Lisa Laman

We can also create reminders and community bonds that make heavy loneliness a much easier burden to carry.

Turning a dating relationship into a friendship isn’t a downgrade: It’s the start of an exciting new chapter together.

You exist and that’s a good thing. I wish I’d been told that earlier, because it’s the truth for all of us, in as well as outside the autistic community.

There’s lots of advice out there on handling the end of a romantic relationship. What about a friendship?

My name is Lisa Laman…and I’m an autistic extrovert.

Dreaming about your future with a love that isn’t even a love yet: is doing that a problem? Lisa Laman, romantic dreamer, thinks through it.

Finding it tough to discover single people in your traditional social outings? Speed dating could seemingly function as a remedy. Lisa Laman checks it out and reports back.

Things can and sometimes do go badly on dates. Let’s look at just some of the various ways a date can go wrong and ways to deal with these problems.

What would I communicate to teenage Lisa? What important thoughts about dating, relationships, life, and anything else would I say to my younger self?

I did not feel ready to navigate possible transphobia alone, I needed backup. I was expecting to have that for this date via the person I was on the date with. Without her, I felt trapped in a restaurant where I felt other patrons looking at me or whispering about me. This was a steakhouse in the heart of Plano, Texas.