Questions about you
What is your first name? Jennifer
Age: 25
Location: Near Los Angeles, California
Hobbies and Interests: Knitting, Photography, Painting, Reading Non-Fiction books, Avid film watcher
Why are you here? I'm interested in talking with other Aspies
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Haven't been officially diagnosed, but am about 80% sure that I have it.
Favorite subjects: History, Relgion/Philosophy, Sociology, English
Year/Grade: Graduated college in 2004
Favorite music: Indie Rock, Bollywood (don't laugh), Blues, Folk
Books: Dandelion Wine, The Bell Jar, Like Water for Chocolate, The Handmaid's Tale, Catcher in the Rye, Alice in Wonderland
TV shows/Movies: Project Runway, Family Guy, America's Next Top Model - History Channel, Independent Film Channel, Turner Classic Movies
Instrument: Guitar, Harmonica
Do you like sports? Tennis
Family: My parents and brother live in Michigan very very far away
Clothing: I dress in a lot of sweaters, long skirts, dress pants, scarves. I also like vintage clothing.
How did you find this website? Myspace
Job: Marketing Administrative Assistant for a healthcare company
Plans for the future? Travel more maybe, hopefully get married/have kids
I HOPE IM DOING THIS RIGHT. AND IF NOT THAN PLEASE PUT THIS WHERE ITS MEANT TO BE
What is your first name? IM KATHLEEN
Age: AS SAID BEFORE A LADY NEVER SAYS HER AGE BUT IM OVER 40
Location: UTAH THE STATES
Hobbies and Interests: READING LARGE PRINT BOOKS, "BIG STITCH, AND LONG STITCH AND WATCHING TV
Why are you here? BECAUSE I LIKE TO GET TO KNOW PEOPLE, I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN INTREASTED IN PEOPLE WHO ARE AUTISM, MOSTLY COUSE I USED TO WORK WITH THEM AND RECENTLY I FOUND OUT THAT IM MENTALLY DISABLED. READ MY COMMENTS BELOW
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder):
Favorite subjects: MY HUBBY AND 8 KIDS
Year/Grade: NOT IN SCHOOL BARLY GRADUATED WITH 4 CSE
Favorite music: COUNTRY, CHURCH
Books: ANTIA STANSFIELD
TV shows/Movies: HOUSE, BONES AND AMW. HARRY POTTER, SPIDERMAN, AND OFCOUSE JOHNNY DEPP MOVIES
Instrument: IF I COULD PLAY, WHICH I CANT, BUT IT WOULD BE THE DRUMS.
Do you like sports? YUCK
Family: HUBBY OF 23 YRS. 8 KIDS, SISTER IN NV AND ALL MY OTHER FAMILY IN ENGLAND
Clothing: WHAT EVER IM WEARING. RIGHT NOW A HOUSE DRESS
How did you find this website? MY SISTER
Job: DISABLED, IM LEGALLY BLIND (THAT WHY I WRITE IN CAPS), AND IM A FULL TIME MUM AND HOUSEWIFE
Plans for the future? SEE MY KIDS MARRIED OFF.
Any comments? AFTER YEARS OF THINKING EVERYONE IS LIKE ME. AND IN SCHOOL BEING TOLD THAT I WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO LEARN AND I DIDNT, OK EVERY NOW AND THEN I LEARNED SOMETHING BUT I DIDNT KNOW I WAS DOING IT. I CANT IMAGION AS THERES NOTHING IN MY HEAD, I HAVE NO SENCE OF TIME OR PLACE, I CAN ONLY UNDERSTAND EVER FEW WORDS OF WHAT IS SAID TO ME. YOU HAVE A TAPE THAT IS GOING FAST FORWARD, OR BACKWARDS AND THATS WHAT I HEAR WHEN PEOPLE SPEAK TO ME. SO I ASK ALOT OF QUESTIONS AND MANY TIMES I GET IT ALL WRONG. BUT ITS FREEING TO ME TO KNOW THAT IM DIFFRENT AND THE MEDICAL PEOPLE KNOW I AM. ITS NOT JUST ME THINKING IT ANY MORE. (DOES THAT MAKE SENCE??) I DIDNT KNOW I WAS DIFFRENT UNTIL ABOUT 10 YRS. AGO. GOSH MY HUBBY HAD TO TEACH ME MY LEFT AND RIGHT HAND. BUT IM LEARNING TO ADAPT, IT TOOK ME YEARS TO UNDERSTAND THAT I WAS EVEN HEARING SOMEONE TALK TO ME. IT WAS JUST MUMBLE-JUMBO TO ME. BUT NOW I KNOW AND I FEEL SO MUCH BETTER IT DOESNT BOTHER ME ANYMORE. ITS LIKE OK YOU CANT DO THIS, THIS AND THIS, BUT YOU CAN DO THIS. WRITING HELPS ME, IF THE PRINT IS BIG ENOUGH. IVE BEEN LEGALLY BLIND SINCE AGE 3, BUT THE BRITISH LAW DIDNT CLASS ME AS LEGALLY BLIND THE AMERCIAN LAW DID. I AM A COCKNEY (BUT DONT KNOW THE SLANG) AND IVE BEEN IN THE STATES 23 YRS.
