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Name: Kevin
Age: 25
Location: New York
Interests: Psychology, Watching Sports, surfing the internet, playing cards
Why are you here: To meet and network with other people with Asperger's Syndrome
year/grade: College Graduate
When were you diagnosed: 1993
Job: currently in between jobs/ searching for a job
Plans for the future: I plan to go to graduate school and probably go for a doctorate degree.
Favorite Subjects: Psychology, Sociology, History, Anthropology and pretty much all of the social sciences.
Favorite Music: I enjoy all kinds of music
Favorite books: The Harry Potter series
Favorite movies: Back to the Future trilogy, Harry Potter, the Ring, The Sixth Sense, Artificial Intelligence
Favorite TV Shows: Survivor, The Office, Lost, Seinfeld, Family Ties.
Do you like sports: I enjoy watching sports on TV and playing some although I don't excel at many sports except for long distance running. For this reason I tend to enjoy watching sports more than playing sports.
Family: Mom, Dad, older brother, and nieces.
How did you hear about this website: My parents told me about it and encouraged me to check it out.
Any Comments: I hope to have a good and meaninful experience meeting other Aspies here as well as some neurotypicals. I hope to share my experiences of growing up with Asperger's and hopefully provide some helpful advice to others as well as receive some good advice.

I know I've been on WP for over a year, but I never got to post in this thread...
Nice to meet all of you!

Name: (undisclosed)

Age: 18

Location: USA

Hobbies and Interests: Portal, drawing dragons/gryphons/birds

Why are you here: I think I have Asperger's.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): N/A

Favorite subjects: Biology, psychology, music

Year/Grade: Just graduated high school, going on to MIT!

Favorite music: A variety of music...

Books: Harry Potter, Hunger Games, Raven Quest, Warriors, Guardians of Ga'Hoole, Eragon, um... what else... too many to list.

TV shows/Movies: Avatar (James Cameron), Harry Potter, Hunger Games... (I don't watch TV/movies often.)

Instrument: Piano, cello

Do you like sports: Not really, although I do enjoy swimming.

Family: Parents, grandmother (from father's side, my only living grandparent), a bunch of aunts, uncles, nieces, and nephews. (I'm an only child.)

Clothing: Meh. Whatever is comfortable.

How did you find this website: Wikipedia.

Job: None, so far.

Plans for the future: MIT (biology major) --> Med school

Any comments: I'm Asian. A weird, weird Asian.

What is your first name? Emily

Age: 25

Location: Wisconsin

Hobbies and Interests: I love languages with a passion (I am currently studying to be an interpreter/translator) as well as a love of science, sci-fi/fantasy books, and most anything related to new technology. I absolutely love planning out big, elaborate things (such as a death star to serve as a moon/colony for mars terraforming, or the mansion in a bio-dome that stretches 3 football fields -the dome, not the home-)

Why are you here? Non-diagnosed AS; the symptoms could be nothing but (unless I have grossly misinformed and biased myself looking for answers) I guess what I'm looking for is other people who can lead me in the right direction in my life; I'm pretty self-reliant (to a fault, at times, but I'm learning to forgo this particular aspect) and I'm told I'm bright, though when interacting with anyone over about age 15, I feel as though I am 6 years old, and they are my babysitter, so to speak. I want to know if there's anything I can/should do to help myself out with life in general, school, relationships, and mainly, raising kids. I currently don't have any, I've been very careful to avoid having any, because I am in no way ready for or responsible enough to care fr a second person, and my goals in life are just for me, not me+ family.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Unofficially earlier this year. A friend who is also un-diagnosed AS suggested I have a look-see, since he and I instinctively get on with each other like twins.

Favorite subjects: Languages, science

Year/Grade: 2nd year of Uni, went back to school at 24 after a stint in the Navy and a very bad abusive relationship

Favorite music: Anything not in English, excluding rap, which is, in my opinion, bad in every language :p

Books: sci-fi/fantasy, I won't even begin to list them, it'd take too long

TV shows/Movies: Documentaries, mostly.. I don't much care for sitcoms (other then Big Bang Theory) or most of the other stuff generally broadcast

Do you like sports? Some; I wrestled all through school (about 6 years) and love watching hockey, but not much more then that

Family: Large extended NT family on my dad's side that is smotheringly affectionate and close, small extended family on my mom's side, 5/7 of my cousins are socially awkward, very smart, and generally have a fair number of light to moderate AS traits. No immediate family; my mom passed a cpl years ago (I very strongly believe she had AS, although the frustration of not knowing herself led to a very bad life ) my dad has been absent since I was young, opting to go to football games rather then show up for visitation. My step-dad is more like a brother, because he has no clue about parenting, but we don't relate well most of the time, it's purely out of responsibility that I maintain contact (he has no other family) My sister has been more or less out of the picture for years.. I believe she is the NT child of an AS single parent.. It wasn't easy for either of us, but I understand she did her best; I don't think my sister does, or ever will.

