My husband Cj and I celebrated 10 years of being together – 10 years since we first met. We actually have three anniversaries (yep), but this one is the one I regard to be the most important because it was this one that marks the date that life as I knew it would be tipped upside-down.
God, my husband is gorgeous. He is the most incredible father who is ever-present for his tribe of girls. He has this cheeky grin, and he has a great sense of humor and makes me laugh a lot. He’s so bright. He teaches me lots of things. He also is fantastic at pulling me up when I’ve taken something too far, and he’ll often be the first person to roll his eyes and sigh with a comment like, “Why must you always insist on learning things the hard way?” (Because that’s me, baby, a bull in your china shop).
My husband is a 33-year-old male. He also has autism.
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Thanks for sharing your incredible story. My dad was never officially diagnosed but after he died in tragic and unusual circumstances, my family tried to piece together why he made such a series of strange decisions that ultimately led to his death (long story). We stumbled upon Aspergers (on the autism spectrum) and realised that my dad ticked almost all the boxes. He was a highly functioning, intelligent person with a lot of quirks including obsessions, inability to read social situations and other things too. I'll never know if he really was Aspergers but I do often wonder that if he had been diagnosed, how different his life would have turned out and how he could have been helped.
Love this story, my son will was diagnosed this year at 6, we had tried at 4 and were told he didn't have it, but what followed was two really hard years at school. Now we have a diagnosis and support time at school life is getting a little easier for him. At home we are a bit like you, his quirks make him who he is and he is in a safe space at home so much more relaxed. His diagnosis didn't change him and it is good to hear stories of people with autism having a "normal life" with family and a good job because as a parent we just want him to be able to have the opportunities a NT person has.