How does divorce affect special needs children?

In structuring a divorce agreement, special care must be given to parenting arrangements, estate planning and the child’s transition to adulthood. Alimony (spousal maintenance) and child support payments need to consider the child’s eligibility for public benefits as both a minor and adult.

How Do You Talk to an autistic child about divorce?

1. Decide when to tell the kids.
2. Practice what you’re going to say.
3. Tell them together.
4. You set the tone.
5. Don’t tell them more than they need to know.
6. Don’t point fingers at each other.
7. Tell your child’s specialists about the divorce.
8. Make the discussion age appropriate.

Can my husband keep my child from me?

Neither you or your husband has the legal right to keep the child from the other. While married you have exactly equal and undivided interest in everything marital, including your child. You need to get on with the divorce process.

Should NT spouses end relationships with autistic spouses?

The author proclaimed doom and gloom and ended by suggesting NT spouses find the courage to end the relationship. All in all, not very positive or enlightening. If your spouse is autistic, then he/she has a disability. After all, that’s what autism is—a disability.

Do Aspergers remarry after divorce?

Some Aspies however, just leave quietly and never remarry because they cannot quite figure out how to rebuild a life separately from their former spouse. Some NT former wives report that their former husband even still refers to her as his “wife” years after the divorce. If you are struggling in your Asperger marriage, seeking counseling.

How can I Help my autistic spouse adjust to a new schedule?

If every day is different, your ASD spouse will have a very hard time adjusting to a constantly shifting schedule. Be sure to set the alarm clock for the same time every day, eat breakfast around the same time, and go to bed around the same time if at all possible.

How do you live with an ASD spouse?

But when you are living with an ASD spouse, you need to try as much as possible to warn them in advance if the schedule is going to change. Even if it is something as seemingly minor as having a salad instead of tacos for dinner. (True story)