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What is your first name? katy
Age: 43
Location: houston
Hobbies and Interests: art, politics, world religions, philosophy, comedy, avoiding Apple's cult, getting into motorcycling, truth, travel.
Why are you here? to understand and to be understood.
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): self-diagnosis - somewhere on the spectrum, growing realization began in 2002 while i was in my fourth year of intensive services and treatment for a dependent who has autism and various other challenges that are still evolving. blown away, inside, that some of the most well known and respected researchers and clinicians could not see it in me. my daughter is now in her teens and we recently found a chromosome 22 abnormality. i will get my genetic testing soon. still very cautious and very nervous because i have spent years and years and years developing coping, calming, morphing and masking techniques. those in my family who are so obviously also on the spectrum, have not had the pleasure of a child like mine who absolutely does not have "just a smidge" of both autism and concurrent psychiatric challenges. my child also has cognitive delays, severe dsylexia and body awareness disconnects. while others wanted to blame it on my ex-husband, environmental factors, or magic, i knew-knew, intuitively, that she was not the only alien in the room. in my first career i managed millions as a full service retail investment adviser and stock broker -- for ten years. they had no idea.
Favorite subjects: basically, anything except calculus, biology, physics and engineering.
Year/Grade: completing PhD dissertation, same field as MA: Communications, New Media Theory and Philosophy.
Favorite music: i am very very affected by music. most anything except: what is popular currently, trance, noise, death metal and shrieking.
Books: "A Wrinkle In Time" changed my life at age eight. too many to list. i am a reader. it is what i do.
TV shows/Movies: this is hard! i have not been a big tv or cable watcher or "followed a show" since about 1998. i have been studying media theory and such since 2007. i have A LOT of favorite movies, for different reasons. Valley Girl, Jerimiah Johnson, any Bill Hicks live, Cinema Paridiso, classic Speed Racer, A Quiet Man, almost any Kurosawa, The Shining, Cast Away, Calamity Jane and a s**t load of obscure art house and surrealist and independent. Aronofsky. i have forced both Rushmore and Lars and the Real Girl on more than one person.
Instrument: none. i used to play the violin, quite poorly.
Do you like sports? i keep trying. i enjoy watching the olympics when it comes around, but it is hard to read and smoke and talk while playing sports. that said, i forced myself to semi-learn darting.
Family: mom, dad, daughter, etc...
Clothing: from high to low, comfortable to fussy. enjoy excuses to costume.
How did you find this website? internet search.
Job: full time graduate student and caregiver/parent, art/media/communications consultant, visual artist.
Plans for the future? Total World Domination. same plans since high school. 
Any comments? yes, i can spot you in the world, even the high functioning and well masked ones. it is a thing we share. hope to make friends, build confidence, and help to share the message of fellow fugitives from the law of averages and strangers in this strange land.
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Thank you 
19 Dec 2012, 2:02 pm
Age: 23
Location: UK
Hobbies and Interests: the usual very non-identifying: reading, music; the more uncommon ones: psychology, swimming, running(!); the peculiar ones that I am reluctant to share at this stage in order not to be identified.
Why are you here? get into contact with people, maybe make some friends, realise that there are people similar to me
Favorite subjects: is this school? not in school now, but loved the sciences and math. now psychology student
Year/Grade: uni
Books: currently reading murakami, and otherwise anything that has an alienation theme
Do you like sports? running and swimming. i love running <3
How did you find this website? google
Any comments?
i deleted a couple of the points here because they do not apply or because i didn't really have an opinion on them (e.g. clothes). i also made a new thread in this section of the forum to say hello. feel free to ask me anything you want to know.
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Age: 28
Location: South East of England.
Hobbies and Interests: Cross-Stitch, Reading, Singing.
Why are you here? Haha, why is anyone? - Thought it would be nice to join a forum with like minded individuals.
When were you diagnosed?: Have not been formally diagnosed as that is next to impossible for an adult, however about 6 months ago was when my mother first mentioned it.
Favorite subjects: Dinosaurs! Oh, Maths if you meant school.
Favorite music: Indie Rock.
Books: Flowers in the Attic - Virginia Andrews, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams, Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton
TV shows/Movies: Chuck, Town called Eureka, Supernatural.
Instrument: Bassoon, Clarinet, Bass Guitar, Keyboard.
Do you like sports? I love to watch Rugby, don't really like to play anything but Hockey at school was fun.
Family: I have one sister, who is amazing and training to be a nurse.
Clothing: Sort of alternativeish. - Whatever's comfy really.
How did you find this website? My mother found it for me.
Job: Trained as an Accountant, currently working in retail as working in an office was becoming too much to handle.
Plans for the future? To get a handle on my brain so I can feel less confused all the time!
Hi.
20 Dec 2012, 1:45 pm
