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aspierational
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28 Jun 2009, 6:06 pm

Friday in fact :D

Hmmm.how do you start these things :? .....an eternal question for me.

Well ,i suppose i'd best start by saying -

Hello
My name is Andrew and I'm an alcoholic..
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8O

Sorry...sorry,I thought i was on another forum for a moment there

Only Kidding :lol: :lol: :lol:

Let's start again then :D
Hi everybody,

After forty odd years in a bit of a wilderness ,i feel somewhat uplifted.
Do i feel different?,no of course not.
Am i different?,to be honest i dont think i could ever answer those kind of questions,but hopefully you guys and gals can supply me with some of them.
I have many questions.....many :wink:
where do i go from here,?my psychologist has suggested i contact the national autism society for matters relating to my welfare and income,i'll hopefully be able to talk to them over the coming months and get the ball rolling.
Any help ,that the UK members can offer,concerning welfare and who i contact in the Dss [im enemployed,but i dont believe that means unemployable]would be very much appreciated :D

I'll leave further questions i have for other sections of the forum.
Except for one-when im 42 will that be forty even? :?



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28 Jun 2009, 6:08 pm

Welcome to WP!



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28 Jun 2009, 6:54 pm

Hi and welcome!

Quite a relief to find an explanation about your life, isn't it?

We're all pretty different, but there are some commonalities. I see you can use smileys :)! That's great! Some here can and some can't even see them.

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28 Jun 2009, 8:02 pm

Welcome home, aspierational! Finding out later in life is so much better than never finding out at all! no, really! :D. I am glad you found us!!

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28 Jun 2009, 8:37 pm

Welcome to Wrong Planet :)


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28 Jun 2009, 9:21 pm

Greetings, fellow-traveler aspierational, and welcome to the Wrong Planet neighborhood.


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28 Jun 2009, 9:50 pm

:D [smiley for those that cant see it]

Thanks to everyone who has posted so far.

:D :D
[more smiley's,two this time]



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28 Jun 2009, 10:55 pm

No matter how many years you go past forty, they'll still be pretty odd...

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29 Jun 2009, 11:14 am

Welcome! You're at the right place. I was diagnosed at 43. Wrong Planet and this wacky Web page helped me get through the bewilderment of diagnosis a lot better than Wikipededia or any other site:

http://www.geocities.com/autistry/YMBAAI.html

You may also want to get Dr. Tony Attwood's book, A Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome. This was the user manual my manufacturer decided not to include when I was delivered to my husband as a bride back in 1987. The latter never did quite figure out what he was supposed to do with me, and eventually I malfunctioned completely, and was returned.

You'll have fun here.


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29 Jun 2009, 12:20 pm

Alphabetania wrote:
You may also want to get Dr. Tony Attwood's book, A Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome. This was the user manual my manufacturer decided not to include when I was delivered to my husband as a bride back in 1987. The latter never did quite figure out what he was supposed to do with me, and eventually I malfunctioned completely, and was returned.


Haha - what a great way to look at this common occurance!!
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29 Jun 2009, 1:56 pm

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29 Jun 2009, 3:35 pm

Welcome hope you enjoy



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29 Jun 2009, 8:28 pm

Alphabetania wrote:
this wacky Web page helped me get through the bewilderment of diagnosis a lot better than Wikipededia or any other site:





Thank you for the link



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01 Jul 2009, 8:15 am

:lmao:

I just loved this comment from Alphabetania

"You may also want to get Dr. Tony Attwood's book, A Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome. This was the user manual my manufacturer decided not to include when I was delivered to my husband as a bride back in 1987. The latter never did quite figure out what he was supposed to do with me, and eventually I malfunctioned completely, and was returned."

I'm sure we could all do with one to help others (especially partners) know who we are. It is also quite helpful for us to find out more about ourselves.



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01 Jul 2009, 12:35 pm

Alphabetania wrote:
This was the user manual my manufacturer decided not to include when I was delivered to my husband as a bride back in 1987. The latter never did quite figure out what he was supposed to do with me, and eventually I malfunctioned completely, and was returned.


Hillarious! You're so good with your words!

<-- Crushing on Alphabetania


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02 Jul 2009, 7:12 am

Hi welcome, the only ones who have helped me on my journey are the genuine articles :alien: no truly the aspie / autie community have been brilliant and unless you feel a need to be conformed back stick around here and ask them, your also welcome to share my journey, just one small part http://asplanet.info/index.php?option=c ... Itemid=129


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