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First Name: Emily
Age: 11
Location: Massanutten Village
hobbies and interests: school, homework, basketball, soccer, running, jumping, climbing trees
Why I'm here: to get involved in the Asperger's community
When I was diagnosed: age 2
favorite subjects: Science and Math
Grade/Year 6th
favorite music Rock/Metal
favorite books: any thick book on a high school level
TV and movies: CSI, Halloween Resurrection
favorite instrument Clarinet (which I will play in school band this August)
Do I like sports: yes
Family: 1 brother, mother, and father
clothing: basketball shorts, blue jeans, athletic pants, and crewneck t-shirts that are not feminine
Plans for the future: to get a good education, go to college, and find a nice paying job
Job: not yet, I'm only in Middle School
How did I find this website: one of my teachers told me about it
My first name is Shelby
I'm 31 Years Old
Western Canada in Body, Central London in Spirit
My Interests and Hobbies include, Routemasters and other Double Deckers with Front Engines and Shiny Poles, London and Black Taxis. I'm also into Swingning London and Carnaby Street.
I'm here because I feel Accepted here, the way that nobody else is able to Accept me.
I was diagnosed in 1980
Routemasters
My favourite Books are about London
My Favourite Movies are My Fair Lady, and A Hard Day's Night.
My favourite Instruments are a Toss-up between The Piano, The Violin and the Clarinet. I enjoy Classical Music.
I like to watch Football/Soccer, Tennis, Cricket, Bowling and both the Summer and Winter Olympics.
I was standing in the middle if London on my First Birthday, than I was abducted by Aliens, and the Aliens dropped me off at my Parents' Front Yard, at their Peace River Home, while my Dad was working in the Oil Rigs in the Yukon.
I like clothes that are comfortable and not too Prissy.
I've found this Site by reading a News Story on AS.
My Current Occupation is saving certian Buses.
My future plan is to save the Routemaster
I was very tense when I've first joined. I didn't trust anybody that I had to deal with off the Internet. I've made great strides, since Last December, when I've decided to Get Real.
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SHELBY its great to meet you.
IM a cockney too, thought our family moved away from london when i was 3 or 4, we moved to Huntingdon cambs. I now live in Utah USA.
I remember some of the slang but not much. 'Apples and pears", there was a singing group who are cockney a few back and I would go around the house just sining there songs over and over again .
Have a great day
Kathleen
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What is your first name? Ryan
Age: 25
Location: Richmond, Virginia, USA
Hobbies and Interests: playing musical instruments, reading, animals and their behavior, philosophy/religion, history, art, maps/geography, etc... too many to list here
Why are you here? to meet people and to learn more about autism/asperger's and similar disorders
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): i am undiagnosed (can't really afford to see a doc at present), but based on research i am 99.9% sure i have asperger's or high-functioning autism
Favorite subjects: history
Year/Grade: graduated high school, went to two colleges but no degree (yet)
Favorite music: so many to list but here are a few favorites: velvet underground, brian eno, most classical, classic jazz (i.e. miles davis, john coltrane, charles mingus), stereolab, etc
Books: i don't know where to begin; i suppose my favorite book is whatever i am reading at any given time
TV shows/Movies: star trek, star wars, old kubrick films, early spielberg, a few foreign flicks, mr. show, aqua teen hunger force, nearly everything on history channel/discovery channel, animal planet shows too
Instrument: guitar, bass, keyboards
Do you like sports? err..i've tried to show interest and follow certain sports but it just doesn't hold my attention or interest for long
Family: married to a wonderful NT (neurotypical) wife who does her best to understand me and put up with my quirky, often annoying behavior; one older sister and two parents also live in richmond, and various other family members are scattered from state to state
Clothing: i like to look nice, but comfort always comes first. i have a bad habit of wearing the same pair of jeans for days before i wear another pair, and i have a few shirts i also wear more frequently than i should
How did you find this website? google
Job: err...unemployed but i have a few interviews this week and i help my parents with their business when they are busy
Plans for the future? perhaps to return to school and get a history degree, maybe law school, but i would also like to become a music producer/recording engineer
Any comments? hi to all and thanks for tolerating my poor typing skills
What is your first name? Paula
Age: 14
Location: Argentina
Hobbies and Interests: reading, watching tv, and writing (not fiction or poetry or anything; I pretty much just write down my thoughts as I think them, it's fun!)
