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Sixteen-year-old girl shortly to be seventeen, dual UK/US nationality, aspie (self-dx), well that’s me in a nutshell. Glad to be here.

Because I stumbled across an article about Asperger’s syndrome and thought, “This is me,” then read everything I could on the subject and thought, “This is definitely me,” studied Tony Attwood’s paper on AS in girls, went through the DSM and Australian diagnostic criteria, took the Aspie-quiz, the AQ, EQ, and SQ, and kept getting the same result: Asperger’s syndrome.

I haven’t had an official diagnosis because we cannot afford it, quite simply- well, we could at a pinch, but under the circumstances (despite academic underachievement I am coping more or less OK at school, and we are saving for college) there’s no need to. The only practical purpose an official diagnosis would serve would be getting me permission to word process on my exams. “Poor handwriting is not in itself a reason for accommodation.”

Oh, I thought you had been here before. Well, welcome, and I hope you enjoy posting here.

welcome to WP, rhubarbpluscustard

are you anything to do with that wobbly cartoon?

Cartoon? Which one?

Welcome to Wrong Planet.

Oh, I see. I've just named myself after a food I enjoy. The name was going to be rhubarb&custard because that looks cooler, but the $#% programme wouldn't let me put any symbols in it.

welcome Rhubarb. I am the resident... ummm... what sort of role do I fill here, anyways???

you are the resident Morlock