![]() ![]() It’s not that….very raw, honest story of my own marriage.”Ībout humor, autism/Aspergers and marriage: “I wrote it to be funny, not to be a textbook…what ended up happening was that people started reading it as a prescriptive text, then marriage and family therapists started prescribing it to their clients. “I used that (my diagnosis) as an opportunity to say, ‘Maybe the challenges in our relationships come from what I am doing, and maybe there are ways to improve myself in general, for outcome of happier marriage’Ībout his book, the Journal of Best Practices, What was cool (about getting the diagnosis) was a lot of insight into how my mind works.” “With this diagnosis, it woke me up to the fact that there are explanations behind my differences, not that I am broken and out of sync with the world around me. The importance of maintaining a sense of humor when working on one’s marriageĪ marriage tip for the non-Aspergers partnerĭavid and I talk about what specific terms to use for Aspergers, autism, and neurotypicalsĪbout the importance of identifying your needs and formulating a personal growth plan to meet those needsĪbout how one views an Aspergers/autism diagnosis: How the Journal of Best Practices came to be How he obtained a formal Aspergers diagnosis How David processed being diagnosed with Aspergers The quiz that informally helped David and his wife discover his Aspergers diagnosis When the trouble in his marriage started, and the confusion as to why he and Kristen were struggling so much ![]() He also speaks 1-2 times per month all over the country to different groups and organizations about marriage, transition to adulthood, and about neurodiversity.Ī bit about David’s career and marriage background David lives in northern Illinois with Kristen and their two children.ĭavid works full-time in marketing in a corporate environment. His essays have appeared in The New York Times, Slate, and Psychology Today. His essay “Somewhere Inside, A Path To Empathy” appeared in The New York Times and became the basis for his first book, The Journal of Best Practices. He and his wife, Kristen, married in 2003, and in 2008, David was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome. He earned a degree in music engineering at the University of Miami, where he stunned the locals with his gleaming, pasty white skin, then returned to Illinois, where he worked as an audio engineer and studied sketch-comedy writing at the Second City in Chicago. He shares some tips for both non-Aspergers and Aspergers spouses.ĭavid Finch grew up on a farm in northern Illinois. David Finch was struggling in his marriage before he discovered his Aspergers diagnosis.īut once he figured out his mind worked differently, he designed his own personal development plan that saved his marriage.ĭavid’s here to share his story, a bit about his Journal of Best Practices book, and his own personal development journey. ![]()
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