Clothing: Has to be stretchy, anything tight I cannot wear. I shop at goodwill because I can select based on fabric more easily and find things I like. I'm well-dressed, but not "fashionable" (I know what looks good, and avoid what doesn't)

How did you find this website? Google search for Parenting with Asperger's, and spent 6 hours reading one thread before registering.

Job: Student

Plans for the future? Travel the world, talk to everyone I can, find a place to settle someday, build a huge dome with a castle and sub-tropical climate, work for the UN.. I plan pretty big stuff, that way if I come anywhere close, I've made it farther then most

Any comments? What prompted me to join the community was this quote "when I ask for clarification on your every word or so it seems, I am actually showing you respect , proving that I in no way intend to twist your words or misunderstand you, so you won't feel diminished or attacked." which was followed by a breakdown of social rules I've followed that most people don't seem to understand. It's wonderful to find that, in fact, my way of doing things isn't entirely bad or wrong.

What is your first name? Linn

Age: 20

Location: Right now, Jakobstad. A small town on the finnish westcoast

Hobbies and Interests: Reading, surfing on internet, hanging with people I like, music, and oh, I recently discovered vintage and retro from the 50's and 30's, and the rockabilly-culture, and fell head over heels in love with it. Unfortunately I can't afford to "live it out" right now with the right clothes and such stuff. My role model is Dita von Teese.

Why are you here? Because I wanna find new friends

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): When I was 6 years old

Favorite subjects: Swedish, history, english

Year/Grade:

Favorite music: Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Chris Isaak, pop, rock, jazz...

Books: Oh, I can't pick only one.. There is too many good books!

TV shows/Movies: My absolute favorite movie is Umbrellas of Cherbourg. Tv shows I like: Grey's Anatomy, Parenthood, Desperate Housewives, Brothers and Sisters, Friends, PanAm, Downton Abbey, Mad Men, Sex and the City

Instrument: I sing a little, and play some piano

Do you like sports? Not really

Family: mom, dad, sister(and her husband) boyfriend and two dogs

Clothing: Casual

How did you find this website? I think I read about it somewhere

Job: I have summer job at the hospital until the end of June

Plans for the future? I wanna move together with my boyfriend, study to become a nurse, and work with old people on a nursing home

Any comments? Dare to be different!

Name:not relevant
Age:does it really matter?Not old enough for carbon dating.
Location:lost in space
Hobbies:art,music,reptiles,movies,nature,reptiles
Diagnosis:still crazy after all these years
Year/grade:the 80's
Books:YES!
T.V./movies:Akira Kurosawa,Ingmar Bergman,Star trek,lots of Sci-fi,fantasy,dark humor such as In Bruges, Burke and hare, Death at a funeral and intense films like Children of Men and Requiem for a dream.
Instruments:flute and learning the violin
Sports:yuk
Family:two kids
Clothing:t-shirts
How did I find this websites:online
Job:disabled
Future:you mean there is one?
Comments:glad to know there are others like me.

What is your first name? You can just call me Butters, I got the nicname because my friends think I sound like Butters from south park, unfortunatly the nicname stuck lol

Age: 20

Location: Ohio

Hobbies and Interests: Reading, MMA, Bike riding, Yoga, Art.

Why are you here? Boyfriend recently diagnosed with AS ( we've been together four years off and on )


Favorite subjects: English was always my favorite subject in school

Year/Grade: High school diploma earned in 2010 and I'm currantly in a trade school

Favorite music: Rock, Pretty much any kind of rock

Books: Harry Potter series by JK Rowlling, What the night knows by Dean Koontz
I like to read quite a bit but I've been too busy lately. I just started getting back into reading.

TV shows/Movies: True blood, Inuyasha, Full metal Alchemist, A ton ov other animes, too many to name here lol

Instrument: I really want to learn how to play the piano

Do you like sports? MMA, Yoga, Bike Riding


How did you find this website? Google

Job: Traning in Culinary Arts

Plans for the future? Move out of my parents house, get a good job and settle down some where.

Any comments?

What is your first name? Jane

Age: 30

Location: Central & North America

Hobbies and Interests: Writing, Fashion, Movies, Cosmetics.

Why are you here? Because I've felt for three decades nearly I was a freak and something was wrong with me. I also have a friends, people close to me with aspergers so I want to learn more in general if for no other reason than to learn more about it general and how to communicate.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Have not been diagnosed yet. So far everything seems in accordance with a female who has Aspergers.

Favorite subjects: Art, History, Literature

Year/Grade: Dropped out in sixth grade. Plan on going back one day.

Favorite music: The Cramps. The Stooges. Marilyn Manson (and others but that's a good start)

Books: Wow, what a question! Um...Harry Potter, Hell's Angels, The Day The Universe Changed.

