From Glamour Magazine and Good Morning America (with video):

David Hamrick, 29, and Lindsey Nebeker, 27, who both have autism, are in love and have created a careful balance of routines so that they can live together.

Hamrick, a meteorologist, and Nebeker, a musician, met in 2005 at an autism conference, and their relationship blossomed from there. In a nontraditional twist that works for them, they have separate bedrooms and often eat separately to maintain the space that they need in their Jackson, Mississippi apartment.

Even though the arrangement requires compromise, the couple says they can offer each other unique support and understanding.

“When I have had a bad day at work or just a bad day for some other reason — and I come home, I don’t even have to say anything, he senses it. Dave will come up to me and start cuddling up to me and that’s really all I need,” Nebeker said. “I know that I am with a partner who is not going to judge me for certain eccentricities I have.”

(Glamour photo)

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