what's your area of expertise?

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it's been said that aspies often have near encyclopedic knowledge of a topic that interests them whether it's antique cars, military aircraft, porn stars from the 1970's, dinosaurs...

I'm not saying all aspies have this but a lot of them I've met do.

What's yours?

Mine are:

Scale modeling (sci-fi in general)
movies (eg, who's been in them and what else they've been in, IDing the actor or the movie line)
music (who sang what song and IDing the lyrics)
and anything Star Trek.

dinosaurs

but the past 5-6 years in horribly out of date and out of the loop

The history of the early Christian Church
Gnosticism and its modern revival
Race/Ethnic identity from a cultural anthropology perspective
Star Trek (when I was younger)
MS Excel
Coffee (beans, roasting, grind, brewing methods, history)
Tea

Hmm... I probably have/had more, but I can't remember all of them

ASDs
Astronomy
Criminal Justice
Military vehicles/weapons
many TV shows

The above are my interests, and it changes every several months to another one from the list.

Autism
Film and video graphics (like logos, TV idents, etc.)
Cartoons and animation.
Anything travel-related.
Video production.
Commercials, TV promos, and PSAs.
Retro stuff.
Forms of art.
Stores.
Hotels.
Restaurants.
Historic places.

Foreign countries (especially Italy).
20th century political history.
Modern politics.
The show "Friends".
ASDs.
Mental health disorders (there is a history of schizophrenia in my family, so that could be why).

There's probably more I can't think of now...

music (mostly '90s and contemporary)
film
geography (especially world capitals)
politics
Swedish crime literature

I'm NT, so I can't for sure say if I take as much of an expert in my interest as much as a few of you are, but here's my interest anyway!

Quantum Physics/Mechanics/Theory
Epigenics
The Paradigm shift that the scientific community has already been experiencing, (that's slowly passing onto the general population)
Astronomy
Music

Mine are animated sitcoms (especially the Simpsons and South Park), stand-up comedy, religion, foreign heads of state, U.S. presidents, state governors, certain geographical regions, urban planning.

meh, i dont really have one. i got obsessions though, fire gates right now. although i wouldnt really call myself an expert since i dont get paid for anything i know about them or my love for them

Koala Bears, Video Games, and Japan.

NASCAR (the obvious!)

Disney theme park attraction history

dinosaurs (seems to be a common one)

Some of my most intense interests fall within these broad areas of expertise

Physics
Astronomy
Star Trek
Catweazle
Genealogy
Psychology
Art
Autism

And there are other, much narrower, areas of expertise (e.g., writing complaints letters ).

...decided to revise.

Music theory and composition.
Art glass of the 1960s.
Percussion performance techniques.
Methods of researching and gleaning.
American cinema of the 1930s and 1940s.
Modalities of learning.


M.

Music (77' Punk, 82' Punk, early hXc, Oi!, 1st Wave Ska (Jamaica), 2nd Wave Ska (UK), just now getting into 50's/60's Rock as well as Northern Soul)
Zombies!
Horror Movies (especially Japanese)
Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Movies
Poker (especially relatively short-stacked tournaments and limit mixed games)
Classic Video Games (especially NES)

Recently I've taken an interest in survival techniques.