how people on the spectrum cope with being parents???

but judging from this review   "Asperger's Syndrome is one of the constellation of conditions known as autism. As both Willey and her young daughter have AS, her life story provides a startling look at how those with the syndrome experience the world. Willey grew up knowing only that she was somehow different, extremely intelligent, and extremely quirky•but accepted and valued•seems to have been the assessment of her parents, physicians, and others early in her life. Her peculiarities•inability to find her way in unfamiliar places, and extreme aversion to people coming too close to her, to noise, to confusion•became a devastating issue when she left home for the unfamiliar environment of college. From then on, Willey struggled mightily until she reached the safe haven of marriage to an outstandingly sympathetic partner, a fulfilling job teaching college, and motherhood. When her own daughter, one of twins, was diagnosed as an infant with Asperger's Syndrome, Willey immediately recognized herself: "social action impairments, narrow interests, an insistence on repetitive routines, speech and language peculiarities, non-verbal communication"   I won't find any help in this book, too different from my experiences ( both in childhood, in marriage and motherhood) ...

but judging from this review   "Asperger's Syndrome is one of the constellation of conditions known as autism. As both Willey and her young daughter have AS, her life story provides a startling look at how those with the syndrome experience the world. Willey grew up knowing only that she was somehow different, extremely intelligent, and extremely quirky•but accepted and valued•seems to have been the assessment of her parents, physicians, and others early in her life. Her peculiarities•inability to find her way in unfamiliar places, and extreme aversion to people coming too close to her, to noise, to confusion•became a devastating issue when she left home for the unfamiliar environment of college. From then on, Willey struggled mightily until she reached the safe haven of marriage to an outstandingly sympathetic partner, a fulfilling job teaching college, and motherhood. When her own daughter, one of twins, was diagnosed as an infant with Asperger's Syndrome, Willey immediately recognized herself: "social action impairments, narrow interests, an insistence on repetitive routines, speech and language peculiarities, non-verbal communication"   I won't find any help in this book, too different from my experiences ( both in childhood, in marriage and motherhood) ...