10 Jul 2012, 7:38 pm
Hey guys and gals.
My name is Adam. I have arrived here, on this forum, after 23 years of not knowing who I am. School was always too boring for me. I was easily distracted and my acting out in class was met with derision from my fellow students. I was bullied heavily, and went to some dark places in my early teens. Since the age of 16, though, life has been somewhat better. I became more social, taking the clumsiness and terrible short term memory in stride, shaking off any "strange" behaviours, such as my habit of eating and reading business and financial news articles, as part o my personality for people to accept, or piss off.
Yet I still don't know why I am the way I am. I'm a creature of routine, and things have to be a certain way. This has led to a lack of mainstream employment, but I am developing a property currently and hope to develop this business in the future. I took a Mensa home test and got 155 - I'm taking the real one in just over a week - wish me luck xD.
My cousins have autism. I was once thought to have Aspergers in my early teens, but it was never really followed up. What has led me here, though, is a hope to connect with others who I might be able to relate to. It might be a long shot, but who cares.
Hi everyone, and a pleasure to meet you all. 
10 Jul 2012, 7:50 pm
CockneyRebel
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10 Jul 2012, 9:45 pm
Welkome to WP
Mick
10 Jul 2012, 11:03 pm
Hi Adam! Welcome to Wrong Planet! Check out the many interesting and helpful forums here. The General Autism forum here has many post articles about Autism and Asperger's. There is at least one with links to online tests you can take to get some idea of where you stand on the spectrum. You are among friends here at WP! 
11 Jul 2012, 2:50 am
Hi Adam and Welcome to Wrong Planet
