by Eva Mendes
- Pursuing a diagnosis
- Accepting the diagnosis
- Staying motivated
- Understanding how AS impacts the individual
- Managing depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- Self-exploration and self-awareness
- Creating a Relationship Schedule
- Meeting each other’s sexual needs
- Bridging parallel play
- Coping with sensory overload and meltdowns
- Expanding Theory of Mind
- Improving communication (learning to interpret gestures, facial expression and tone of voice of others so that intentions and the meaning of communication is clearer)
- Co-parenting strategies
- Managing expectations and suspending judgment (developing a realistic understanding of who one is, greater appreciation of one’s unique qualities and strengths).