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Age: 33

Location: Connecticut, USA

Hobbies and Interests: Hiking

Why are you here? To meet and discuss with similar people

When were you diagnosed? Recently

Favorite Subjects: Current Events, Politics, History

TV shows/movies: SciFi(Star Wars, The Matrix, Robotech)---historically plausible movies(Master and Commander, The Aviator)---Martin Scorsese films---films based on Jane Austen novels---some Anime

Do you like sports? No

Family: Single

How did you find this website? google search

Job: nope

Plans for the future? try to stay alive

What is your first name? Matt

Age: 17

Location: Manchester, UK

Hobbies and Interests: reading, writing, computers

Why are you here? To meet others

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): 12 years old

Favorite subjects: English, Maths, Computing.

Year/Grade: Year 12

Favorite music: Rock/Indie

Books: Hmm, too many to list

TV shows/Movies: Never watch TV, it's a drug to deaden the mind

Instrument: Keyboard!

Do you like sports? Playing occasionally.

Family: Live with my Mum. No siblings.

Clothing: Cool but trendy

How did you find this website? through a friend

Job: student

Plans for the future? be rich

What is your first name? Patty

Age: 48

Location: US

Hobbies and Interests: Theology, Italian Renaissance Art, cooking, collecting multiple things with my son. Latest are rocks/minerals/gems/fossils/native american artifacts.

Why are you here? To meet others who are dealing with some of the same things we are dealing with, to learn from and possibly give support to others.

When were you diagnosed? My son was diagnosed at the age of 10 with AS. I have many of the traits, but at my age I'm not concerned with a formal diagnosis.

Year/Grade: 1990 Registered nurse.

Favorite music: Old classic rock, favorites Pink Floyd and Allman Brothers.

Books: Almost any nonfiction.

TV shows/Movies: TV shows: Fawlty Towers, Seinfeld, Northern Exposure, X Files. Movies: Old classics, especially with Gary Cooper and Cary Grant.

Instrument: No.

Do you like sports? Not much.

Family: Husband of 27 years, 12 year old son, 14 year old cat, Mikey.

Clothing: Comfortable and cotton, mostly jeans, half of my time in nursing scrubs.

How did you find this website? On the internet.

Job: Psychiatric RN.

Plans for the future? To make sure my son has the happiest and best life possible, to make it through as best I can.

Real Name: Simone

Age: 36

Location: The Netherlands

Hobbies: computing, Sims 2, reading

Why are you here?: I have Asperger's

When were you diagnosed?: 2006

Favorite subjects: eh...different things not one specified

Year/grade: I learn every day. Yes I did attend school...

Fav. music: A-ha, j.s.bach

Tv shows/movies: Discovery Channel- How it's made, Life Laundry (tv program which helps people to clean up their homes)

Instrument: none

Do you like sports? Yes, to watch

Family Mom and Dad, elder sister and her boyfriend and 2 kids

Clothing: usual casual

Job: hmm, currently in between

What are you planning to do when you get older Get wiser

What is your first name? Neal

Age: 25

Location: Ireland

Hobbies and Interests: computer games , travelling

Why are you here? I think i may have aspergers . I want to learn more and speak with like -minded people

Favorite music: british "shoegazer" bands of the early ninties , ambient electronic music and post rock

TV shows/Movies: woody allen movies


Do you like sports? yes i enjoy football , support Celtic FC. I also like snooker.

Clothing: casual , sportswear

How did you find this website? through wikipedia

Job: humdrum factory job which i hate more each day

Plans for the future? travel the world

What is your first name? michael

Age: 32

Location: Sehnde, near Hannover, Germany

Hobbies and Interests: Anglo-Saxon (early) history, the Celts, languages, human rights, amnesty international, poetry, philosophy, taxicology, pharmacology,teas, plants, exotic fruits, spices friendship, human relations, computer games(strategy games Medieval Total War right now), going out & talking,meeting new people

Why are you here?

I have Asperger's & wish to meet like-minded people

When were you diagnosed?: November 2004

Favorite subjects:

At schoool, they were Latin, History English & German

Year/Grade:



Favorite music:
Rock, pop, punk, bit of sou, reggae; Coldplay, Tori Amos etc...

