Any Aspies who would like to be Asked?

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Some of you may have heard already about AskAnAspie.com, a website I and several of my friends started last year as a place where parents of Aspie/Autie kids could come and ask questions, and have them answered by panelists who were on the spectrum themselves. We were going pretty strong for a while, but then I got distracted and forgot about it for a while, and since I'm the webmaster that pretty much brought the site to a halt.

But we're relaunching now, and I'm accepting applications to be part of the new and improved AskAnAspie panel. The requirements are as follows:
1) Must be an Aspie/Autie. Kind of a given
2) Must have good English Writing skills.
3) Must be willing to spend ~1 hour a week answering emails, more at first until we get the backlog cleared.
4) Must be willing to set aside personal political beliefs to help parents. If someone says "My son is 5 years old and non-verbal, though he has done much better after starting ABA therapy. I was wondering why he gets so agitated by the flourescent light in our kitchen" that is NOT an acceptable place to rant about the evils of ABA. Similarly, if their email signiture mentions CAN, that's still no reason to attack them.
5) College students preferred, although it's not an absolute requirement.

If, after looking over the site, you think you'd like to participate, send an email to [email protected]. Include a one-paragraph mini-bio of yourself and a short (500-600 words) essay about what having Asperger's means to you. If you're accepted, both of these will go on the "about us" page to let parents reading your answers know who they're talking to.

Any date you'd expect applicatons by?

ASAP, I'll be making decisions in the next day or two

do you have to have an offical d'x or just each componant dx'ed independantly?

Official d'xes help, just because we get annoying whackos sometimes who claim we aren't actually on the spectrum, but they're by no means required.

Do you want only college students or those that are older (I am 31).

I am a parent myself.
I have AS so does one of my daughters.

Unfortunately i rub other parents the wrong way. Beacause of my honesty.

That aside, look no further, i am your man.
And i guarantee the clicks to increase exponentially.

The reason;
i offer sound advice, and you never know what's coming next.

that is me.

I am not a college student, but I have plenty of time on My hands to help out. If You need Me.

About the college student part: We don't ONLY accept college students, we just like to keep a college student vibe. People of all ages and educational statuses are welcome to send in applications.

I am a 25 year old college student/professional.

I actually do a few things locally that are very similar- I am occasionally an advocate for AS students locally, and attend parent AS groups to give the "aspie perspective". I would be very interested.

You can e-mail me at [email protected]

I would love to help out in the future (if it's needed), but due to school scheduling and work load in certain classes, I wouldn't have enough time. But let me know if you ever need more help in the future because I'd be willing to help out, even if it's only a little bit.

This seems like Dear Aspie.

Not really. I'd never heard of Dear Aspie before, but I looked at it and it seems more like social advice for Aspies. AskAnAspie is mostly for NT parents and educators and answers questions about everything from sensory issues to school issues to (once) past perfect participles.

I'm interested. I think I meet the qualifications. If you contact me, maybe we can discuss this further.

Feel free to poke me into helping, my IM etc is at the bottom of my post. im 18, British, Male and am DXed. And I'd assume my English skills are up to par, considering the amount of essays college requires me to write...