It's really cool to see a story on this subject, which doesn't usually get a lot of mainstream attention, in the New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/26/us/navigating-love-and-autism.html?pagewanted=all
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/26/us/navigating-love-and-autism.html?pagewanted=all