Joe is a therapist and Mike is an engineer and in many ways they might be considered opposites.  However, during this episode they share how during their almost 30 years together, they have learned how to navigate their differences and focus on each others strengths.  When they started getting serious in their relationship Joe moved into Mike's house and Joe shares some of the challenges that presented during the first few years of living together. They now have a great arrangement where they each have living space on different floors of their home and they spend time together watching tv and sharing meals.  
After watching the movie Adam, where the main character has Asperger's, Joe recognized his husband in almost everything Adam did.  He then approached Mike with this new found information and the rest is history.  Joe and Mike also share how learning that they were a neurodiverse couple literally cut their arguments and disagreements by 50%.  They began to understand each other and see things through the "neurodiverse lens".  As we have often said on previous podcasts "Once you know better, you can choose to do better".  Joe and Mike share how their lived experience shows what it looks like to turn that saying into action.
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