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Understanding Autistic Relationship Across the Lifespan is an overview of autistic relationships from the early years to old age. The book combines the latest research findings with first-hand accounts to offer insight into the relationships of autistic people and how they differ to those of non-autistic people. Felicity Sedgewick and Sarah Douglas delve into life's stages and their challenges, revealing how navigating relationships can lead to misunderstandings, rejection, and trauma--but also to genuine connection, support, and joy. Illustrated throughout with extracts from interviews and extended narratives, it explores key topics, including relationships in the early years, childhood friendships, teenage friendships and romance, adult romantic and sexual relationships, LGBTQ+ relationships, finding community, family relationships, and issues in the later stages of life. The authors explore a wide range of emotions and life situations, examining the social world of autistic people and the strategies they use to navigate it. This book offers practical recommendations for both autistic and non-autistic people on how to have the healthiest and most satisfying relationships possible. It is essential listening for all those working with autistic people and studying autism, as well as autistic individuals and those close to them.

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Sarah Douglas is an autism study advisor who has contributed to much-needed areas of research such as education, self-harm, suicide, anxiety, intimate partner violence, and sexual assault. She is also currently volunteering for SARSAS, supporting survivors of all genders, and is a member of their Autism and ID Advisory Group. Felicity Sedgewick is lecturer in psychology of education at the University of Bristol, with a research specialism in the relationships of autistic women, girls, and nonbinary people. She has worked with autistic people in a variety of settings, with these experiences driving her research interests and helping shape her desire to do work with a positive real-world impact. Sanya Simmons is an Atlanta-based Black Latina female audiobook narrator. She's a member of SAG-AFTRA, PANA, and APA, and she serves on the DEI Committee of APA. Sanya's alto voice is warm, grounded, friendly, credible, and authentic. Conversational first person POV is Sanya's forte. She enjoys romance (including erotica), cozy mystery, memoir, true crime and crime fiction, thriller, and YA genres. Nonfiction topics that are sure to catch her interest are those involving African American history and current issues, social justice, inclusivity (especially Black, LGBTQIA+, and disability), mental health, and spirituality. Sanya is also a musician and the author of A Single Mom's Guide to Raising Black (Gentle) Men.

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