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): undiagnosed, but I first read about asperger's a few months ago, thought I might be an aspie and, after a lot of research, concluded that I probably am
Favorite subjects: languages (at school I take French, English and Latin (that class included some basic ancient greek), and I'm trying to teach myself German)
Year/Grade: 9th
Favorite music: mostly rock, pop-rock and alternative. I'm not a big fan of anything (except for Franz Ferdinand and the Beatles), but I like stuff like the Who, White Stripes, maybe Good Charlotte and Simple Plan... I'm not too consistent
Books: stream-of-consciousness stuff, like James Joyce, but I'll read anything you throw my way.
TV shows/Movies: sitcoms mostly
Instrument: learning guitar (not too good)
Do you like sports? not really
Family: mom dad and dog
Clothing: comfortable
How did you find this website? wikipedia
Plans for the future? college
What is your first name? Jamie
Age: 18
Location: Crawley, west sussex, UK
Hobbies and Interests: Computers, Computer maintenance (upgrading and repairing), sports like football, golf, tabletennis, cycling and trampolining. Like flying my powerkites, going out and generally having fun.
Why are you here? To join in the community with people who have AS.
When were you diagnosed? Think it was when I was 9 years old.
Favorite subjects: None i left school.
Year/Grade: N/A
Favorite music: Dance/Trance/Hardhouse,Happy hardcore and good dance music.
Books: I don't really read that much, except books on computers and powerkiting, some magazines and maps.
TV shows/Movies: Not much really don't mind only fools and horses, eastenders, bad lads army, the naked gun, the fast show etc.
Instrument: Don't play any now but used to have drumming lessons.
Family: Live with my mum brother and step dad at the moment.
Clothing: Stuff like adidas, nike, ben sherman etc.
How did you find this website? Google search of "Aspergers"
What is your first name? Susan
Age: 43
Location: Maine, U.S.A.
Hobbies and Interests: Computers, Reading, Cross-Stitching
Why are you here? My daughter has AS
Favorite subjects: When I was in school English was my favourite followed closely by Anatomy & Physiology (college)
Year/Grade: No longer applicable!
Favorite music: Classic Rock: Aerosmith, Kiss, Boston, et al.
Books: Anything by Dan Brown and Sir Jeffrey Archer
TV shows/Movies: The Young & The Restless, Big Brother
Instrument: In high school I played the cello and flute
Do you like sports? I am a life long Green Bay Packers fan
Family: Daughter, step-daughter, husband, in-laws, mother, cousin
Clothing: Orange tab Levi's and a tank top
How did you find this website? While doing a search on 'Normal People Scare Me'
Job: Cashier in a grocery store
Plans for the future? To move back to Canada
Any comments? I feel comfortable here already, thank you!
What is your first name? Pass.
Age: Sixteen.
Location: Pass.
Hobbies and Interests: Aikido, linguistics, music, Gaia Online.
Why are you here? I have Asperger's syndrome.
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): When I was very little.
Favorite subjects: I enjoy studying Japanese.
Year/Grade: Fortunately home schooled.
Favorite music: Traditional east Asian music and most anything by L'Arc~en~Ciel.
Books: Non fiction. Fiction just doesn't interest me anymore.
TV shows/Movies: Those no longer interest me as well. I guess documentaries.
Instrument: I especially love playing shakuhachi and ocarina.
Do you like sports? If Aikido counts, then yes.
Family: Yeah, I have one of those.
Clothing: Mostly casual, but I adore vintage.
How did you find this website? I followed a series of links from neurodiversity.com.
Job: No.
Plans for the future? I want to teach ESL in Japan.
Any comments? I feel that I should get this out of the way now; I LOATH emoticons. I find that they rot one's brain and excuse poor writing and punctuation. And I find it especially ridiculous to use them on a site full of "Aspies". Many of us don't even understand real facial expressions, so why use a virtual substitute? Also, we are not on the wrong planet; we are the ones who brought it out of the stone age, in my opinion. Anyway, thanks for reading this!
What is your first name? Geoffrey
Age: 16
Location: Long Island, New York
Hobbies and Interests: Video games, Nintendo in particular, Computers, YTMND, Naruto, acting, barrel rolling
Why are you here? Because Stone Cold Steve Austin said do.
