Questions about you
What is your first name? Tammy
Age: 45
Location: United States
Hobbies and Interests: Reading, gardening, golf. Faith, family, friends
Why are you here? DD has Asperger's; I have a provisional dx of same
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder):
Favorite subjects: English, history, music, science
Year/Grade: N/A
Favorite music:
Books:
TV shows/Movies:
Instrument:
Do you like sports? No
Family: Husband, DS, DD
Clothing: yes
How did you find this website? Twitter
Job: Registered Nurse
Plans for the future? having one
Any comments?
What is your first name? Tristan
Age: 16
Location: United States
Hobbies and Interests: Flying, Reading, Writing, Mathematics, Science, Philosophy, Programming, Table Tennis, Music
Why are you here? To try and connect with other people with Aspergers.
When were you diagnosed? I was diagnosed at 7 years old.
Favorite subjects: Calculus, Differential Equations, Mathematical Analysis, Physics, and Music Ensemble.
Year/Grade: I'm going to be a senior (grade 12) this coming school year.
Favorite music: Blues, Folk, Rock, Grunge, Classical, Jazz, Trance, Trip Hop, Industrial, and Metal. My favorite artist list is currently about 350 artists long so I will not list them here.
Books: Feynman's Lectures On Physics, On The Shoulders of Giants, The Road To Reality: A Complete Guide To The Laws of The Universe, and What Is Mathematics? An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods.
TV shows/Movies: TV: House MD (seasons 1-4), Law and Order: SVU, Family Guy, South Park, and Chappelle's Show.
Movies: The Dark Knight, Monty Python and The Holy Grail, and Monty Python's The Meaning of Life.
Instrument: Piano or guitar; both are incredibly versatile, although I like the personality of the piano a bit better.
Do you like sports? I love table tennis. I used to like baseball but I lost interest when I stopped playing.
Family: Mom, dad, brother, cats?
Clothing: Any of these : http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/unisex/sciencemath/
How did you find this website? I think I found it through Google, although my mom might've recommended it.
Job: Student, tech rat for my old school during the summer, and master of coffee at Dunkin Donuts.
Plans for the future? Going to college, getting a dual BS in physics and math, going to graduate school, doing meaningful research.
Any comments? Nope.
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If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.
-E.O. Wilson
Let's see here.. I'll pick a few of the questions.
Location: Sweden.
Hobbies and Interests: Photography, reading and writing.
When were you diagnosed?: Around 10, I believe.
Favorite subjects: History, literature, ethnography.
Books: Too many to mention. I'll try a few.. A Song of Fire and Ice, the Road, the Stand, the Gentleman Bastards, The Hunger Games, the Book Thief, Earth's Children.. I've read countless books, but those are the ones that come to mind directly.
Do you like sports? No. Although, it turns out I kinda like biathlon (the skiing and rifle shooting variant)
Family: Mother, father, little brother. Not much else to say.
Clothing: Awkward.
How did you find this website? Wikipedia.-
Job: Student.
Plans for the future? Higher schooling.
Any comments? Not really
CockneyRebel
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Joined: 17 Jul 2004
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Posts: 116,810
Location: In my little Olympic World of peace and love
What is your first name?
Age: 31
Location: Connecticut, US
Hobbies and Interests: history, law, political science, sports, nature, skeptic topics, Internet security, the USSR, the Cold War, chemistry
Why are you here? practice improving my dealings with people; alleviate loneliness
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): I am actually diagnosed with OCD, which I have had all of my life. There was one doctor who once suggested adult autism when she gave me a long interview and all of my social problems and enjoyment of "geek" interests became clear. She suspected it because not all of my obsessions & compulsions are always distressing ones. Some of them are neutral or pleasant or just random. That put her on the track of suspecting me to have some kind of mild autistic-type of tendency, I think.
Favorite subjects: ^^^
Year/Grade: BA 2001, unfortunately ended up being in History, when I failed out of pre-med and then engineering
Favorite music: I am a Spanish speaker & listen to all different styles of Latin music...I also like the European composers Tchaikovsky, Sibelius & the one who wrote "Peer Gynt"- I think that would be Grieg?
Books: I have a lot of trouble reading sometimes; but my favorite authors are Jules Verne, Nikolai Gogol & Cervantes
TV shows/Movies: not into much TV in recent years b/c programming has, IMO, really gone downhill. I used to like older comedies like Taxi, Sanford, etc. As far as movies, I watch one favorite one repeatedly for a long time, and then watch another one constantly, etc., until I get tired of it. Lately, I have been watching The Goonies and a Korean horror called "The Red Shoes", a weird modern take on the Andersen fairy tale.
Instrument: I played a whole bunch of instruments for years until I screwed up the cubital tunnel of my elbow. I taught piano for almost 4 yrs. despite my disorder(s) and am pretty proud of having been able to do that for as long as I did.