Books:

TV shows/Movies:

Instrument: none

Do you like sports? No

Family: mum , dad, mother re-married,

Clothing: Casual, comfy, jeans and T-Shirts and jumper

How did you find this website? Through a link on a German Aspie forum

Job: None

Plans for the future? Becoming a published kown author, winning a poetry slam

Any comments?

I expected some really sticky questions and was anxious beforehand but these are not sticky.

Wrong Planet is a large and interesting and friendly forum. Where are all those Europeans? (save those few on here)

What is your first name? John

Age: 16, 17 in July

Location: King of Prussia, Pennsylvania

Hobbies and Interests: Marine Biology, Scifi, I like to read, I write. I will also look into just about anything science.

Why are you here? Good question. To test my multitasking skills. (WP, NP, KoL, and TV at the same time.)

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Don't remember. I remember being told I have it but not when. I would say 2-4 years ago.

Favorite subjects: Science and history

Year/Grade: 10th

Favorite music: anything good

Books: The classic scifi and fantisy: LOTR, the Star Wars books, etc.

TV shows/Movies: Stargate, SG-1 and Atlantis, Doctor Who, Mythbusters

Instrument: Played piano and clarinet. I don't anymore because I'm really bad at both.

Do you like sports? Track and Cross Country.

Family: I don't understand the question

Clothing: once again.

How did you find this website? I am/was doing a report on Aspergers for Bio. came up two seperate times, The second I decide to join.

Job: High School career

Plans for the future? Get a job that involves biology, either field work or at an aquarium. Write on the side. Or vice versa, depending on the demand for my work.

Any comments? Not at the moment.

What is your first name? Em

Age: 31

Location: Brisbane

Hobbies and Interests: Finding new interests atm, 2 goldfish, drawing with pastels, setting up a website..

Why are you here? I have NVLD/Asperger Verbaliser, a lefty too!

When were you diagnosed? age 30 Dec 2004

Favourite subjects: Between obsessions atm, General Knowledge, Reading also used to be Stationery (paper and pens etc) up until my mid 20's amongst others, then organising, also trying to fit in with everyone else was an "accidental" obsession.

Favourite music: Ministry of Sound compilations

Books: Lonely Planet guides, Andrew Matthews self help books "Being Happy", I used to like John Grisham novels, tired of reading atm.

TV shows/Movies: Sadly I like the soap Home & Away, kids shows like Booh-Baahs are soothing, with Movies I love foreign movies like on SBS a channel we have free to air in Australia, for example the original Spanish version of Vanilla Sky, a Danish movie where this girl went on all these bad dates, and Chinese movies featuring Gong Li such as Raise the Red Lantern.

Instrument: CD Player!

Do you like sports? If so, which ones?: I always wished I had kept doing gymnastics, but my Mum stopped taking me.

Family: Mum, Dad, Little Brother & Sister In Law

Clothing: Casual and comfy, try to be a little bit different. My clothes don't fit atm as I have gone back to what I weighed 10 years ago.

How did you find this website? Mentioned on another website.

Job: Casual work on the phone and in a car park. Possibly working in a Library again.

Plans for the future? Improve my fitness levels and make some friends.

Any comments? Wow, what a diverse website.

What is your first name?
Rhymes with Planet, and meeting any Brad is always tense.

Age: 40!

Location: South Australia

Hobbies and Interests:
(field) Hockey, Scuba Diving, cooking, art, psychology (human behaviour), I used to be in Toastmasters, should go back, it was the best thing for my all round social skills. And if you've got any round shiny marbles you don't want - I'll have them.

Why are you here?
I want to learn more about aspergers and specific coping skills and maybe make some like minded friends.

When were you diagnosed?
My therapist stopped arguing with me about it last month when she saw me avoid eye contact with the receptionist with whom I was angry because the waiting room always smelled like sewerage and she would not let me open the windows. I have not had a formal diagnosis with an AS specialist. Is it Aspie to want one? I was/am in therapy because I was depressed and I had overwhelming "attacks of the inertias" - stuck and can't get moving, too much procrastination. Having someone agree with me about being aspie is a relief.

Favourite subjects at school:
Maths and Chemistry - because I could get the questions right whether or not the teacher liked me. At school there were no computer classes - but I could work the one and only computer better than anyone else in the entire school.

