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What is your first name? you can call me sunny.

Age: 41

Location: texas

Hobbies and Interests: music, motorcycles, learning german.

Why are you here? to try to better understand myself.

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

Favorite subjects: in school? music

Year/Grade: graduate of the university of hard knocks

Favorite music: rammstein

Books: i haven't read them all yet to come to a decision.

TV shows/Movies: fifth element, LOTR

Instrument: i play guitar, bass, piano, simple flute and a little djembe.

Do you like sports? soccer

Family: yes.

Clothing: most of the time, but i'd rather not.

How did you find this website? i can't remember.

Job: IT droid

Plans for the future? riding a motorcycle off an alp. and having sex.

Any comments?

What is your first name? Andrew

Age: 33

Location: Birmingham, United Kingdom

Hobbies and Interests: Woodworking, keeping my car running, traditional dishes.

Why are you here? Because i belong here and nowhere else.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): two weeks ago (March 2007)

Favorite subjects: Forensic Anthroplogy

Year/Grade: Mature Student

Favorite music: Satie Piano + any classical

Books: The last good book i read was a biography about a sailor stranded in the Atlantic

TV shows/Movies: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars, Saving Private Ryan, Life of Brian, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Digby The Biggest Dog in the World, Independance Day. Why grow up?

Instrument: Trombone once, triangle twice. Hybrid Guitar one day

Do you like sports? Squash (Racket Ball)

Family: no

Clothing: yes

How did you find this website? Goooooogle

Job: not at the moment

Plans for the future? many

Any comments?

What is your first name? Ren

Age: 18

Location: Eugene, OR USA

Hobbies and Interests: WoW, other video games, Economics, music, foreign languages

Why are you here? Because I like how I have something in common with 99% of the people here.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Age 3

Favorite subjects: Calculus, Economics

Year/Grade: 12th grade

Favorite music: 80s, rock, metal, and a lot of random downtrodden-sounding stuff.

Books: Freakonomics, Communist Manifesto

TV shows/Movies: When I had cable....Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends...I also like Speed Racer, S.Cry.Ed, Invader Zim, and a few others I can't think of right now.

Instrument: I can't play musical instruments...

Do you like sports? No, unless bowling counts as one.

Family:

Clothing: I wear a grey cabbie hat, a t-shirt, brown jacket, j eans, and black boots a lot.

How did you find this website? Myspace group

Job: Unemployed

Plans for the future? PhD in Economics

Any comments? NEIN

First name? Dale

Age (Physical): 18
Age (Cynisism/General Evil): 165

Location: Hawkes Bay, NZ.

Hobbies and interests: Dawn of War, Anime, Half-life, Economics and Accountancy, Japanese Language and Culture, Thunder and Lightning music (Think One-Winged-Angel from Kingdom Hearts)

Why here?: My brotherly "Share the wisdom" urge drove me here, wanted to feel like I belonged somewhere.

Diagnosed? 4

Subjects: None.

Year: Tertiary, 1st year.

Books: Manga, Terry Pratchett.

TV Shows: None.

Sports: Taking the piss out of the humansk.

Clothing: Black thin Jacket, white shirt, white socks, Black jeans, Black shoes.

Plans: Chartered Accountancy

Comments? "FEED ME!!"

What is your first name? Renato

Age: 31

Location: Manila, Philippines

Hobbies and Interests: computers, music, psychology, poetry

Why are you here? i wouldn't be here if i didn't feel the same as everyone here

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

Favorite subjects: n/a

Year/Grade: n/a

Favorite music: classical, alternative

Books: mostly poetry books

TV shows/Movies: wings of desire, cinema paradiso, himala

Instrument: n/a

Do you like sports? no

Family: my family comes over once in a while

Clothing: casual wear

How did you find this website? "followed the trail"

Job: web developer

Plans for the future? tired of planning

Any comments?

