10 Jan 2015, 4:06 pm
I originally posted about this in General Autism Discussion, but it quickly got lost in the sea of threads there. Hindsight is 20/20, but anyways, me and WitchsCat (my fiancee) are starting a new video series titled "Ask an Aspie Couple". Basically we take user-submitted questions and answer them on camera, from an inside perspective. Anything goes really, from relationships to personal preferences to current events to anything you can think of!
Questions can be submitted as responses here, via our Google+ page, our YouTube channel, or if you'd prefer anonymity, you can send us a PM or an email. We won't share who's asking the questions, nor give personally-identifying information if you contact us privately, but we will do our best to answer anything and everything we get!
link: YouTube channel
link: Google+ page
email: [email protected]
So does anyone have any questions their curious to see answered by an Aspie couple? 
10 Jan 2015, 4:38 pm
10 Jan 2015, 4:47 pm
10 Jan 2015, 7:35 pm
And to clarify, I was diagnosed at aged 2, while Shep was diagnosed at age 3 1/2, so we were both diagnosed at a very early age.
10 Jan 2015, 7:48 pm
And to clarify, I was diagnosed at aged 2, while Shep was diagnosed at age 3 1/2, so we were both diagnosed at a very early age.
How old are you? You must both at your very least be in your early to mid-twenties then because AS was only recognised officially from 1994 onwards.
10 Jan 2015, 7:58 pm
As far as my fiancee, I believe (and correct me if I'm wrong here sweetie) that her diagnosis was prior to it's inclusion in the DSM and thus not really "official" until four years later, basically confirming at the time what everyone already knew.
EDIT:
Small clarification: the answers to the above two questions will be in the first video. Maybe the first video can be more of an introduction then. Food for thought, until I get my new camera in a few days
10 Jan 2015, 8:09 pm
My diagnosis was in 1990, so that seem kind of accurate.
Sweet! We have our first video for our series! Thanks, guys, and keep the questions coming!
11 Jan 2015, 5:50 am
My diagnosis was in 1990, so that seem kind of accurate.
Sweet! We have our first video for our series! Thanks, guys, and keep the questions coming!
Can you check it? I don't see the video on your channel.
11 Jan 2015, 7:19 am
11 Jan 2015, 4:29 pm
Just got a response from the other thread:
Do you "share" stims? Are they in a way contagious to each other?
How long have you been able to make eye contact with each other?
How do you divide the chores, paying the bills/budgeting, cooking, etc?
Do you find that you mirror each other's moods? Like if one is irritable the other gets that way too?
Do you watch each other for sensory overload in public and make moves to protect each other from it?
How do you handle meltdowns? Do you find yourself on the verge of a meltdown in response to the other's meltdown, like an empathic response to it?
Are you similar or opposite in your personalities? Like is one extroverted, the other introverted?
Does it ever hurt when you need attention from your SO when that SO is frequently absorbed in their special interest?
I could think of more but maybe someone else will after having read these.
(I'm thinking we can still have an introduction in the first part, but still answer these questions afterwards.) Camera should be arriving on Wednesday (i.e. in three days), so I'll aim to have it up within a few days of it arriving.
12 Jan 2015, 7:47 pm
And to clarify, I was diagnosed at aged 2, while Shep was diagnosed at age 3 1/2, so we were both diagnosed at a very early age.
13 Jan 2015, 1:24 pm
Good news on the camera front: it's arriving a day early, so we should be able to start filming today!
14 Jan 2015, 6:29 pm
15 Jan 2015, 8:25 pm
16 Jan 2015, 7:25 pm
Another update: filming and post-processing is done. Uploading to YouTube as we speak. Estimating 31% done with 220 minutes left in the upload (no, it's not a slow connection or anything, just a massive file -- about 17 minutes at 1080p equates to 3.8 GB even as a compressed MP4 file). For upcoming episodes, we'll definitely trim down the content to fewer questions, and leave out the personal introductions as well to slim down on time. Both format and longevity will be adjusted as more questions start rolling in and we get a feel for everything, similar to TV shows (ever notice the first season of many TV shows aren't nearly as good as later seasons? Adjustment period at work).
I'll post the video in this thread in the morning, since it won't be done until about 11 PM, waaaaaay past my bedtime. In the meantime, I did tell it to go ahead and publish it once it's done uploading, so if you notice a video in my channel, but haven't heard from me here yet, I'm probably still asleep
17 Jan 2015, 7:30 am
And it's up! 
That's me on the left, and my fiancee (Witchscat) on the right. Also visible are my two guitars (electric 6-string and acoustic 4-string bass) and my computer setup on the left, and my 3D printer on the right, just to satisfy everyone's curiosity.
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