Favourite music:
I like something of everything and dislike something of everything. Very fond of Crowded House, Xavier Rudd and Ben Lee.

Books:
Currently reading Len Beadell's Too Long in the Bush about pioneer road making in the 1950s across the Australian Deserts. Avoiding starting on Neal Stephenson's Trilogy because I won't come up for air until I'm done.

TV shows/Movies:
Dr Phil, Oprah (tragic, I know), The Glass House, Myth Busters, Las Vegas, NCIS (misogynist but I watch anyway), House, Boston Legal, RockKwiz and Nerds FC Movies: Starstruck, Pirates of the Caribbean, Monty Python, NZ version of LOTR, Local Hero, The Long Kiss Good Night, fight club, The blues brothers, Big Trouble in Little China

Instrument: Not very active, but have done singing, bagpipes, and piano.

Do you like sports?
Only to play - hockey mostly. Have played basketball, soccer, touch footy. You may think that this means I have fine motor skills - until you see my sewing.

Family:
I'm the oldest of 3, and never married, no children.
I suspect Grandfather and father had aspergers, and their wives had/have aspie traits. All of them were perfectionists and "Intellectual Snobs". Hard to live with and so am I.

Clothing: I'm a scruff. Grunge was my favourite fad.

How did you find this website?
Through the Tony Attwood website
Its a bit cobwebby (hasn't been updated for ages) but it has a lot of good info.

Job: Anything to do with computers.

Plans for the future?
Reform SA real estate trading law, Buy a house, Scuba dive on Great Barrier Reef, make being self employed more lucrative.

Any comments?
I love internet forums. If I come across as Ms know-it-all-smart-arse - challenge me.

I thought WP meant Word Processing (NOT!! !! Duh!). Took me ages to find that NT meant NeuroTypical ie "Normal". By way I always considered being called "Normal" an insult. I'm far better than boring "Normal". I am writing a glossary for this place - you all use so much jargon and TLAs (Three Letter Acronyms).

I don't understand why a site dedicated to people who don't handle sensory overload well, has so many intrusive adverts. I hate how slow it makes the site go. I appreciate the ads help fund the site but there must be a better way.

What is your first name? Sabine

Age: 32

Location: The Netherlands

Hobbies and Interests: Music, singing, scatting, rapping. SSX Tricky on the PS2.

Pets: 2 cats & 2 goldfish

Why are you here? Because I have always wondered what was wrong with me, and why I was different, and the more I learn about AS, the more I think there's nothing wrong with me, but there's a big chance I am an Aspie.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Not (yet). I have an appointment with the doc next month.

Favorite subjects: music

Favorite music: Jason Mraz (I love all sorts of music, but Jason is my hero. I am working on doing every tune he does)

Books: 'De Larf', by Midas Dekkers (Dutch author)

TV shows/Movies: Spaced (channel 4 sitcom), The Butterfly Effect (Director's cut), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

Instrument: my voice.

Do you like sports? nah. I like watching the Formula 1 though.

Family: It's just me really.

Clothing: anything cheap, baggy, but extremely color coordinated.

How did you find this website? Google

Job: IT-person

Plans for the future? I am planning on making those plans.

Any comments?
Not at the moment.

What is your first name? Mags

Age: 45

Location: Canada

Hobbies and Interests: Musician, Computerist, Humourist

Pets: 1 (4lb) dog

Why are you here? Because I have one sone who was just diagnosed, another son who refuses to go to the Doctor to get his diagnosis (we just maintain with him) and a spousal unit who is undiagnosed - she would go to the Doctor if she just would.

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

Favorite subjects: Music, Star Trek, My kids

Favorite music: Indie, Jazz

Books: Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand / The Pillars of The Earth - Ken Follet / A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bell Bryson

TV shows/Movies: Magnolia, The Princess Bride, Huff, Star Trek - All, Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction...

Instrument: Vocals, Guitar (Acoustic Jazz), Coronet, Flute, Sax, Banjo, Percussion, Piano, (if a gun is against my head), and I will try anything.

Do you like sports? Football (American), Curling, Tennis

Family: 3 boys and one wife.

Clothing: anything cheap, baggy, but extremely color coordinated.

