Learning To Love, And Be Loved, With Autism

I have been meaning to post this piece featured on NPR, that you may have already heard/read featuring two teenagers with Asperger's talking about their experience of pursuing a romantic relationship with each other.

http://www.npr.org/2012/01/18/145405658/learning-to-love-and-be-loved-with-autism

Story Synopsis:

It is taking a huge risk to let the New York Times reveal in its pages the minute and most personal details of your love life. And the reason the Times even cares to write about the relationship you're in, it's not because you're running for office or because you're a movie star. It's because you are a teenager who has Asperger's syndrome. And by the way, the other person in your relationship is also a teenager with Asperger's syndrome.

Teenagers Jack Robison, who is 19, and Kirsten Lindsmith, who is 18, took that risk. They told their story to writer Amy Harmon of the New York Times, and the risk was worth taking.