Autism and Dating After Divorce

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I could be mistaken, but my understanding is that Sarah Hendrickx is not able to clinically diagnose for autism. I've seen a talk of hers where at least at that time she stated that she can't officially diagnose, but since autism is her area of focus she has and will unofficially diagnose a person. Has that changed? Can she officially diagnose now?

Her work is signed off and overseen by Axia-ASD. I’d say her experience makes her probably more qualified than most psychologists.

TBH with the scarcity of good diagnosis and support there should be some programme developed that allows people to diagnose like this more frequently. The psychologist sign off would ensure a layer of protection against misdiagnosis and/or confirmation bias.

The last psychologist I saw told me that ASD was only non-verbal and I would be institutionalised if I were. She then encouraged me to read the Satanic Bible and manipulate my ex!! !!

Just going back to the original post, I think it’s healthy to take time before dating or new relationships after divorce - regardless of ASD.

Take time getting to know you again and take the opportunities for cups of tea, walks or drinks with others so that it’s not a complete shock when dating happens and isolation doesn’t become the norm.


There’s no rush. Have fun being you.

Suppose you would decide to defer coming out. Suppose you would date more often. Suppose you woud develop feelings towards each other. Suppose you would come out after - say - 4 dates. Suppose he would reject you. You would have to deal with another heartbreak and start all over again.

Suppose you would tell him the first date: he could reject you straight away (no harm done) or he could start developing ways to handle "different" people.

Now that I know I'm on the spectrum, I've let anyone in my range of relatives and friends know. And their response was: thank you for sharing this with us. We're sorry you didn't learn this 50 years earlier. Your behaviour would have made more sense......

[quote="Monkeyinamansuit"]Her work is signed off and overseen by Axia-ASD. I’d say her experience makes her probably more qualified than most psychologists.

TBH with the scarcity of good diagnosis and support there should be some programme developed that allows people to diagnose like this more frequently. The psychologist sign off would ensure a layer of protection against misdiagnosis and/or confirmation bias.

The last psychologist I saw told me that ASD was only non-verbal and I would be institutionalised if I were. She then encouraged me to read the Satanic Bible and manipulate my ex!! ! !

Really, really sorry that things didn't work out.

Before you find anyone else, you need to find yourself again. Do things you've wanted to do but weren't doing for whatever reason before this. You're not re-inventing yourself, you're rediscovering yourself.

To actually answer your question , I let people know up front that I'm on the spectrum. Weeds out the wrong element.