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15 Feb 2011, 3:25 pm
Age: 13
Location: Belgium
Hobbies and Interests: Gaming, gathering information about games
Why are you here? Probs going to get myself diagnosed for Asperger, and want to talk whit other people who have it 
Favorite subjects:
Favorite music: gaming music, hate songs that don't mean anything
Books: don't like to read books, though I like gathering information on wikis etc. ( = sorta stupid 
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Instrument: Well I got an ocarina
Do you like sports? Nope
Clothing: If its warm enough for the winter, and aint anoying, its fine for me
How did you find this website? Used google while gathering information about asperger.
Comment: Hi all 
Now all I need is some nuts to go to someone who can gets me diagnosed...
rabbitears
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Joined: 18 Jan 2011
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Posts: 6,398
Location: In a box of chocolate milk mix.
15 Feb 2011, 7:54 pm
Location: England
Hobbies and Interests: Buckethead, Dinosaurs, South Park, Ice Skating, Welding.
Why are you here? To get to know more people like myself, and to get advice from the people who know best.
When were you diagnosed? [Soon hopefully!]
Favorite music: Artists: Buckethead (any Buckethead side project), Primus, Les Claypool, Paul Gilbert, Joe Satriani, Beastie Boys, Beck, Cypress Hill, Slipknot, Mushroomhead, Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada, Autechre, Mr Oizo, The Prodigy, Wu-Tang-Clan, Yngwie Malmsteen, Pantera, Metallica, Run DMC, Rammellzee, Seasick Steve, Gracediggaz, Public Enemy, Rage Against The Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kraftwerk, Squarepusher
Books: Of Mice and Men, Guiness Book of Records, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime, (anything about welding too)
TV shows: South Park, Mythbusters, The A-Team, Ninja Warrior, The Chase, Eggheads, Futurama, The Simpsons, Jackass, Man vs Food, Family Guy, King of the Hill, Red Dwarf, Frasier, The X-Files, Scrubs, QI, Monk, The Blue Planet, University Challenge, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Malcolm in the Middle, Pinky and the Brain, Bucky O' Hare, Tennage Mutant Hero Turtles, Science of the Movies, Brink, Spongebob Squarepants, Stephen Hawking's Universe, Pro-Bull Riding, Monster Jam.
Movies: Night of the Living Dead, (Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Land of the Dead), Robocop, Kick Ass, Eraserhead, Alien (Aliens, Alien3, Resurrection), Space Jam, Shawn of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, South Park-Bigger Longer and Uncut, Friday 13th ( 1 - 8 ), Avatar, Halloween, Zombieland, Judge Dredd, Mighty Ducks, Beverly Hills Cop, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Ghostbusters, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (& Bogus Jouney), Masters of the Universe, Silence of the Lambs, Happy Gilmore, Kingpin, A Clockwork Orange, Star Wars, Predator, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, 28 Days Later, Iron Man, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, Wayne's World, Wayne's World 2, Bad Boys 2, Blade.
Instrument: Guitar and Drums
Do you like sports? I like Ice Hockey, Ice Skating, Basketball, Rockclimbing and practicing with my Nunchucks
Family: Pretty Standard
Clothing: Mainly Blue, Black, and Grey cheap stuff from Matalan and ASDA (hats and fingerless gloves are also quite standard too)
How did you find this website? I forgot, I think I just found it through Google probably.
Job: Currently a Professional Slacker
Plans for the future? To become a Sculptural Welder, basically make little metal arty bits and bobs. I would also love to be an independant musician. (Mainly a recording artist, the stage is not a place for me, unless I was in disguise. I like my annonymity.)
Any comments? Feel free to send me a private message, and hopefully I'll get to know some of you quite well as time passes.
From
Rabbitears
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THINGS I LIKE
Parasaurolophus, Plesiosaurs, Dinosaurs, Pterosaurs, Music, Tuna, Chocolate milk, Oreos, Blue things
Parasaurolophuscolobus. Parasaurcolobus. Colobusaurolophus.
....And Nunchucks are my friends.
