A concerning question to parents of autistic children is whether or not their child will be able to develop romantic relationships one day, especially if they have an intense passion for a particular subject.
A child's passion may actually be the catalyst that develops a relationship into romance. Remember the importance of trying to connect a child with someone who shares his passion? Well, romance requires just one other person; and one person is all it takes to found a loving, pleasing, mutually satisfying relationship that may progress into longetivity.
You may have heard people's strong areas of special interest referred to as a "labor of love." Love is the tie that binsd, and a mutual love can conjoin two people in the context of a shared passion. THis makes sense when we consider the ways in which anyone typicall develops a romance; it's usually through vocational, avocational, educational, or relationship contacts. There's no reason why the same couldn't hold true for a child with autism, and his passion makes a logical starting point.
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