The Bride Test

by Helen Hoang

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someone who had left everything behind, started over in a new world, and succeeded despite the challenges.

would also help if this woman knew what it was like to love an autistic man with issues of his own. Like my father. This was when the conversations started between my mom and me.

Because good work, she says, always speaks for itself.

I was able to give Esme a depth and soul that I wouldn’t have otherwise.

Most important, the conversations gave me my mom, the fuller, more aut...

In 2016, she was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder in line with what was previously known as Asperger’s syndrome.

She currently lives in San Diego, California,