Autism, Dating and Relationships with Thomas Henley

Doing It! with Hannah Witton

Hannah Witton

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.8 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Hannah is joined by Thomas Henley from Aspergers Growth, who is a YouTuber, podcaster, and speaker on topics around autism and mental health. Thomas discusses autism, dating, and relationships, and also the different issues that might come up in a relationship between a neurotypical person and a non-neurotypical person. He and Hannah talk about communication, and learning how to flirt and recognise flirting, and finally, Hannah and Thomas discuss potential sensory issues during sex.

✨MORE ABOUT THOMAS HENLEY✨
Thomas Henley is a YouTuber, podcaster, and speaker on topics around autism and mental health. You can find more of his work here:

- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AspergersGrowth/featured
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aspergersgrowth/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/AspergersGrowth
- Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thoughtyauti
- Documentary: https://youtu.be/eLpcPOSFfNE?autoplay=1&mute=0

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0:00.0	It's the most wonderful time of the year.
0:05.0	On the beach.
0:05.9	On the beach. On the beach.
0:07.6	Booking geniuses.
0:09.3	Get free airport lounge access when you book a five-star holiday with On the Beach.
0:14.5	Feet up, fill your boots.
0:16.4	Ouna drink, pour for vor.
0:18.3	On the beach.
0:19.2	Boot like a genius.
0:20.6	Holiday like a fool.
0:22.5	Conditions apply, 7-night minimum stay, outbound only from selected airports for up to six
0:26.0	people at all protected. Most autistic people have this thing called Alexa Phymia.
0:33.4	This is another new word for me.
0:35.5	Another new term. And it's a very large percentage of autistic people.
0:39.5	Some neurotypical people can have it.
0:41.5	At its core, a difficulty recognizing and categorizing feelings.
0:51.0	Welcome to Doing It with me, Hannah Witten, where we talk all things, sex, relationships, dating and our bodies.
1:03.0	Hi everyone, welcome back to Doing It. So before I get into my guest and the topic this week, at the time you're listening to this, I am a married
1:12.8	woman. Dan and I got married at the weekend and that's all I can really say because I'm recording
1:18.9	this ahead of time. So I have no idea how it all went or how it felt. But yay, I got married.
1:26.0	Imagine if the government announced last minute another lockdown
1:29.0	and we had to cancel the wedding and I'm not married. That would be pretty awkward. But all right,
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