# My niece and dating. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 24, 2014, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-niece-and-dating/708101 "2014-12-24T16:48:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![ArztWolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@ArztWolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArztWolf)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-niece-and-dating/708101/1 "2014-12-24T16:48:33Z")
My niece is 24yrs old and is having a heck of a time in the dating world. Part of the problem is her disabilities and the other part is how she looks. She has been diagnosed (by professionals, not online quizzes) with Non Verbal Learning Disability, Dyscalculia (part of the NVLD), Ehlers Danlos Syndrome type 3, and Dysautonomia. She is also identifies as Genderqueer (dresses/acts male, but is attracted to men) and is very tall and has a very large frame. Doctors think the NLVD is related to the brain damage she suffered as a newborn (botched forceps delivery). She cannot drive due to visual spatial issues, her speech is not always easy to understand (has gone to mulitple speech and other therapists) and she can be super clumsy (trips over the lines in a carpet kind of clumsy). She is super smart, but all the above has made getting her into college a very long and hard struggle. She tried internet dating, but her profile was mostly ignored. She still lives with her parents and has almost no friends (has trouble following the flow of conversations, she does better one-on-one) outside of two middle aged coworkers. So, Dopers, any ideas? My sister (her mother) asked me for advice, but I’ve been married for 10+ years and don’t really have any ideas. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-niece-and-dating/708101)._