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Asperger's Syndrome is NOT a disorder. Anyway, I believe it was when I was about 8, in 2nd grade.
Favorite subjects: Computer anything. Also sleep.
Year/Grade: Going into 11th.
Favorite music: Pretty much nothing but game music (and whatever's on the YTMND soundtrack). I particularly enjoy the soundtracks of the Zelda, Metroid, Mother, and Fire Emblem series.
Books: Don't really read books...I guess Naruto, but that's technically a manga.
TV shows/Movies: Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Rat Race, Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, Little Nicky, The Waterboy, Austin Powers, Harold and Kumar go to White Castle, Eurotrip, Spaceballs, The Producers (old one), History of the World, you get the idea .
I don't watch TV that often, but when I do I most enjoy Naruto and Family Guy.
Instrument: The Albanian Harpsicord... Yeah, you're right-I just made that up.
Do you like sports? Hell no. I hate them almost as much as I hate nuerotypicals.
Family: A bunch of older caucasian people. Also, my mother is the esteemed (in Long Island) social consultant Faith Kappenberg, who a few of you might know of.
Clothing: Lots of geeky novelty shirts.
How did you find this website? With the internet, lol.
Job: I spraypaint myself metallic silver and go around central park acting like a steriotypical robot.
Plans for the future? Well, I'd like to be a video game designer in the Seattle. I f not that, anything game-related in that area will do .
Any comments? Remember kids, brush your school, drink your teeth, and always stay in milk.
What is your first name? Gordon I sometimes go by G.Go, which is my last initial and the first 2 letters of my first name. It sounds exotic to me.
Age: 50
Location: Indianapolis area, much to my surprise.
Hobbies and Interests: My kids (5 and 7), who have both been diagnosed with PDD-NOS, Music, Gardening, Photography.
Why are you here? Always learning. I have just discovered this site 3 days ago and have spent every free moment reading and being uplifted by many of the members. I only hope to continue to draw from this amazing well of experience and maybe contribute if possible.
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Have not been formally diagnosed, but I have 2 kids (boy, 7 and girl, 5) who have been diagnosed with PDD-NOS (favoring an AS diagnosis so far) and further evaluation is upcoming. In my obsessive nature to learn all about any new interest, the body of study I have undertaken has left me with no doubt that I, too, am affected.
Favorite subjects: Realizing that this question is asked for the benefit of a younger person than I, my favorite school subjects were anything nature or science related, electronics also. Math was also a strong point for me, but I didn't really like all the excersizes, since it just comes naturally for me.
Year/Grade: Graduated high school in 1974, too young and disorganized to focus on college at the time so I got married. It didn't work.
Favorite music: I enjoy all forms of music. I play music constantly at home, Rock about 50%, Jazz about 30%. I like classic jazz, like Miles Davis John Coltrane, Thelonius Monk, classic rock Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, The Who, The Beatles, and some heavy metal, also some newer groups, like Bare Naked Ladies, Wilco, The Donnas, Liz Phair, Tool. I could go on for days.
Books: Sci-Fi, Isaac Asimov, Stephen King, Roger Zelazny, Dean Koontz. Gardening, sound and stereo, and Photography.
TV shows/Movies: Rarely watch TV, but I like Nova and some of the music related PBS programming. Some racing and football. I love good sci-fi, mysteries, "feel good" movies.
Instrument: Guitar. Played bass in a band as a teen and became more interested in the PA gear. Actually made a decent living with a sound company, supplying equipment for concerts. Photography was a second job until about '91, when I made it the primary.
Do you like sports? Some. In school I was a good baseball player with an uncanny ability to hit any ball that got near me if I had a bat in my hand, but I always wanted to play football. I never made the football team. I enjoy watching Pro football and racing.
Family: Beautiful intelligent wife, brilliant son, 7 (entering 2nd grade in the regular mainstream classes, although he was reading at 18 months) and gorgeous daughter, 5 (entering kindergarten, mainstream) plus a fairly cool fox terrier, fighting crime. Both kids are echolalic, but they are so clever many adults don't realize it. My daughter only spoke backwards (always opposite meaning than what she stated) until she was almost 4. They have both made incredible progress.
Clothing: Mostly cotton. Comfortable, quiet, unassuming clothing is a must! I can't stand the smell or sound of plastic, poly, imitation fabrics. I don't care how much perfume you put in your wash I can smell the plastic decomposing in your blended fabrics and it is quite distracting. The hideous sigh and scraping noise as it ruffles is enough to make me cringe if it catches me by surprise.
How did you find this website? Search engine.
Job: Semi retired, Part time only, stay at home Dad. My wife still works.
