AUTISM TRANSLATION GUIDE: 10 things partners need to understand
LATE BLOOMERS
Rich & Rox Pink
5.0 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 15 April 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
For years, I misunderstood the person I love. I thought silence meant disconnection. I thought bluntness was rudeness. I thought a lack of reaction meant a lack of care. I didn’t realise I was filtering everything through my own lens… and getting it completely wrong.
In this episode, we break down 10 behaviours that are often misunderstood in autism — from shutdowns and needing plans, to missing hints and showing love differently. What I once saw as rejection, control, or distance… was actually overwhelm, honesty, and care.
This changed our relationship. Less blame, more understanding. Less shame, more compassion. If you’ve ever felt confused, hurt, or unsure how to read someone you love — this one might change everything.
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| 0:00.0 | Have you got an autistic person in your life? Do you sometimes feel like their behaviours are rude? |
| 0:07.2 | Do you feel like they're ignoring you when they shut down? Or do you feel unloved if they don't want to come and celebrate your birthday? |
| 0:14.4 | We are going to talk about 10 behaviours of autistic people that can be difficult for partners or parents or friends to deal with |
| 0:22.7 | and how we are going to deal with them. Wow, that's about me then. Welcome to late bloomers |
| 0:29.3 | where we are getting our lives together. Eventually, brought to you by our gorgeous |
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| 0:39.1 | Yeah, this one is all about you, babe. |
| 0:42.0 | Where did you get? |
| 0:43.2 | So you've got the cards. |
| 0:44.1 | I've got no cards for this one. |
| 0:46.6 | So last year you were officially diagnosed. |
| 0:50.6 | Yeah. |
| 0:51.3 | With autism. |
| 0:51.9 | We have strongly suspected it for over a year, a couple of years. But for the |
| 0:59.7 | first five years of our relationship, we had no idea. I had no idea. And there are, I get to |
| 1:08.0 | look back now and see ways that I've pushed you or judged you or felt something towards you |
| 1:14.4 | that is because of autism. |
| 1:18.2 | And I carry a lot of guilt about a lot of these things because I would blame you. |
| 1:23.7 | We'll go over. |
| 1:24.8 | It's going to be 10 things. |
| 1:26.8 | Yeah, I just, because I didn't know. |
| 1:29.4 | And I would take things personally. I would blame you. I'd try and change you. And we don't |
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