A Spectrum of Relationships: A Guide to Understanding Social Connections for Teens and Adults with Autism and Asperger's Syndrome

Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) grow up to be adults with ASDs. Many, if not most, will have the same urges, impulses, and desires as the rest of the adult population. Autistic adults want to work. They want to pursue college degrees. And, though their parents and caregivers might not want to ponder this, the teen or adult with an ASD will experiment and eventually engage in romantic physical contact with another person. Some will get married as adults and have children of th...