asperger’s Syndrome
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    Being Married To a Person Who Has Asperger’s Syndrome

    By Irene S. Roth

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    This e-book is written for all spouses who are married to a person with Asperger’s Syndrome (AS hereafter). So, I will direct all of the relevant information in the form of you because I am predominantly speaking to all spouses who struggle every day simply to survive.

    It can be overwhelming at first when you learn that your spouse has AS. No one can really prepare for this properly. And most times, the person who has AS will not tell you that he or she has it until you are married. This is not exactly something that people who live with this syndrome are proud of or announce openly. There is a shame factor associated with it too.

    In many ways, their lives are very difficult. But what is more, the person who is married to person who has AS also has quite a difficult life. Everything that seems normal for the ordinary person is not so in this relationship.

    People with AS do some of the most inexplicable things. And yet they can’t do anything about it. It is part of their neurosis and it is how their brain is wired. None of us can do anything about the way our brains are wired. That will be a fact of life until the person dies.

    Therefore, you can’t really blame the person with AS or get mad at him. So, what can we do then? The good news is that there are many things that you can do. I will show you some of these things in my second e-book on how to live a good quality of life, despite the fact that you are living with a spouse who has AS.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIrene S. Roth
    Release dateMay 15, 2017
    ISBN9781370294480
    Being Married To a Person Who Has Asperger’s Syndrome
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    Irene S. Roth

    Irene S. Roth, MA is an academic and freelance writer. She writes academically, for teens and tweens and adults. When she isn't writing, she is teaching. She is also pursuing a Master's of Social Work Degree.

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    • 1/5
      This doesn’t ring true about Aspergers whatsoever. The opening sounds more like Tourette’s. Not taking any advice from someone so overly generic and unspecific
    • 1/5
      Very badly written. It contains some good points but mostly generalisations
    • 5/5
      Honest and direct ! A book that describe very well the realities of being in a relationship with a person with Asperger.
    • 1/5
      “Hurt people - hurt people “
      The author is speaking from her bad experienced
      The problem is she generalized
      It is like she is saying “ALL Asperger are bad and assholes”
      I am married to asperger. i really love my husband i thank God for our marriage. My husband is kind, caring and loving person .
    • 2/5
      I live with someone who has AS and I did not like the tone of this at all. None of the examples given are true for all people with AS, some are messy and some are overly tidy. Some are shy and some are extrovert. A lot are highly intelligent. On top of this, most adults with AS do not know they have it and are often only diagnosed when one of their offspring has AS. This book makes people with AS look sinister, which they are not. Some truths in this, but mostly badly written and not thought out well.

      3 people found this helpful

    • 1/5
      Looks like this was meant to address Tourette's, and not Aspergers. At least the first half that I glanced through.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 1/5
      This book generalises and pigeonholes people on the autistic spectrum. I have asperger syndrome and I am married and I relate very little to what is described in this book. It seems to have been a been (poorly) written by an aggrieved and embittered wife with an agenda against her aspie husband.
      Oh, and in chapter 22, "hate's(sic) large social gatherings. " there should have been no apostrophe in 'hates'. You should have let us proofread for you instead of indirectly criticising us publicly through your book.

      3 people found this helpful

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    Being Married To a Person Who Has Asperger’s Syndrome - Irene S. Roth

    Being Married To a Person

    Who Has Asperger’s Syndrome

    Irene S. Roth

    Copyright 2017 Irene S. Roth

    License Notes. This e-book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. It may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with someone else, please purchase an additional copy for each reader. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to your favorite retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

    Table of Contents

    Introduction

    Preliminary characterizations

    Characteristics of Asperger’s Syndrome

    • Head nodding

    • Very fearful

    • Suspicious

    • Can’t focus

    • Slow

    • Watches people

    • Attracted to light

    • Warped boundaries

    • Hate’s large social gatherings

    • Hard to be around

    • Cannot emotionally connect with others

    • Checks everything

    • Hates the unexpected

    • Experiences no empathy

    • Has obsessive-compulsive tendencies

    • Messy and disorganized

    Conclusion

    About the author

    Introduction

    This e-book is written for all spouses who are married to a person with Asperger’s Syndrome (AS hereafter). So, I will direct all of the relevant information in the form of you because I am predominantly speaking to all spouses who struggle every day simply to survive.

    It can be overwhelming at first when you learn that your spouse has AS. No one can really prepare for this properly. And most times, the person who has AS will not tell you that he or she has it until you are married. This is not exactly something that people who live with this syndrome are proud of or announce openly.

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