Lisa Laman

If you’re like me, there are lots of questions that race through your mind when you prepare to go out on a date. Do I look polished enough? Am I going to click with this person? Did we pick the right venue to go out to? And then there’s the one question always gnawing at the back of my skull about my autism: can I be myself?

Suddenly, a person you’ve been regularly communicating with is M.I.A.

Human beings are not on a strict timetable to do all the same things at the same time. This is just as true of dating like anything else.

Two smart, insightful and autistic people who like talking about relationships walk into an interview…

Being surrounded by other autistic people, I find a rare secure place to socialize, one that let me start to discover other places I could be social in, too.

You can read a book. You can read a map. But reading people, that’s difficult in any situation.

The lack of good dating options can help to compound problems people on the Autism spectrum already have with dating. Lisa Laman has some tips!

Just because you face your own set of specific challenges doesn’t mean you get a free pass to discount the humanity of someone else.

For individuals on the Autism spectrum or anyone with some kind of disability, it can be hard to ask for help. Here’s a little advice from someone who knows.

There isn’t a one-size-fits-all process for deciding how, and when, to talk with a date about being autistic.