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What is your first name? David

Age: Late 50s

Location: Oz

Hobbies and Interests: Growing my own food.

Why are you here? My parents had sex.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): misdiagnosed as mildly Autistic at 4; properly diagnosed as sanely AS at 50.

Favorite subjects: Anthropology, Linguistics, History.

Year/Grade: Years ago.

Favorite music: Zappa, Stravinsky, Beethoven, etc (all those heavy dudes). Fats Waller, George Formby, Tiny Tim.

Books: Virgil, Dante, Gibbon, Whitman, Joyce.

TV shows/Movies: McHale's Navy.

Instrument: Uke, Harmonica, Kazoo, Washboard.

Do you like sports? I regard riding my bike through the forest alone as the only legitimate sport. (I also like going to the football and watching the responses of the NTs in the crowd).

Family: Parents deceased, three adult children, wife is bi-polar.

Clothing: Loose, minimal, logo-less, earthy browns and greens.

How did you find this website? It seems alright so far.

Job: Writer.

Plans for the future? To ditch some of strategies I've used to negotiate the NT world and be myself.

Any comments? Not yet.

What is your first name? Ken

Age: 23

Location: Flanders, Belgium.

Hobbies and Interests: Movies, music, gaming, reading, philosophy.

Why are you here? Learning more about myself and others with AS.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): 1998

Favorite subjects: History, philosophy.

Year/Grade: -

Favorite music: Neo-folk, (dark) ambient and the likes.

Books: L’Etranger by Albert Camus, Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk, American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis.

TV shows/Movies: Dexter, Heroes, Lost / Fight Club, American Beauty, Requiem for a Dream.

Instrument: -

Do you like sports? I like watching the occasional soccer or basketball game, not supporting any particular team.

Family: I'm single. Parents are divorced, no brothers or sisters.

Clothing: Casual / modern / jeans, if anyone actually cares.

How did you find this website? Google.

Job: None.

Plans for the future? None. Don't care / Living day to day.

Any comments? Been lurking for a while. Hi!

Welcome to WP!

What is your first name? Dean

Age: 32

Location: Derby, England

Hobbies and Interests: Chess, guitar, history, movies, Bob Dylan

Why are you here? Hopefully to make some more friends and learn about coping mechanisms

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): a counsellor suggested it about a year ago

Favorite music: Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, Neil Young, Metallica, Nirvana, Keane

TV shows/Movies: Dexter, Heroes, Flash forward; Heat, Goodfellas, Che, Wrestler.

Instrument: learning guitar

Do you like sports? used to but lost interest

Family: married for 8 yrs

Clothing: yes i wear clothes

How did you find this website? can't remember, probably google or something from a website i googled

Job: Software developer

Plans for the future? struggle to plan a day in advance so dunno

Any comments? would love to get to know more people, make friends etc

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What is your first name? Mary

Age: 25

Location: Portland

Hobbies and Interests: Music, sounds/sound art/performance art, Art, conceptual art, knitting, gardening, birth, goats/lambs/llamas/alpacas and cats

Why are you here? Not sure, my symptoms/traits include hyperlexia, sensory overload, social anxiety, ocd, I could go on...

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): I self diagnosed as being somewhere on the spectrum earlier this week

Favorite subjects: English, Spanish, Art History

Year/Grade: I teach all ages!

Favorite music: Debussy, Scriabin, Meredith Monk, acoustic noise improvisation

Books: Right now I'm reading "Wait until Spring, Bandini" by John Fante. I love the title!

TV shows/Movies: I like whatever someone else puts on or takes me to

Instrument: Oh gosh, piano mostly, also accordion, violin, viola, banjo, guitar and singing. No winds, although I love the sound of the clarinet!

Do you like sports? swimming

Family: I love my family! my brother is also self diagnosed, we have discussed it and probably so is my uncle, but not my other brother.

Clothing: Monochrome dress with matching leggings is my favorite, or if someone gives me something i like to wear it everyday if I can get away with it.

How did you find this website? My brother recommended it.

Job: Musician/Composer/Performance artists/teacher

Plans for the future? Do whats really in my heart for once!

Any comments? I find this website to be very enjoyable, and am so curious and fascinated but also anxious.

Welcome to the site Mary.

What is your first name? Suzanne

Age: 40

Location: NC

Hobbies and Interests:
reading, music, education, genetics, criminal forensics

Why are you here? To meet people who actually understand the difficulties I have.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): '87-they didn't actually call it Aspergers. I don't know if the term even existed; just said I wasn't truly autistic but had definite autistic tendencies.

Favorite music: All kinds.

Books: Patricia Cornwell, John Grisham

TV shows/Movies: House, Bones, Criminal Minds, NCIS

Instrument: none

Do you like sports? yes; soccer, krav maga

Family: Parents, older brothers, husband, kids

Clothing: casual-jeans and a nice top.

How did you find this website? Google search

Job: unemployed but looking (unsuccessfully)

Plans for the future: Make some friends, get a job, stop relying on my children as my only contact with the outside world

Welcome to WP!

