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What is your first name?: Gina

Age: 20

Location: Chapel Hill, NC

Hobbies and Interests: video games, music, nfl & mlb, computers

Why are you here?: I guess looking for advice I guess, and I guess a place to talk to people I can relate too

When were you diagnosed? diagnosed with ADHD and aspergers at 16

Favorite subjects: Maths/Social Sciences, I'm an econ major

Year/Grade: Sophomore in college

Favorite music: varied, the only things I really don't like are smooth jazz and techno, Spoon and the Arctic Monkeys are probably my favorite bands

Books: I don't really readh much

TV shows: // Mostly sitcom reruns, the only new shows I really watch are like procedural cop shows, like Criminal Minds, NCIS, and Greys Anatomy

Movies: // Quentin Tarintino movies, a lot of foreign fighting/kung-fu movies

Instrument: n/a, I used to play the violin, a long long time ago, and I've taken singing lessons on and off if that counts as an instrument

Do you like sports?: I LOVE sports, I'm a huge NFL/MLB fan, semi NBA fan, and I love playing intramural/rec sports and participating and outdoorsy sports.

Family: One sister

Clothing: comfortable, low matinence

How did you find this website?: google

Job: none

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Age: 14

Location: Reading, England.

Hobbies and Interests: The Beatles, watching football, playing Football Manager, writing stories.

Why are you here? To talk.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): 2002?

Favorite subjects: The Sciences, Drama.

Year/Grade: 10

Favorite music: The Beatles, The Clash, The Kinks, Queen, David Bowie, The Jimi Hendrix Experience.

Books: The Harry Potter series, especially Prisoner of Azkaban, Phillip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, Douglas Adams.

TV shows/Movies: Doctor Who, the Simpsons, Mock the Week- oh, I'm missing it. Thank goodness for iPlayer.

Instrument: I used to play piano...

Do you like sports? That's quite a narrow question. I enjoy watching and refereeing football, and playing to an extent. I also like playing basketball, rugby, cricket and dodgeball. I don't mind racket sports or volleyball.

Family: Parents, one grown up brother aged 23, another brother who is just 12, and a labrador.

Clothing: Whatever's comfortable.

How did you find this website? Wikipedia mentioned it when I was researching MMR.

Job: I referee football matches on Saturdays. I earn £30 an hour, which is great for someone my age. I don't have a proper job though.

Plans for the future? Go into science, and save the world. Alternatively, I'll write a novel, and save the world.

Any comments? Outer Mongolian Wombat.

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Hey new ones, glad you joined and welcome to WP

What is your first name?: Sorry I don't give that out on the internet, call me K.

Age: 25

Location: Indiana

Hobbies and Interests: Cars, Engines, Outdoors, Firearms, Computers

Why are you here?: I don't know.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): 199_ (Can't remember exactly)

Favorite subjects: Science, Math, Psychology, Religion (Not religious myself)

Year/Grade: Graduated High School.

Favorite music: Rock

Books: Haynes repair manuals

TV shows/Movies: Gran Torino, V for Vandetta, The Wall

Instrument: Played trumpet in Jr. High

Do you like sports? Depends.

Family: Father, mother, younger sister who is married with 1 kid.

Clothing: Jeans and a t-shirt.

How did you find this website?: Yahoo.

Job: Delivery driver for an auto parts store.

Plans for the future? Getting married soon.

Any comments? Hi.

What is your first name? Mike

Age: 18

Location: Southern California

Hobbies and Interests: Playing guitar :]

Why are you here? To find People who have the same disorders like me :]

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): As a child, but I wasn't "Officially" diagnosed until 2005

Favorite subjects: Music, Comedy, Vintage Electonics

Year/Grade: Graduated June of 2009 ( High School)

Favorite music: Experimental, Classical, Classic Rock, Electronic Music (No. Not Techno)

Books: The Real Frank Zappa Book, No Country for Old Men.

TV shows/Movies: 12 oz. Mouse, Perfect Hair Forever, ATHF,

Instrument: Electric and Bass Guitar

Do you like sports? Skateboarding's fun. I'd fall on my butt though

Family: I don't want to talk about it.

Clothing: What I can find at the Thrift Store.

How did you find this website? When I was looking up "Driving and Asperger's Syndrome" on Google.

Job: I had a sales job (quit) Now I'm Gonna Get one after I pass my driving permit test.

Plans for the future? Hopefully Go to College and to get the Heck out of my Parent's House.

Any comments: People with Aspies Can Do anything any other person could do!

What is your first name? Simon

Age: 40

Location: Wolverhampton, England

Hobbies and Interests: Composing, performing and recording my own music / Stanley Kubrick

Why are you here? Feeling isolated

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

Favorite subjects: Music / film / art

Year/Grade: N/A

Favorite music: Pink Floyd, Kate Bush, Porcupine Tree, Bjork, Goldfrapp, No-Man, Marillion, Mike Oldfield, Jean-Michel Jarre, Jeff Wayne, Bat For Lashes, Neu!, 120 Days, Kraftwerk, Bridget St. John, NYPC, Ultravox, Delia Derbyshire, CSS, Nirvana.

