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Are you looking for a support group for partners of adults with Aspergers Syndrome?

Are you suspicious you may have a partner with this condition and want to know more?

Do you require couples counselling for couples with one partner noted as having Aspergers?

Human Education Learning Programs for Adults with Aspergers
(H.E.L.P. W.A.)

H.E.L.P. W.A. was founded and established to meet the growing needs of adults and partners of adults with Aspergers Syndrome. We provide educational intervention and awareness on this condition to assist individuals and couples.

Counseling sessions for couples
Education workshops for partners of adults with AS
Education workshops for adults with AS
Support groups for partners of adults with AS

“Some days I feel like a total freak and that nobody gets me. I truly don’t know how to
play the game and have felt like I was on the outside of the world looking in. I feel like it
has stuffed up my whole life,…..having a relationship seems impossible”. (Anonymous)

Welcome to the world of Aspergers Syndrome!

When Hans Aspergers observed a pattern of behavior in young boys in 1944 he determined it to be an inherited personality disorder. Almost seven decades later we now understand Aspergers Syndrome (AS) to be a developmental neurobiological condition present from birth. AS is not a result of childhood neglect or trauma, nor a result of abuse or rejection from parents who could not express their emotions. It cannot be medicated, simply supported and acknowledged via educational intervention.

‘They are strangely impenetrable and difficult to fathom’. (Hans Aspergers, 1944).

Affecting more males than females, the brains of adults with AS are simply ‘wired differently’ than the majority of most neurotypical individuals (typically wired) people on the planet. Many can mask their symptoms in public, but under stress, or in private may lose control and allow the symptoms to show. This is one of the reasons partners of adults with AS may initiate diagnosis or educational intervention due to the strange, erratic and un-emotive behaviors they view from their partners, that eventually surface in the relationship.

All adults and partners of adults with AS are remarkable people as they have little or no resources, support measures or strategies to assist them in navigating their way through………what feels like, life on mars. We would like to change that!

Can you recognise any of these generalised traits or characteristics?

Has a very deep thought process.	Limited ability to have a reciprocal relationship.	Emotionally detached, disconnected and unavailable.
Has a lack of interest in superficial conversation.	Demonstrates a lack of empathy.	May not quite, ‘make sense’.
Indifferent to personal values.	Demonstrates shallow emotions.	A centred and consuming pre-occupation with a particular subject or interest which acts as a retreat where knowledge and abilities can be truly valued and recognised. eg work
Lack of care their actions may cause.	Poor behavioral controls and an impulsive nature.	May have difficulty in organising and planning (poor executive functioning).
May have exhibited early childhood behavioral problems.	Can be irresponsible and unreliable.	May have limited contextual understanding.
May be contemptuous of those who seek to understand them.	Demonstrates i indifference to the trust and kindness of others.	A literal perspective (everything is either black or white there is nothing in-between).
Possibly over reactive to alcohol.	May be highly intellectual.	Blatant honesty with disregard for hurting others with the facts.
May give vague and inconsistent replies.	Can be good company, entertaining, brilliant and charming but will probably talk at you not with you.	May appear rude, aloof, cold and arrogant.
Tend to camouflage themselves to hide the true them.	May associate with older individuals.	Literal processing of comms.
Their love may feel cold, and dialogued.	Difficulty with perspective.	Adherence to detail and sequence.
Cannot explain or read their own behavior.	May lose interest with people very quickly.	Sex may be mechanical, cold and limited.
Rigid expectations of others.	Immature understanding of emotions.	Difficulty with reciprocity.
Boyish naivety.	Heightened sensitivity to anger and rage.	May copy and mimic people.
Emotionally reclusive.	Thought process based on facts and logic.	May not be able to read the social cues and body language of others.

Interested in our programs or just looking for support! Talk to our team for more information.

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