What is your first name? Paul
Age: 25
Location: Wisconsin, USA
Hobbies and Interests: Video games, board games, card games, tabletop games, mind games. Modeling, painting.
Why are you here? Not sure... Why are YOU here?
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Self diagnosed Asperger's over past 7 days.
Favorite subjects: Math & Art
Favorite music: Progressive metal - Dream Theater, Symphony X
Books: Anything but fiction.
TV shows/Movies: Dexter, Family Guy. Thats it.
Instrument: Guitar, little bit of keyboard.
Do you like sports? Alone: No. With family/friends: Yes, I enjoy family/friends.
Family: Youngest of 3 boys. No contact with non-immediate family.
Clothing: Whatever is closest when I wake up. IE plain white t-shirt + jeans.
How did you find this website? Google.
Job: Software developer.
Plans for the future? Retirement (see age) so I can have more free time to investage personal interests.

Any comments?

This forum is jam packed with amazing people.

What is your first name? Laurie
Age: 46
Location: Church Hill, TN

Hobbies and Interests: Nature, reading, music, animals, social networking, researching

Why are you here? My 8 year old grandson was diagnosed with AS in July. No one told us anything, just that he had AS. No help offered. He's been misdiagnosed for 6 years and things have been getting worse with him. We're looking for answers.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder):

Favorite subjects: Always was English and a History buff when I was in school way back when.

Favorite music: New Age, Country & Western

Books: Eclectic

TV shows/Movies: NCIS, Law & Order, Criminal Minds

Instrument:

Do you like sports? Pro Football.. Go Cowboys! College ....Go Vols!

Family: Mom of 6, Grandma of 10

Clothing: Whatever is the most comfortable

How did you find this website? Google search

Job: retired

Plans for the future? Continue raising chickens, geese, ducks, guineas, parrots, and my grandson!

Any comments?

Welcome to WP!

What is your first name? Roland

Age: 49

Location: Auburn, CA

Hobbies and Interests: Sporadic and ill-defined. I like to cook, have an interest in computing and computers and the web, in general. I also like to fish, but rarely get the chance.Oh, also camping, hiking, that sort of thing.

Why are you here? It has been suggested (primarily by my wife) that I am very likely AS, albeit undiagnosed as of yet. I need help and this may well be a solid resource. I don't know yet.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Yet to be diganosed. How do I go about that exactly?

Favorite subjects: Geography, economics, me.

Year/Grade: I have a B.S. in Geography (GIS/RS/Cartography) with a minor in Mathematics. That's about it.

Favorite music: Both kinds *grin*. I like just about all music, but I am particularly fond of Texana, New Orleans groove, folk, various Brazilian genres (esp. Bossa nova, forró, samba, choro, and sertanejo), Lounge. what is now labeled as 'Americana'. and, I guess, 'World Music'.

Books: Heart of Darkness, Sometimes a Great Notion, Life on the Mississippi, A Confederacy of Dunces, Catch-22, Any Vonnegut, Any Saroyan, Any Steinbeck

TV shows/Movies: TV shows: MST3K, King of the Hill, Space Ghost Coast-to-Coast
Movies: Cinema Paradiso, To Live, Time of the Gypsies, Saudade do Futuro, Les Miserables, Meatballs

Instrument: Bass

Do you like sports? Yes, but not really into spectator sports or talking about them, etc.

Family: I am married to a woman 6 years my younger and have a 7-year old son and a 5-year old son. The eldest boy is diagnosed as severe HFA.

Clothing: whatever

How did you find this website? My wife sent me to Tony Atwood's site and it was a short trip to here.

Job: I am a Research Analyst II (GIS) for the California Wildlife Conservation Board. Needless, to say, I have issues...

Plans for the future? Wow, that's a biggie. Uhh, lately I am trying to focus on living one day at a time, etc.

Any comments? Yea. So far so good. I hope this is for me. In any event, thanks for being here to help those who need it

Welcome to WP!

What is your first name?

Age: Nearly 20 now

Location: Wellington, New Zealand

Hobbies and Interests: Reading, chiming up with relevant but bizzarre facts in the middle of discussions, learning cool stuff about psychology and biology, tie shopping, second-hand shopping

Why are you here?: well that's the age old question, isn't it, why am I here? I've seen so many topics on this forum and wanted to comment, also it's amazingly cool to get to interact with so many whose brains are wired similarly to mine

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Stuff got picked up in a serious sense when I started school, and I got "offered the diagnosis" of asperger's at 9

Favorite subjects: at high school, biology and history, now at university I'm doing biology and psychology

Year/Grade: second year of university

Favorite music: wildly varied, the orchestral compositions on the soundtracks for the Halo series come to mind as immediately enjoyable for me

Books: The First Law, Takeshi Kovacs novels, Animorphs was my favorite back when I was young, so sci-fi ish/fantasyish stuff, and books on science and conspiracy theories

TV shows/Movies: LOTR, Watchmen, Farscape, Firefly, Boston Legal, House, Outrageous Fortune

Instrument: don't play anything

Do you like sports?: vaguely care whether the national rugby team wins or loses but not much beyond that

Family:.........complicated

Clothing: Preferably black and/or covering, not gothic though

How did you find this website?: StumbleUpon, I think

Job: Student

Plans for the future?: academia perhaps, my majors are both pretty much awesome

Any comments?