LAC Lawyers is a full service firm with a large family law practice. We have experience in dealing with Family Law issues affecting people with Asperger's Syndrome and we have a close association with Asperger's Syndrome Partner Information Australia Inc. (ASPIA). At LAC Lawyers we consider ourselves to be Asperger's aware and offer legal services to client's who either have Asperger's Syndrome or who have been affected by someone with Asperger's. We are sensitive to your needs and welcome any enquiry in relation to legal services for people affected by Asperger's.
At LAC Lawyers we consider ourselves to be Asperger's aware and offer legal services to client's who either have Asperger's Syndrome or who have been affected by someone with Asperger's. We are sensitive to your needs and welcome any enquiry in relation to legal services for people affected by Asperger's.
The following information was generously provided by ASPIA
"Over the last decade many people would be aware that there has been an upsurge of awareness and diagnosis of Autism and Asperger's Syndrome. Most of the cases being identified are children. Their behaviours are often exposed and uninhibited, allowing for ready identification and appropriate intervention and assistance to take place. Improved behaviour & communication patterns in turn enable more successful adjustment into adulthood.
What many people will not be aware of is that there is a second wave of identification taking place within the adult population. For adults with Asperger's Syndrome, their behaviours since childhood have gone "underground" and layers of coping strategies and defence mechanisms greet the social world. These behaviours often give the impression of someone quite "together" - perhaps a little eccentric or odd - but passable because of their high intelligence, impressive knowledge, high integrity and particular flair or gift in an area or career, such as engineering, telecommunications, computers, art, religion and politics.
Many adults with Asperger's Syndrome do marry and have children. Marriage often follows a period of "ideal" courtship. However the experience of the partners and children are quite different to what most partners would experience and expect.
Partners of an adult with Asperger's Syndrome often have awareness early in the marriage that something is not right but they can't work out what. They often speak of being aware that something, like a piece of a puzzle, is missing."
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Author(s):Pheba Netto LL.B. (Hons)