Name: David

Age: 21

Location: East Brunswick, NJ

Why are you here: Honestly... I'm not going to tell you

When were you diagnosed: Age of 12, followed by 10 of nothing being done about it

Favorite Subjects: History, Philosophy

Year/Grade - Fourth year going to college

Favorite music - ELLIOT SMITH, mostly retro folk music, but also some of that emo and goth stuff

Books - classics, books on philosophy and war, Lord of the Rings

TV shows/movies - lots of anime, stuff like the Simpsons and Family Guy, Seinfeld, Lord of the Rings, Batman

Instruments: Drums

Family: Live with my Dad, my sister lives with my mom

Clothing - stylish... at least i think so

job...: nope, but with the help of College I hope I get one

What is your first name? Ashley

Age: 18

Location: Ireland

Hobbies and Interests: Drawing, Music, Playin' the odd game or two.

Why are you here? To talk with like-minded people.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): When I was 5.

Favorite subjects: Art, History, English

Year/Grade: 6th year

Favorite music: The Knife, Aphex Twin, Jean Michel Jarre, Tonto's Expanding Headband, YMO, Polysics, Kraftwerk, The Prodigy, Squarepusher, Future Sound of London, Royksopp, Goldfrapp, LFO, Human Resource, General Dub, Boards of Canada, Daft Punk, Mc hammer, Jordan Rudess/Dream Theater

Books: I rarely touched a book in my life... except for the LOTR trilogy.

TV shows/Movies:
Films:
Team America, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill 1&2, Fear and Loathing, Clockwork Orange, Napoleon Dynamite, A Scanner Darkly, The Wind That Shakes The Barley, Borat

TV Shows:
Peep show, Harry Enfield, Venture bros, Family Guy, Futurama, South Park

Instrument: Piano, Synthesizers

Do you like sports? f**k sports up the arse.

Family: The parents... and two brothers, both moved out.

Clothing: I don't give a s**t about fashion.

How did you find this website? By wikipedia.

Job: None

Plans for the future? Make some money out of my music, not become famous though.

Any comments? Noeeeewp.

What is your first name? Johan (pronounced by english speakers as "yoo unn" with the yoo much higher pitch and much longer)

Age: 24

Location: Norrköping, Sweden

Hobbies and Interests: Cooking, eating, ingredients, plants (food, medical, psychoactive, but not decorative)

Why are you here? I've been on the #wrongplanet IRC channel for a long time but mostly lurking here. And not even much of that, I like direct answers, I hate email, mail, telephone answering machines and so on, I like direct concversation more, but I can see how a forum can be interesting sometimes.

When were you diagnosed?: I got AS dx at age 15 (summer 1998 just before I started high school) When I was about 13-14 they gave me amphetamine so i guess they suspected ADHD too (ADD without hyperactive is not a recognized dx here in Sweden by the medical community, otherwise I'm pretty sure I'd have that too)

Favorite subjects: Languages, food, spices, drugs, drug metabolism, emotional/behavioural discussion, politics (though I don't have any special dogma or ideology I believe in)

Year/Grade: ?? I finished high school in 2001

Favorite music: I am such a mixed style lover I just have some favorites that are of completely extremely different genres, those I listen to the msot are in bold text:
Lyrical based: Kjell Höglund, Aimee Mann, Françoise Hardy, Organism 12, Ted Gärdestad, Laleh, [ingenting], Manu Chao
Synth: Din Stalker, Infected Mushroom, Wendy Carlos, Jean Michel Jarre, Vangelis
Indian classic and pop/movie music super perfect singers: S. P. Balasubramaniam, Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi
instrumental masters (indian classical): Rakesh Chaurasia, Talvin Singh, Ali Akbar Khan, Ravi Shankar
Other music I just enjoy really much: Bharat Nepali Party, Sigur Rós, Penguin Café Orchestra, Björk, Takfarinas, Elton John, Huun-Huur-Tu


Books: Haven't read that much fiction, and the only ones I got anything out of are quite stereotypically 1984 and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

TV shows/Movies: Magnolia, f*****g Åmål (retitled "Show me love" in some more prude countries), Tillsammans, Lilya 4-ever (these first 4 ones are the only ones that ever made me cry) The Truman Show, Fargo ... tv shows i don't watch much, I often have trouble following the speed because I get uninsterested and I don't even have a TV at present (you have to pay a licence for owning a TV in Sweden, and I almost never watch so I feel it's wasteful)

Instrument: I can play piano-layout instruments very well but can not read notes.