17 Feb 2011, 6:55 am
What is your first name? Kate
Age: 37
Location: England
Hobbies and Interests: Reading, Roleplaying, Films, TV, Theatre, Making random stuff, Writing fiction
Why are you here? *Goes into philosophy mode...*. Nah, I have been unemployed for several years and I was looking for jobs as usual, but everything in my area seems to involve "Bubbly, team-spirited, phone oriented, outgoing person..." etc. I got frustrated and typed "What jobs can someone with Asperger's do?" to give me some sort of filtering system, and one of your discussions came up . The site looked interesting and (hopefully) friendly without online bullies, so I thought I'd say hi. Hi!
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): I'm not, officially. My GP refuses to countenance the fact that I might be AS. Every time I ask him to arrange a diagnosis, he puts me off, *Sigh*. But my family have had to deal with 'problems' from me since around 1986, and my sister was browsing the Net a couple of years ago, found something on AS and suggested it might be the root cause. So within the family, we're all pretty agreed that I'm AS, since I've done online tests and fit a lot of the profile. But I can't say that officially.
Favorite subjects: I loved English and RE at school . And Media at college. But English will always be my first love.
Favorite music: I tend to like songs, rather than specific bands. So, anything which speaks to me emotionally in the tone of the music and lyrics, rather than what the lyrics are actually saying! For instance, I really love "The flame" by Cheap Trick, but I have no idea what they're really singing about 
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Books: SF/Fantasy nerd, without a doubt. I was taught to read at a very early age, so I started off with "The Hobbit" and "Lord of the Rings" when I was 6 and never really stopped, *LOL*. I've graduated onto more female friendly authors nowadays, such as Midori Snyder, Sharon Shinn, PC Hodgell, Meredith Anne Pierce, Susan Dexter, PC Wrede, etc. And I have a deep love of Georgette Heyer's sense of humour . It isn't that I dislike male authors, I just can't always relate to where they're coming from. I like Harry Harrison, Jack Chalker, James H Shmitz and John DeChancie too ;p.
TV shows/Movies: Absolute cult film/tv nerd, that's me . Anything with superheroes in, proper vampires, ghosts, etc is a good bet. So yes, I do like Supernatural, X-Files, Dollhouse, Firefly, Buffy, Medium, Being Human, etc. Plus CSI (although I really miss Grissom), NCIS, Human Target, Sons of Anarchy... Current fav films - Star Wars (will always be my first and last love), Empire, Watchmen, Losers, The A Team, Top Hat, Kiss me Kate (I'm a musicals fan) and I've been to see Les Mis in London. A lot, *LOL*.
Instrument: My Pfaff sewing machine, glory to its little chugging heart.
Do you like sports? Not remotely. I've never got into them. I just can't see the point of watching people doing something which would be far more fun to do yourself... and no, I don't do any either. Oh wait, yes I do! I forgot, I'm a live-roleplayer, so I fight a lot, although I'm more inclined to let people come to me than chase them around the field. Saves energy and tires them out. I've had varied martial arts and weapons training since I was 13, so I'm ok. Definately not Bruce Lee though. There's a guy in our collective who's been doing Kendo for 25 years, and he can take me apart, *L*. Good to train against, though.
Family: Dad (also suspected AS) whom I absolutely adore, mum (mental health social worker, thank god!) who I gave hell to as a teen and sister who is more successful than Gordon Gecko, extremely intimidating and who doesn't understand me at all, *L*.
Clothing: Jeans, t-shirt, jumper, trainers. In the right mood, I can be persuaded to go girly, but it's pretty rare. Which is wierd, since I love chiffon dresses in shops.
How did you find this website? See above .
Job: Ah. I had an extreme breakdown in 2000 and quit work to recover. Unfortunately, because I haven't been employed for the past 10 years, and have a tendancy to tell the truth about this, no one wants to employ me (my sister keeps telling me to lie in job applications. I can't!). It'd help if I knew what I want to do, but all I know is that it has to be £17,000 or above, preferably with no phone use or invasive colleagues, even better if it were me in a back room somewhere researching something and then being expected to make graphs about it . I'd be a fantastic proofreader, *L*. But, without provable experience and with a gap of ten years, I might as well be whistling Dixie. In this economic climate, no one will touch me.
