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Hi everyone!

I'm new here, just wanted to say hello! I found out a few months ago that I almost definitely have Asperger's. I say almost because I'm not officially diagnosed, but I've got two kids diagnosed on the spectrum and it finally became clear to me that I've almost all the same quirks they do.

So hello all, and I'm honoured meet you all!

Hello Mr Robot
nothing like the guy that Rami Malek plays in the series of the same name

I watched the first series found it quiet interesting and entertaining
funny looking guy with big eyes

good actor i think
i think his fredie mercury was good

I was thinking of the fat stand up guy who always takes his shirt off and has a famous story where he sais "I am the machine!" to Russian gangsters. Look it up if you haven't seen it it is hilarious.

/Mats

Welcome to WP! I think you will find some nice folk here.

And thank-you for calling them "quirks". I agree. That is my preferred description, too.

And I hope you will elaborate on your WP username. I was surprised when madbutnotmad referenced Mr. Robot. It's not Science Fiction so I was only vaguely aware of it. I immediately thought/hoped you were an Asimov fan!

Welcome

Hello and welcome, potential fellow Aspie.

Welcome to Wrong Planet!

Welcome to WP!

Hi and welcome to Wrong Planet!

I am glad that your kids getting diagnosed was helpful for you figuring out yourself.

Do you have a desire to get assessed? Sometimes professionals take adults getting assessed more seriously when they have kids (especially multiple kids) with autism.

I've never seen that series. I thought he did a great job in Bohemian Rhapsody though!

I haven't seen that! I'm not sure I have the spoons to look it up, but maybe I will.

I am indeed an Asimov fan! I was initially thinking of going with The Positronic Man, but my fiancee suggested "I Robot" as a simpler, catchier name. I haven't read "I Robot" but it's close enough, and is indeed catchier, so I went with that.

My favourite Asimov works are Nightfall (both versions), the short story I can't remember the name of about the 1960s AI of which humans asked a stupid question and got unexpected results, and his non-fiction books in general.

Are you an Asimov fan as well? What are your favourites?

Thanks! Good to be here!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paG1-lPtIXA

(Also an Asimov-fan, I really liked the short story about how different species/socialisations understood the meaning of "small" when they were put to task to build an electronic thingie, other stories too. Asimov on numbers was good.)

/Mats

Actually the two of them have been diagnosed for years and I have suspicions about a third (I have six kids total, four of them biological). It wasn't until two months ago that my fiancee said she thought I had Asperger's. I went through various online assessments until I got to Asperger's and BOOM 100% match on each one! I'd done the PDD-NOS assessment on myself when my oldest was diagnosed but had only gotten 30% on that so I thought had thought I was spectrum-adjacent, but had never thought I was on the spectrum myself. I was blown away.

Since then I've been reading up on Asperger's and it definitely explains all the things that have ever confused me about myself and NT folks.

I'm considering getting assessed, if it opens up more treatment options, but really I don't feel like I need treatment for Asperger's as much as I need skills training or something in the areas where I keep running into trouble in my life, especially when it comes to friendships and romantic relationships. I just want to learn how to stop making the same mistakes over and over, and learn how to better express emotions and empathy (I feel them but I can't for the life of me figure out how to express them in a socially appropriate manner).

A few quick questions for you all since we're now acquainted:

1. Can you recommend any resources for learning how to do social stuff?
2. Can anyone recommend good therapists knowledgeable about Asperger's in the Portland, Oregon metro area?
3. Does anyone else feel like Google Captcha is prejudiced against robots because you have to click a box saying you're not one to do just about anything on the internet these days? Do you feel like a liar when you click it? (I do!) And isn't it a bit ironic since Captcha is driven by artificial intelligence anyway? Self hating robot, that's what I say. I bet he passes for human in the workplace, too.