Do you like sports? No, I'm scared of water, balls, getting hurt and I was always the shortest in school so they'd always pick me last in the teams, also I didn't learn to swim until I was 15 in Thailand where the water was warm enough.

Family: Parents alive, a little brother of 21 who is a lot bigger than me, he also has his neuropsychiatrical problems I'd say, but a more positive attitude and less concentration problems, as he was assigned to good positions in the army, which required tough mental/psych tests.

Clothing: Since the last half year I've learned what looks real good, not only to me but to the public. At home I wear baggy clothes.

How did you find this website? Been talking on various asperger IRC chatrooms for years so I guess I heard about it there. Not sure though.

Job: no, but coming up soon taking care of a book section in a second hand store (I'll begin as soon as they've finished building the place, it's very very big for being a second hand store) I got this job only thanks to special help from the city for people with disabilities of different sorts such as AS. The work market in Sweden is extremely tough. 20% unemployment, so AS people don't stand much chance, people only want the best, and someone behaving awkward in any little way is left out, and no one without the right contacts can get a job.

Plans for the future? Continue working at that place, or at another store now that I got my foot in the work market and they see I'm not just a lazy bum, but that I actually want to work.

Any comments? I am a very unassertive person who gives up at first try, and rough jokes scare me. I've left college studies for just people being loud and joking. Please try to be careful with me. I normally do absolutely anything people tell me to, because I'm afraid to say no or complain, but instead I can get frustrated when I get overloaded with to much asked from me to the point I explode in violent fits (these violent fits have cost me my dearest friends). I'm very afraid of making a complaint or using my rights. Others have to push me to do that.

The thread that never ends ...

First name: Jessica

Age: 24

Location: near Philadelphia, PA

Why are you here: I'm newly diagnosed and wanted to meet others like me

When were you diagnosed: I was diagnosed by a clinician with AS/non-verbal learning disorder a few months ago, but I've been self-diagnosed for longer

Year/Grade: I have a BA degree in English, which is fairly useless

Favorite music: I guess my taste is pretty varied, but I mainly listen to alt and classic country (huge Patsy Cline fan) and classic rock. I love U2, too. The Joshua Tree is probably my favorite album.

Books: Too many favorites to name, really. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, Kerouac's On the Road, McCullers' The Heart is a Lonely Hunter and Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude are the first ones that pop into my head. I also love reading drama and poetry.

TV Shows/Movies: I don't really watch that much TV, but I love The Simpsons. I guess It's a Wonderful Life would have to be my favorite movie.

Instruments: I used to play the flute. (badly)

Sports: I work out daily because it helps me control anxiety somewhat, but I'm not coordinated or aggressive enough for team sports. I always dreaded gym class.

Family: I have a younger brother and a mother to whom I'm fairly close. I haven't been on speaking terms with my Dad for a while, but I think he has (undiagnosed) AS, which is helping me to understand him and make peace a little, now that I'm learning more about it.

Clothing: I try to be fashionable, but on my own terms. (It must be comfortable)

Job: I'm a proofreader for a publishing company.

Future Plans: I'd like to get my act together enough to finally finish a novel and get it published. I'm kind of directionless and spinning my wheels career and relationship-wise. Not too many future plans, I guess...

What is your first name? Nikki

Age: 23

Location: La Crosse, WI

Hobbies and Interests: Reading and writing short stories and poetry, listening to heavy metal and goth music, engaging in philosophical discussions

Why are you here? I want to meet more people with Asperger's

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Sophomore year of high school (wish it woulda been sooner!)

Favorite subjects: When I was in school, English

Year/Grade: College grad

Favorite music: Cradle of Filth, Orgy, Marilyn Manson, techno, industrial

Books: A Clockwork Orange

TV shows/Movies: Donnie Darko (I really relate to him), A Clockwork Orange

Instrument: Piano/keyboard

Do you like sports? No

Family: One younger brother (18), live with mom and her boyfriend

Clothing: goth/punk/hippie

How did you find this website? Google search for "Asperger's Syndrome"

Job: Classroom assistant at a home/school for adults and children with developmental disabilities

Plans for the future? Looking to break into journalism

Any comments?