Plans for the future? Get a job. Prove I can keep it. Get OFF Benefits. Move Love-of-life into home. Get married to L-o-L. Live happily ever after . Disney theme music optional.
Any comments? Nah, not really. I hope you're all nice and I haven't over-shared as usual?
18 Feb 2011, 1:20 am
What is your first name? Dave
Age: 37
Location: Kansas
Hobbies and Interests: Computers, Math, Physics, Chemistry, Metal Working, Electronics, tons of stuff.
Why are you here?
I suspect I have either AS or ADD, or both. This is a way to research the subject, and see if I can figure out how to mitigate/overcome the major issues in my life. When I was younger, I had certain compulsive behaviors, and would constantly obsess about the oddest things. For instance, I could make a point of packing a book to take to school, and I would still feel compelled to check my backpack multiple times before I left for school.
A more recent example would be closing my garage door after backing out to head to work. Half a block from my house I have to go around the block and re-assure myself that I actually did close the garage door. Thankfully, I've been able, for the most part, to break these types of compulsions through force of will alone.
When I was younger, my parents tried to get me to learn my multiplication tables, and no matter how hard I tried, I could not focus for more than a few minutes. I would attempt to focus, but in the end all that would happen would be that I would fall asleep. This caused a lot of problems with my parents who simply thought I was being lazy. I tried everything I could to explain that I really was *trying*. But they didn't believe me.
The lack of focus is actually the main thing I have left to overcome to be completely successful in life. I have a string of projects that I have started, and not finished. I desperately want to go back and finish them. Despite my inability to focus on most things, sometimes I can hyper focus to the point of losing track of time. I once worked 16 hours a day 7 days a week for 6 weeks to complete a project for work that was behind schedule.
Socially I have difficulties, but I have been making a conscious effort to improve my social skills. I started off simple, I made sure to say hello to the security guards every morning when I badge in. I started this effort four years ago, and now I can even chat and make small talk with the cafeteria staff.
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): I haven't been.
Favorite subjects: Math, Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science,
Year/Grade: 32nd grade.
Favorite music: Country, Folk/Ethnic, Pop, Classical
Books: Amber Series by Roger Zelazny, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Stranger in a Strange Land
TV shows/Movies: Law and Order, Mythbusters, Bones, Stargate SG-1, Farscape
Instrument:
Do you like sports? Football
Family:
Clothing:
How did you find this website?
Job: Software Engineer
Plans for the future? Make enough money to retire and work on robotics and electronics.
Any comments?
Bloodheart
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Joined: 17 Jan 2011
Age: 41
Gender: Female
Posts: 2,194
Location: Newcastle, England.
18 Feb 2011, 2:49 am
18 Feb 2011, 10:35 pm
What is your first name? Patricia
Location: Orlando, Fl
Hobbies and Interests: Reading books, cycling, learning Hebrew
Why are you here? for support
When were you diagnosed? 2008 At the same time I was dx with Bipolar, OCD, Eating Disorders, Anxiety, PTSD, Impulsiveness
Favorite subjects: statistics, nursing,
Year/Grade: MSN, ARNP
Favorite music: all types
Books: Bible, Fiction, Memoirs, C.S. Lewis
TV shows/Movies: Cooking shows Food TV Network
Instrument: violin, clarinet
Do you like sports? baseball
Family: only child, I have 1 son, and Mother. My Father is deceased. I'm divorced.
Clothing: PJ's Jeans, long sleeve cotton t-shirts, Bike shorts. (I hate sneakers and socks)
How did you find this website? I was looking for an Aspie support group in Orlando. There isn't any thing for Aspie Adults.
Job: ARNP and ADON
Plans for the future? I want to have 1 week where I feel a little sane. I want to go back to school and get a PhD.
I want to do a mini-triathlon even though I am terribly un-coordinated.
Any comments? It is nice to come to a site and read about others with the same or similar stories. It is a way of validation for all of us. Even though the world is sometimes cruel, here we can support one another. P 
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