Do you like sports? I enjoy watching tennis & baseball, and I am planning to start playing tennis myself. I really admire the strength of the athletes, and I enjoy watching the action. The only thing is that I do not always understand the rules of the game v. well, and am not really into cheering and fan behavior...I just enjoy watching the game in my own way.
Family: family of origin; but I am single & childless
Clothing: see username
How did you find this website? Google
Job: unemployed 2.5 yrs.
Plans for the future? get into even better shape, improve social problems, make at least 1 good friend, find a way to work again (lost several jobs to the OCD)
Any comments? nah, I guess that I have talked a lot already.
name: spacedog(for all intents and purposes)
hobbies and interest: making art, diy, gardening, cooking, installation, sewing, poetry,
international travel
why are you here: to observe and document life in visual art
when were you diagnosed: 2007
favorite subjects: the brain, biology, anatomy, art, cooking ,garden, diy, poetry
Bachelors Degree two minor degrees
books: non-fiction
tv show: N/A I do not own a tv
movies: Like Water for Chocolate. 101 Reyavik. 8 Women. Run Lola Run. My Man Godfrey.
Together. Kitchen Stories.
instrument: clarinet but not for many years
I simply abhor sports.
clothing: think vogue on a diy level
I found this website in desperation.
job: yes
plan for the future: make art and live
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What is your first name? Tanya
Age: 23
Location: Sweden
Hobbies and Interests: Japanese culture, folklore and anything supernatural
Why are you here? eeh I really don't know, guess I wanna see if there is more like me..?
When were you diagnosed? well I haven't done the proper AS-tests yet but the pre-exam showed I have it, but the other stuff I've recently been diagnosed with.. well most of them recently anyway.
Favorite subjects: Like in school? Art, English, Swedis... eehm like everything besides math... I hate math
Year/Grade: done with school
Favorite music: rock and metal especially from eastasia and classical music, musical and Disney.
Books: everything!
TV shows/Movies: most stuff but I love horror
Instrument: Musical? Piano
Do you like sports? Yes
Family: Mum, Dad, two older sisters, one older brother, a cat and a boyfriend
Clothing: black leggings, black t-shirt and black and purple striped armwarmers
How did you find this website? Google
Job: none
Plans for the future? I want to go to Japan, make childrens books and work with art.
Any comments? Nah
CockneyRebel
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Joined: 17 Jul 2004
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Posts: 116,810
Location: In my little Olympic World of peace and love
Books: Feynman's Lectures On Physics, On The Shoulders of Giants, The Road To Reality: A Complete Guide To The Laws of The Universe, and What Is Mathematics? An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods.
Guten Tag, KodeMeister!
I envy you, starting in physics now. I was a physics major and ended up working in computers. What areas of physics interest you? Might I try to sell you on string theory? It seems to be really heating up, and the math involved is fantastic.
How do you like math proofs? As a physics guy I thought of proofs as a waste of time - math was a tool for physics, just give me the results so I can use them to solve problems. Now I've completely come pi degrees around and like pure math more than physics. If you'd like to do string theory I would try to learn some abstract algebra and start in topology to get a leg up.
I don't know how you are for popular science books but I'd recommend Green's The Elegant Universe if you haven't read it already, and of course "Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman" is a must for all larval physicists!
Best of luck! --rob
What is your first name? Bernice.
Age: 54
Location: Brentford UK
Hobbies and Interests: Archery, Motor Cars, Mathamatics, Computing & Artificial Inteligence.
Why are you here? Have recollection when I was about 12 my little sister asked my Dad "Why does Bernard go to a special school"? I then learned of the Austrian Doctor's unpronounceable name.
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): I guess by the age of 6 it was apparent I was not 'normal' but have no idea when a diagnosis was made and doubt it would have been as what what nowadays would be called an official diagnosis.
Favourite subjects: Physics, Mathematics, Science.
Year/Grade:
Favourite music: anything from Beethoven to Beefhart!
Books: Very dyslexic hence seldom read love audio books especially Terry Pratchet's Diskworld
TV shows/Movies:
TV: Dr Who, Blakes 7, Star Trek almost any Sci-Fi
Movies: The day the earth stood still(The old one) The Forbidden Planet, Star Wars, also Thelma and Louise, anything from Studio Ghibli.
Lke Anime for TV & Film.
Instrument: African Drum (I have one but I don't play it very well).
Do you like sports? I used to hate all sport being a bit dispraxic but at age 48 took up Archery and have been delighted to find one sport where I am not hopelessly outclassed.
Family: Not much left Had an Autistic Cousin who died quite some years ago both parents are dead still have a Brother and Sister although we see very little of each other nowadays and I suppose several cousins that I have not seen for more than 30 years.
Clothing: Hate it all, in my next life I will be a Kalahari Bushman or Australian Aboriginal.
How did you find this website? I really don't remember very well probably after doing The Aspie Quiz.
Job: A highly skilled Electronic Engineer, currently shifting heavy boxes for a living.
Plans for the future? Try not to think about it too much.
Any comments?