What is your first name? Eddie, or Edward if you want to be picky.

Age: 24.

Location: Kent, UK

Hobbies and Interests: Music, film, politics, driving

Why are you here? Wanted to find other people with AS

Favorite subjects: When I was at school/uni, anything English or Media related was good. Wish that I'd done something with Politics in retrospect.

Year: Graduated university 2004.

Favorite music: All things indie. Run a music blog called Another Form of Relief.

Books: Catcher in the Rye and 1984 are the only books I've gone back to more than once.

TV shows/Movies: Both would be pretty endless list, but I'm pretty much a tv nerd. Recent obsessions: Lost, Heroes, Gilmore Girls, Everwood, West Wing, Carnivale, Six Feet Under, The Shield, it goes on and on.

Instrument: Absolutely nothing.

Do you like sports? God no.

Family: I have two parents. No siblings. This is enough.

Clothing: Anything that fits me.

How did you find this website? I think I searched for something like "Asperger's forum".

Plans for the future? Have the music writing/promoting side of my life take off to the point where I won't depend on a day job.

What is your first name? Brett

Age: 18

Location: Houston, Texas

Hobbies and Interests: gaming, reading, philosophy, political applications of philosophy, constiutional law, debating, learning.

Why are you here? Because I wanted to see if there was a forum/website for Aspies.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Two months back. maybe three.

Favorite subjects: English, philosophy, law.

Year/Grade: I'm a senior in high school.

Favorite music: I listen to all types. but my main genres are rock and rap.

Books: Terry Goodkind's the Sword of Truth series, Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, the Fountainhead, the Incarnations of immortality series by Piers Anthony.

TV shows/Movies: Scrubs, The 300, V for Vendetta, Law and Order: SVU, Hitch.

Instrument: None. Would like to take guitar someday.

Do you like sports? yes

Family: my father and mother are divorced. father re-married, mother dating. I have two step-sisters and one brother, and am the second oldest. None of my siblings have asperger's.

Clothing: whatever makes me look good. generally dark jeans, and a t-shirt of some sort. occasionally mixed in with a button-up shirt.

How did you find this website? through google

Job: I am currently a Courtesy Clerk at a grocery store.

Plans for the future? going to college, studying constitutional law in grad school.

Any comments? Nope.

Name: Bridge

Age: old enough

Location: Balmy Britain

Hobbies/Interests: travelling, books, exploring.

Why am i here? son may have aspergers

favourite subjects: umm my kids

Fav music: meatloaf

Books: anything and everything

Tv Shows/movies: I'm a celebrity get me outta here/ Girl interrupted

Do i like sports: no

Family: yes all crazy

Clothing: anything pretty & slightly hippyish

how did i find this website: search engine

Job: yes i am self employed have my own shop

plans for the future: to travel the world and see everything

What is your first name? Kay

Age: 24

Location: DC Metro Area

Hobbies and Interests: Books! Book smell, book taste, book feel, book sound, book...nevermind. I also like Star Trek, paganism, horror, creating art, music, comic books, animals, movies, plus more-- depending on the day.

Why are you here? To form some kind of social life, I guess. Even if it is through a computer.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): About 2 years ago.

Favorite subjects: Library Science, Art, and English.

Year/Grade: Dropped out of college. A few times.

Favorite music: A little bit of everything. Goth, Indie, Industrial, Classical, etc.

Books: SO many. The Giver was my favorite as a child. The Wraeththu trilogy is probably my favorite now. I have an unhealthy obsession with Dawn Prince-Hughes at the moment.

TV shows/Movies: Star Trek, Star Wars, House, L Word, Firefly...I like horror films and documentaries the most.

Instrument: Piano, Guitar, and Bass.

Do you like sports? No.

Family: I have one. It's broken, but we use a lot of glue.

Clothing: Comfortable goth?

How did you find this website? Searching the web.

Job: I volunteer at a small library and I take art commissions.

Plans for the future? I don't know, I feel...lost.