TV shows/Movies: The Office. Big Bang Theory. Ugly Betty.

Instrument: None, though I wish I could sing or play the drums.

Do you like sports? I am fascinated with biopics about athletes but I do not have much interest in playing or watching sports.

Family: One parent and one soon to be ex-spouse.

Clothing: I LOVE beautiful femme clothing but do not often have the chance to wear any. Normally I dress in comfortable "tom boy" or ambiguous clothing.

How did you find this website? Search Engine.

Job: Home-Maker/Farm Owner

Plans for the future? To start my own little businesses. Find a partner, have children.

Any comments? I'm happy this place exist and I am anxious to meet people and maybe make some friends.

What is your first name? marina

Age: 31

Location: germany

Hobbies and Interests: internet, reading, sport

Why are you here? i am married (1 year) to someone with asperger and ADD and want to understand him better and makes this marrigae work.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): im actually diagnosed with boderline personality disorder with depression.

Favorite subjects: literature

Year/Grade: university

Favorite music: jazz, blues

Books: so so many good ones

TV shows/Movies: the wire, breaking bad, true blood...

Instrument: turntables

Do you like sports? yes, i go to the fitness center and will return to wushu training soon

Family: no

Clothing: comfy

How did you find this website? searching for people with aspergers to have a conversation about relationships/marriage and problems that are often similar

Job: student

Plans for the future? humanitarian work, writing

Any comments? i like this forum a lot. people doesnt seem so bitter and are open and willing to talk about problems and the good things one can get out of an asperger relationship (and yes: i love my nerd!)

What is your first name? Millie

Age: 18

Location: Shropshire

Hobbies and Interests: music, singing, performing, playing guitar, songwriting, drawing, listening to music, dreaming, fashion

Why are you here? To try to get to know other people with similar minds

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): about 6 months ago, I have autism and mild bipolar disorder

Favorite subjects: music, art, fashion

Favorite music: John Lennon, Beatles, Oasis, Noel Gallagher, David Bowie, Lady Gaga, Amy Winehouse

Books: I don't read

TV shows/Movies: Family Guy, Russel Howard, comedies, and horror, the boat that rocked, get him to the greek

Instrument: Guitar

Do you like sports? No

Family: its just me mum really

Clothing: I'd say I have an individual style, I guess I'd describe it as abit burlesque, a bit punk/gothic/rock/vintage, I'm always in black

How did you find this website? Just through google

Job: musician, singer/songwriter

Plans for the future? I want to push my music career as far as I can

Age: 32

Location: Bern, Switzerland

Hobbies and Interests: Cooking, fishing, martial arts, programming, astronomy, cosmology, particle physics, plasma physics, gardening, survivalism, war history, playing GTA or Red Dead Redemption

Why are you here? Getting more info about AS, plucking up the courage to make an appointment with a specialist

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): not diagnosed

Favorite subjects: IT, chemistry, physics

Year/Grade: I'm all done now

Favorite music: Lots of different stuff. Reggae, soul, techno, blues, country, really nasty metal and oddly enough Balinese Kebyar Gamelan. 70s Ethiopian Groove is pretty cool as well.

Books: Spike Milligan's war diaries, Alexander Shulgin's Pihkal and Tihkal, The road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell, Ham on rye by Charles Bukowski

TV shows/Movies: The thick of it, Family Guy, South Park, Drawn Together, anything by Chris Morris, Steve Coogan or Armando Iannucci, the original Taking of Pelham 123, Taxi Driver, Alien, Louis Theroux, anything about astronomy, cosmology, particle physics, plasma physics and war history, especially the war in the pacific and I'm ashamed to say I watch Eurovision every year. I'm also a huge fan of the american standup comedian Doug Stanhope.

Instrument: Baritone electric guitar

Do you like sports? MMA, football, rugby, cricket, darts. I do Filipino martial arts and run and cycle a bit

Family: Mum, dad and a younger brother are my immediate family but I myself am single and don't have any kids

Clothing: Merrells, jeans and a tshirt almost without exception

How did you find this website? Looking for Simon Baron-Cohen's tests on google brought me here

Job: Senior Software Developer

Plans for the future? See a specialist and find out what the deal is

Any comments? Happy to have found this site

My info changes so often, so I'm re-doing this.

Name: Kevin

Age: 21

Locale: Wyoming USA

Hobbies: Anime, games, fortunetelling, rollerblading, parkour, snowboarding, and coming up with crazy inventions that will probably get me killed testing them (see: Project TSUBASA)

Why are you here: I've been here for years and see no reason to leave. Besides the crew here are cool.

Diagnosed: The hell if I can remember.

Subjects: Computer Science, Aeronautics, Journalism, Meteorology, Japanese, Engineering, and many more

Music: Pop, Classic Rock, Electronica. Also Japanese songs of the same genres.