How did you find this website? Autism Ontario

Job: Web Designer

Plans for the future? Maintaining my sanity despite being neurotypical.

Any comments?

What is your first name? Brad

Age: 28

Location: Brisbane, Australia

Hobbies and Interests: Reading and writing, cooking, walking, anything to do with geography and transport, rugby league

Why are you here? Because I am

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Dx of "autistic tendencies" when I was 5, but formally diagnosed with AS last year

Favorite music: Alternative rock -- stuff like Fastball, Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Powderfinger, Pink. But national anthems are an Aspie obsession of mine.

Books: Anything by George Orwell

TV shows/Movies: Little Britain, The Glass House, news and current affairs, documentaries, Futurama

Do you like sports? Sort of. I'm a fan of the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League and I don't mind watching tennis either. I like to walk and swim; I can't stand playing team sports

Family: They're all interstate, I still keep in touch with them though

Clothing: Conventional without being daggy. Lots of blues, browns and greens.

How did you find this website? Word of mouth though the Brisbane Aspie community

Job: Clerical assistant

Plans for the future? Build up my mental and physical health, get fit, get a diploma or degree, a full-time job, my own little house and a dog, and be the best I can be

Any comments? Not really

I think you'll find that most of us are in the same boat here, it seems to be a fairly common thing for a lot of people to realise that they fit the general description of AS from books/magazines/internet rather than seek a formal diagnosis. This isn't necessarily a bad thing either, so long as your sources are reliable. I'm not overly proud of the fact that I first twigged to having some kind of ASD from reading a Men's Health article.

I would happily have gone without a diagnosis altogether, but my Mum asked me to get one because she suspected that I had Fragile X, which is hereditary, and my older nephew is growing up to have a lot of the same problems as me. It turned out that Mum wasn't overly well informed on Fragile X though!



Unfortunately, according to Alex, the ads aren't helping fund the site; they're funding the site, period. There's been a thread about how he was trying to run the site on member contributions before resorting to the ads because nobody was kicking in (including me ), or at least not enough to cover the expenses of running the site. In all fairness, not a lot of WP members are financial enough to contribute, due to patchy or non-existent work situations.

Any suggestions?

I've noticed, through web research, that there's a lot more AS support based in Queensland than anywhere else in Australia. I'm curious as to why that is...not to mention, a little envious.

Ok Let me introduce myself **Drum roll**


What is your first name? : Cherie

Age: 22

Location: Australia, Northern NSW

Hobbies and Interests: Internet, TV, Music, Movies

Pets: 1 dog named Phantom, 1 cat named Ceefa

Why are you here? : To find out if I have AS, To make new internet friends

AS Status: Currently undiagnosed


Favorite music: Alt/hard rock eg. Tool, Perfect Circle, NIN, Marilyn Manson & others

Books: Womens day and TV week

TV shows/Movies: TV: Monk, NCIS, L&O CI & SVU, House, Enough Rope
Movies: Kill Bill, Sin City, Pulp Fiction, V for Vendetta, other Tarantino movies. Hayao Miyazaki movies, others I cant think of right now.

Instrument: Played a recorder in 3rd grade. keyboard/piano but gave lessons up due to schedule clashes

Do you like sports?: NUP!, occasional NRL match on TV is as much as I can stand

Family: 2 bro's in QLD, live with mother, dad lives nearby

Clothing: Trendy yet functional, the brighter the better, I shop at Supre A LOT

How did you find this website?: Googling for info on aspergers

Job: Book-keeper

Plans for the future?: Dont die, Find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow

Any comments?: NUP!!

What is your first name? Alexandra

Age: 15

Location: Norway

Hobbies and Interests: Music, psychiatry

Why are you here? Most likely have Asperger's syndrome.

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

Favorite subjects: music and science

Year/Grade: 10th grade

Favorite music: Alternative/rock.

Books: mostly non-fictional books.

TV shows/Movies: criminal minds,

Instrument: drums

Do you like sports? If so, which ones?: I'm not particulary interested in sports.

Family: A mom and a dad.

Clothing: Mostly casual. Tend to have a limited wardrobe.

How did you find this website?

Job: Don't have one yet. Planning on attending med-school.

Plans for the future? Planning on attending med-school.

Any comments? This web-site has helped me understand more about myself.