Troubleshooting Relationships on the Autism Spectrum : A User's Guide to Resolving Relationship Problems, Paperback by Stanford, Ashley, ISBN 1849059519, ISBN-13 9781849059510, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UKStandard relationship advice often falls flat for people on the autism spectrum, assuming that emotional needs and their articulations are easily accessible. Stanford, a neurotypical (NT) person married over 20 years to a person with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), addresses relationships beginning from the characteristic ASD complaint that "there are too many variables" in this troubleshooting guide. Strategies are offered for systematically identifying problems and testing solutions, including starting with correct assumptions, catching problems when they're small, and simplifying when possible. Later chapters also address how to apply the troubleshooting method to bigger problems and even the decision of whether to break up. Several appendices give checklists of ways to identify and express love across the NT-ASD divide and a test for codependency. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()