Books: Douglas Adams, Arthur C. Clarke, The Marquis de Sade, Anthony Burgess, Stephen Hawking, Edgar Allan Poe, Fred Alan Wolf.

TV shows/Movies: Anything directed by Stanley Kubrick, Lindsay Anderson, Terry Gilliam, Ridley Scott, Christopher Nolan, Viv Thomas. TV: Monty Python / documentaries.

Instrument: Guitar / piano / bass guitar / synthesizer / drums

Do you like sports? No.

Family: Yes!

Clothing: Casual

How did you find this website? Googling Asperger's

Job: Psychology student

Plans for the future? The world is my oyster!

Any comments? Any tea on this spaceship?

Welcome to WP!

Age: 18

Location: Atlanta, GA

Hobbies and Interests: music, reading, writing, folklore, anthropology, book collecting, photography, drawing, sewing

Why are you here?

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

Favorite subjects:

Year/Grade: 12th

Favorite music:

Books: Short Bus, Shadow of the Wind, Lord of the Rings, anything by Douglas Adams, Flowers of Evil, anything by Temple Grandin, Oliver Sacks' books

TV shows/Movies: The Office

Instrument: tuba, harmonica, guitar

Do you like sports? no

Family: NT mother and sister, father w/ AS or close to it but would cut his tongue out before he would admit it, certifiably insane dog, two cats, one vicious and one merely mean, one snake, one tuba, one sousaphone

Clothing: I wear jeans most of the time, but my favorite outfit is my tuxedo.

How did you find this website? I was wandering aimlessly on the Internet and tripped over it.

Job: student, red cross certified babysitter, iconographer, pet sitter, worked in a library one summer

Plans for the future? college next year, a career in IEP advocacy, maybe graduate school

Any comments?
Avacado!

Welcome to WP!

What is your first name? Monique

Age: 19

Location: Oregon

Hobbies and Interests: Technology, reading, writing, art, daydreaming, and asian dramas.

Why are you here? I'm curious about Aspergers and whether I have it, so I figure it might help to talk with other aspies (and I enjoy reading about it regardless).

Favorite subjects: Programming

Year/Grade: College Freshman

Favorite music: Symphonic Metal and most variants similar to it.

Books: Pre and Post Apocolyptic, Survival, Historical, Communist Revolution, Urban Fantasy, Victorian Era, Jane Austen, Eva Ibbotson and Scott Westerfeld.

TV shows/Movies: News, Daily Show, and Asian Dramas (especially Taiwanese).

Do you like sports? If so, which ones?: I'm not competitive, but I do enjoying playing sports with others in a casual environment. I like to play hockey, ultimate frisbee, and racquetball. I hate watching sports.

Family: Live with parents, have an older brother living on the other side of the country. I suspect at least one of my parents may have aspergers or something similar in symptoms. I also have a cat, and my parents a dog.

Clothing: Casual, but I plan to buy styles from Modcloth once I lose weight.

How did you find this website? I was searching for information about Aspergers and came across it.

Job: Full-time student, but I need to find something in order to keep affording school or I am financially doomed.

Plans for the future? Currently studying/interested in Computer Science, especially programming.

Any comments? I'm not entirely sure if I have Aspergers, but I think I'll fit in well here.

Name: Rob

Age: 47

Location: Jacksonville, FL

Hobbies and Interests: Astronomy (visual), technology, music, art

Why are you here? When I know the answer, you will, too.

When were you diagnosed?: None official as yet, but personal evaluation (revelation?) this month indicates strong aspie traits. There are definite signs I had it as a child, however.

Favorite subjects: Science, art, composition, I could go on...

Year/Grade:

Favorite music: Eclectic to say the least

Books: Sagan, Hofstadter, mostly dry, non-fiction stuff these days...

TV shows/Movies: TV?

Instrument: folk guitar, some keyboard

Do you like sports? no

Family: Middle child of a large herd of primates, all NT (save me, and I mean that both ways)

Clothing: Cotton if I can help it.

How did you find this website? Searching

Job: Currently (sigh), help desk.

Plans for the future? Going back to school. Not sure what I want to be when I grow up.

Anything Else? Nothing that I can think of. Just interested to see where this journey leads...

Welcome to WP!

What is your first name? Omer

Age: approaching 21

Location: Israel

Hobbies and Interests: My supported sports club (football & hanbdall), social & political science, neurology & psychiatry, linguistics...

Why are you here? Because it's interesting to read, I guess

Year/Grade: It's complicated, don't ask
(at the university right now, more or less)

Favorite music: John Frusciante, RATM

Books: Trainspotting, Fever Pitch

TV shows/Movies: Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, South Park, Futurama, some Israeli shows

Instrument: Guitar/Bass guitar

Do you like sports? Playing? Nah. Watching? Football and handball mainly.

Family: Two parents and two older sisters

Clothing: Jeans and t-shirt

How did you find this website? Googled some stuff about autism and always got here

Job: "I'm unemployed and I live with my parents"

Plans for the future? Academic research, still not sure what range