I did change my gender when I was 35, but that is another story.
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What is your first name: Rachael
Age: 28
Location: Victoria, Australia
Hobbies and Interests: Gardening, sewing, baking/cooking
Why are you here? Son has ASD
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder):
Favorite subjects:
Year/Grade:
Favorite music: Christian
Books:
TV shows/Movies: CSI, Bones, reality shows
Instrument: None
Do you like sports? Yes
Family: Me (Rachael), DH (Darrel), DS5 (Josh), DS3 (Sam), DS9mth (Michael)
Clothing:
How did you find this website? A friend
Job: Home Duties
Plans for the future? None
Any comments?
Blake_be_cool
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Joined: 6 May 2008
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Posts: 860
Location: Australia, NSW, Sydney
What is your first name? Blake
Age: 14
Location: Sydney, Australia
Hobbies and Interests: Physics, Guitar, Programming, Astronomy, Alot Of Things,
Why are you here? To Talk To Other Aspies
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): 6
Favorite subjects: Physics, Music, ICT, Science, Alot Of Things,
Year/Grade: 8
Favorite music: Jump-Style, Techno, Trance, Progressive House, 60s,70s,80s Rock, ( Pink Floyd, Guns N' Roses, Alice Cooper, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Nickelback, Scooter, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Linkin Park )
Books: I Don't Really Read Much
TV shows/Movies: Comedy, Drama, Action, ( Ultramarines: The Movie, Star Trek, Adam, Resident Evil Trilogy, Hancock, The Time Traveler's Wife, Finding Forrester, I Am Legend, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Chuck, Ancient Aliens, Stargate SG-1, The Big Bang Theory, Men Of A Certain Age )
Instrument: Guitar, Piano, Bass Guitar, Flute
Do you like sports? Maybe Basketball
Family: 5 ( Brother, Sister, Mum, Dad )
Clothing: I Wear My Leather Jacket, Gray/Black Jeans With My White FILA Shirt ( That's An Example Of My Clothes )
How did you find this website? My Dad
Job: High School
Plans for the future? Thinking Of Doing Computer Programming
Any comments? Hi Everyone,
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"Not everything that steps out of line, and thus 'abnormal', must necessarily be 'inferior'."
- Hans Asperger (1938)
What is your first name? Julia
Age: 14
Location: Canada
Hobbies and Interests: Music, 3d animation, web design, reading(since I was 3 1/2)
Why are you here? Because I get bored easily
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): I think I was 4
Favorite subjects: English, Math, Science, Art
Year/Grade: Just graduated grade 8
Favorite music: Alternative/Indie and Goth/Industrial, for some reason I only like female vocalists
my last.fm username is Anonymousgurl
Books: Harry Potter, The Declaration, The Giver and way too much to remember
TV shows/Movies: I don't watch tv and movies, but I liked the matrix
Instrument: Piano
Do you like sports? When I was young I did gymnastics and I play squash now, but I don't really like sports
Family: 10-year-old nt sister and parents
Clothing: fashionable clothing usually black mixed with bright colors
How did you find this website? Google searches
Job: Student
Plans for the future? Not yet
Any comments?
What is your first name? Kasey
Age: 18
Location: ...rather not post online
Hobbies and Interests: Cats, reading, music
Why are you here? I have aspergers, and I wanted to talk to other people who had it too
When were you diagnosed? 4 years ago
Favorite subjects: Art, Reading
Year/Grade: Full time college student
Favorite music: alternative
Books: twilight saga and harry potter
TV shows/Movies: none?
Instrument: I play the flute and the guitar
Do you like sports? not really
Family: 2 brother, a mom and a dad.
Clothing: skinny jeans and t-shirt
How did you find this website? google
Job: non
Plans for the future? college
Any comments? no
What is your first name? Marissa
Age: 19
Location: Halifax, NS, Canada
Hobbies and Interests: Medical stuff, Geography, Natural Disasters, Extreme weather, Lord of the rings, Maps, Fantasy stuff like fairies, elves and mermaids.
Why are you here? Because i feel alone.
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): I think I was 11, i'll have to ask my mom to be sure.
Favorite subjects: geography, biology.
Year/Grade: dropped out in grade 11... :/ i'd love to finish school, but its hard. i dont get along with students and teachers as well.
Favorite music: sarah brightman, flyleaf, alicia keys ... i like folk, rock, indie, opera, classical, basically anything.
Books: The twilight saga
TV shows/Movies: Lord of the Rings.
Instrument: I like the piano.
Do you like sports? i watch hockey. and i love swimming.
Family: nt mother, aspie father (not diagnosed and he denies it but we all know he has it), nt sister, nt half brother. also i have a nt boyfriend. he's the greatest ♥
Clothing: i wear whatever is comfortable, or different, although i get uber attached to certain articles of clothing.
How did you find this website? google.
Job: i dj with my dad's business and i just got a job at subway.
Plans for the future? get married, maybe college? have kids.
Any comments? nope