For autistic people, navigating intimate relationships and dating can present its own unique challenges. As a non-autistic person, it might be difficult to support your autistic partner. They may communicate in a different way to you, or find it hard to express their needs and desires.

Do autism symptoms get better with age?

Change in severity of autism symptoms and optimal outcome One key finding was that childrens symptom severity can change with age. In fact, children can improve and get better. We found that nearly 30% of young children have less severe autism symptoms at age 6 than they did at age 3.