I worked as a sound engineer for many years and opened a Photo studio about 15 years ago, but have since left all that to concentrate on our kids.
Plans for the future? Trying to keep my kids in the mainstream classes, while giving them a crash course in social expectations. The inmates are running the asylum around here, sometimes, but I can understand and help both kids better than anyone else on the planet, so far, even tough they are distinctly different. I am ever more anxious to find new ways to connect to them and will entertain all possible methods of teaching.
Any comments? Nah ... but, please, do.
What is your first name? Robert. Bob is OK, Rob or Bobby are not.
Age: 46
Location: Seattle/Tacoma WA
Hobbies and Interests: Golf, dancing, hiking
Why are you here? Asperger's
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Received confirmation TODAY (8/1)
Favorite subjects:
Year/Grade:
Favorite music: Many kinds (especially novelty music), excluding rap. Some favorite artists: Kate Bush, Cowboy Junkies, Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Harry Chapin, Gordon Lightfoot, Moody Blues, Chris Isaak, Simon & Garfunkel, Brian Setzer Orchestra, Enya, and oh yes, the Bonzo Dog Band. I also listen frequently to classical music if I just want "background" music.
Books: Favorites are mysteries (Agatha Christie, Dick Francis, Tony Hillerman) and historical novels (e.g. James Michener). Also Ayn Rand. Favorite "classic" book is "The Count of Monte Cristo".
TV shows/Movies: Jeopardy!, South Park, Simpsons, My Name Is Earl, Desperate Housewives, Boston Legal, sporting events. I typically don't watch "reality" shows.
Instrument: Piano
Do you like sports? Yes. Besides watching and golf, I also run. Would like to try softball if I could find a team.
Family: Divorced; no children. Father deceased. 2 sisters, 1 brother (all living out-of-state.)
Clothing: No baggy clothes or cargo shorts!! Not a big fan of "casual dress" workplaces (unless they're outdoor).
How did you find this website? Asperger's Northwest
Job: Currently none
Plans for the future? Will probably be spending the next two years in college full-time (either for accounting or biology -- I haven't decided which) to try to get a new career so I can be employable again, unless I can somehow manage to get a real job in software development. If biology it will be as a second bachelor's degree (I already have a master's in computer science but right now it probably isn't worth the paper it's printed on); if accounting it will be in non-matriculated status but I would expect to take the CPA exam upon completion.
Any comments? I have been a part-time student at the community college level for the past five years. I attempted to get into pharmacy school but despite a 3.95 GPA in my prerequisite courses and a 99%ile score in the entrance exam I did not get in despite several tries. (Maybe I would have, somewhere, if I had applied nationwide which is probably what I would have done if I was of college age.)
What is your first name? Ian (hated it as a kid, but used to it now)
Age: 47 (lied in some posts - said a bit younger)
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Hobbies and Interests: Duck hunting, skeet shooting, trap shooting, sporting clays, small bore (22) target, would like to try full bore (30 cal over 1000 yds) (see a theme?). Like the idea of fishing, have lots of tackle but never seem to actually go fishing. Have 2 sons, like to spend time outdoors with them.
Why are you here? Path of self discovery
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Seld diagnosed about 6 weeks ago. Heard about AS on the radio and thought that sounds like me, that too, that too. Did all the online tests I could find and here I am.
Favorite subjects: Maths/Physics. Never interested in humanities. Not good at learning dates/facts that don't interest me. Never had to study maths/physics. All I had to do was understand the concept and everything was easy.
Year/Grade: Yr 12 failed English. Went back to night school age 25. Uni - Economics Acctg age 28. Post Grad degree & CPA age 35
Favorite music: Linda Rhonstadt, Pink Flyod, Dire Straits, Emmy-Lou Harris
Books: Flashman series. Mostly non fiction stuff
TV shows/Movies: South Park, The Big Lebowski
Instrument: Bagpipes (used to play in a band, not now)
Do you like sports? Not really. Kids play rugby - like watching them.
Family: Both parents alive (divorced), wife (1), 2 brothers, 2 sons, 7 neices/nephews.
Clothing: Usually more formal than others but sometimes I like a "red-neck" look. Only like natural fibres.
How did you find this website? surfing looking for AS stuff
Job: Accountant
Plans for the future? To have my kids grow up better than me
Any comments? Appeciate this site. Sorry if any posts have rubbed anyone up the wrong way (I think I have)
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Age: 53
Gender: Male
Posts: 680
Location: Melbourne, Australia
We all do at some point. Personally I play the ball, not the man, and as far as I'm concerned whatever happens on a particular thread stays on that thread.
So welcome aboard...I'm in Melbourne too.
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