Books: Enough to start a goddamn library XD

TV/Movies: Soul Eater, Persona 4 the Animation, To Aru [Majutsu no Index | Kagaku no Railgun], Durarara!, Kannagi, anything on Toonami; also Big Bang Theory, The Boondocks, and Alphas

Instrument: I'm gonna quote Riley on this one: "n***a PLEASE."

Sports: Somewhat. Extreme sports are a hell yes.

Family: Mom, Dad, pint-sized little sister, dog, cat, various extended relatives. Also a potential future addition to the family [God willing] in the form of my girlfriend.

Clothing: Given this goddamn heat, as little as possible while still maintaining standards of public decency for adult males.

How did you find this website?: How did I find this site? How did YOU find this site? Well?

Job: Again, n***a PLEASE. Though I am going back to college this fall.

Plans for the future: Get CompSci degree and strike out on my own. With luck, find a place close enough to the ghetto for me but far enough for Trish, then marry her and raise a family while working as a programmer and writing fiction on the side. If I'm REALLY lucky, become a bestselling author. But I ain't ever seen nobody from the hood get THAT lucky. Except Obama, maybe.

What is your first name? Jennifer

Age: 28

Location: Florida

Hobbies and Interests: Readings Hunting dogs Computer

Why are you here? I have Asperger,s/Autistic

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): a year and a half ago

Favorite subjects: Computers Books TV Shows

Year/Grade: Not in School

Favorite music: Country/ Gospel/some Rock

Books: Debbie Macomber/ Sue Grafton/ Janet Evanovich/

TV shows/Movies: NCIS/NCIS LA/CSI/CSI NY too many tv shows to count lol

Instrument: the radio?

Do you like sports? Baseball NASCAR,

Family: Mom Stepdad and Grandmother along with my 4 four legged sisters

Clothing: Jeans and shirts. Dresses on Sunday

How did you find this website? My mom was looking and sent me the link.

Job: Helping at a center that deals with mental disabilities

Plans for the future? Help my family where I can

Any comments? I hope to meet some friends on here

What is your first name? Stephen

Age: 22

Location: Texas, USA

Hobbies and Interests: video/computer gaming, anime & manga, Internet, hanging out with friends, Magic: the Gathering, going out to see movies, studying particular elements of language

Why are you here? To talk with other people like me and maybe make some friends.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): early 2004, age 14

Favorite subjects: Languages, Genealogy

Favorite music: Rock & Pop mostly. Really, whatever sounds good. Even if it's foreign.

Books: I don't read books much, though I did enjoy the Lord of the Rings trilogy and Harry Potter series.

TV shows/Movies: TV: I don't watch much TV, though I do like Psych, House, and Bones, to name a few.
Movies: The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, the Avengers (2012), and many others.

Instrument: nope

Do you like sports? no

Family: I have a big family (immediate and extended).

Clothing: Whatever's comfortable.

How did you find this website? I heard about it from friends with A.S.

Job: child care worker

Plans for the future? To live comfortably and happily wherever I end up.

Any comments? I hope I enjoy my experience here.

What is your first name?

Age:22

Location:Chicago

Hobbies and Interests:Excercise and Watching Movies and a little reading

Why are you here? To get support

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): 6

Favorite subjects: History,English

Year/Grade: College Senior

Favorite music: 90's rock especially Red Hot Chilli Peppers

Books: John Steinbeck and Cormac Macarthy favorite American Authors

TV shows/Movies: Pixar and Crime Movies

Instrument: Wish I knew guitar

Do you like sports? Somewhat

Family: Annoying but love them

Clothing: People say I dress to preppy, don't give a s**t what they say also am a male with an ear piercing that I lost. Want a tatoo

How did you find this website? Psychiatirst

Job: None right now

Plans for the future? Don't know wherever life takes me

Any comments?

What is your first name? Tori

Age: 20

Location: Ohio

Hobbies and Interests: Video games, electronics, Android OS, Pokemon, funny stuff, anime, stuffed animals, and other random crap.

Why are you here? I felt alone and wanted to know more about autism.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Haven't been diagnosed yet.

Favorite subjects: Probably English. Very easy.

Year/Grade: In college as a Sophmore.

Favorite music: Rock, heavy metal, trance.

Books: I'll read anything randomly.

TV shows/Movies: Too many to list. I like comedy and horror.

Instrument: Don't play one.

Do you like sports? Not really, but tennis is okay.

Family: What about them?

Clothing: Preferably baggy and looser clothing.

How did you find this website? My aspie friend told me about it when I was 16. I've been on here since then, but with different screen names because I've forgotten all of them except this newer one.

Job: Student, but I plan to be a social worker.

Plans for the future? Be a social worker, get married (maybe).

Any comments? No, not really.