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What is your first name? Chloe.

Age: 17.

Location: Scotland, UK.

Hobbies and Interests: Internet, music, sciences.

Why are you here? I have AS.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): About 3 months ago.

Favorite subjects: Chemistry and Biology.

Year/Grade: Last year of HS, I start university in September.

Favorite music: Old school rock, metal, glam, hair metal and NY punk.

Books: I don't tend to read much but some favourites are To Kill a Mockingbird, Memoirs of a Geisha and The Bonesetter's Daughter.

TV shows/Movies: I'm not really into films but I do watch Dr. Who on tv.

Instrument: I have no musical abilities whatsoever! I tried acoustic and electric guitar but am in the process of selling them both as I can't get a decent sound out of either!

Do you like sports? If so, which ones?: I enjoy walking and cycling occasionally, but not sports persae.

Family: My mum and dad are separated, and I live with my mum and her partner. I am an only child.

Clothing: I usually just wear t-shirts and jeans, and I'm not very feminine, but sometimes I do wear a dress or something if I'm going somewhere nice.

How did you find this website? Someone on Gaiaonline posted the link in a topic about autism.

Job: I have a part time job only, and it will probably stay that way as I am going to university full time, but I hope to work in a lab once I graduate with my degree, and do research.

Plans for the future? I hope to graduate with an honours degree in chemistry and work in the field of research.

Any comments? Nothing to declare!

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What is your first name?
Eric
Age:
34.58333
Location:
Antioch, California
Hobbies and Interests:
Currently I'm very interested in Lord of the Rings Online
Why are you here?
Originally I signed up to this board to ask the question, where can I get help with Asperger's Sydnrome?
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder):
My father told me he thought I had this disorder several years ago, and I have yet to get a confirmation by a therapist or psychologist, and I am currently seeking one.
Favorite subjects:
The Bible (Truth of Reality), Chemistry (Truth of materials), Quantum Physics (Truth of particles and waves), Cosmology (Truth of the Universe), Astronomy (Truth of the Heavens), Mathematics (Truth of Universal Holistic Connectivity), and Garfield the Cat (he's just hilariously funny)
Year/Grade:
Graduated from High School, but never went to College
Favorite music:
Dance and House music currently. Past favorites include Classic Rock, Pop, Jazz, and Classical music
Books:
The Bible first and foremost. Then after that, books about subjects listed above. Some science fiction and maybe abit of fantasy.
TV shows/Movies:
Whats Television? I go to the movies to see funny movies, and sometimes dramatic movies, never horror or suspense.
Instrument:
I've dinkered with a keyboard and a guitar in the past, but I own neither now, nor am I very proficient at them.
Do you like sports?
No
Family:
Scattered across the land
Clothing:
Yes
How did you find this website?
Google
Job:
Collision Auto Parts Warehouse
Plans for the future?
Never dying. Also, getting married to my future soul mate
Any comments?
No comment

What is your first name? Matthew

Age: 17 (big 18 next week)

Location: Grayslake, IL

Hobbies and Interests: Writing, singing, acting,

Why are you here? I have Asperger Syndrome

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): June 1997

Favorite subjects: science, english

Year/Grade: high school senior

Favorite music: Weird Al Yankovic, Smash Mouth, Evanescence, Daughtry

Books: Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, The Inheritance Trilogy, A Song of Ice and Fire, Stephen King

TV shows/Movies: Power Rangers, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firelfy and Serenity, Supernatural, Heroes, Nightmare on Elm Street, Candyman, Rain Man, Eurotrip

Instrument: Drums and piano

Do you like sports? no

Family: mom and dad (Divorced) two younger sisters

Clothing: t-shirt with movie promotion or witty saying on it, jeans

How did you find this website? Wikipedia

Job: Dog walker/player with...er

Plans for the future? go to college, become an actor

Any comments?

What is your first name? Ashley

Age: 20 and 23 days

Location: southampton (uk)

Hobbies and Interests: Internet, reading, computer games, music

Why are you here? im 95% sure i have AS - getting tested after college term finishes

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

ADHD age young (at the most 5 years old)

Favorite subjects: maths and IT

Year/Grade: year 1 student college

Favorite music: korn, slipknot, disturbed and others like that

Books: the alien series

TV shows/Movies: Lost, prision break

Instrument: none

Do you like sports? If so, which ones?: football

Family: A mum and 3 brother and 1 sister none have autistic or Asperger's.

Clothing: i wear what ever i want mostly baggy jeans and black jumper

How did you find this website? looking for info about AS

Job: Don't have one yet. i want to be a computer games designer

Plans for the future? as above

What is your first name?
Andrew Harvey
Age:
19.21
Location:
Munster, Indiana (about 45minutes from Chicago)
Hobbies and Interests:
Finishing up this semester, reading a few books a week, hanging out
Why are you here?
Long story, but short vversion = finding the link to here on another site
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder):
When I was about 11 or 12
Favorite subjects:
Battletech Universe, Drawing, Music, Star Wars Universe, History, String Theory, Half-Life, MGS, Legos, movies I like, lotsa etc.
Year/Grade:
Freshman in College
Favorite music:
70's-80's rock, the Monkees, Boston, ELO, the Beatles, Tom Petty, UB40, U2, Phil Collins, Van Halen, Pink Floyd
Books:
Ender's game series, LOTR, Battletech, a few of Michio Kaku's books, Left Behind, Harry Potter, Stephen King, stuff by Ben Bova, stuff by Tom Clancy, a few technical books
TV shows:
Spongebob, I Love the 70's/80's/90's, some MTV, Adult Swim, Most Extreme Elmination Challenge, Law&Order:SVU, Jackass, Viva La Bam, Wildboyz
Movies:
Shaun of the Dead, Alien/Aliens, Terminator's 1&2, Star Wars Trilogy(yes the first one), the LOTR trilogy, Jaws, Monty Python series (ie Holy Grail, Life of Brian)
Instrument:
I can play one chord versions of a few songs on the Acoustic, I can play a few songs on the piano, I can jam a little bit on the Bass guitar
Do you like sports?
I played Soccer for 7 years, not so much anymore.
Family:
Both parents, 2 siblings, 4 Grand parents, plenty of Aunts, Uncles, and Cousins
Clothing:
Usually
How did you find this website?
Wikipedia
Job:
Student/Unemployed
Plans for the future?
Finishing College for now
Any comments?
Cake is way better than pie.

What is your first name? Mark

Age: 30

Location: Birmingham, UK

Hobbies and Interests: Sciences & IT, Indoor Climbing

Why are you here? I have aspergers traits

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

Favorite subjects: Chemistry, Programming, Maths

Year/Grade: Left

Favorite music: Various

Books: Academic books only

TV shows/Movies: Stargate Atlantis, Lost

Instrument: None

Do you like sports? No

Family: 3 Brothers & Mom, 1 Nan, 2 Aunts, 1 Uncle, 2 cousins

Clothing: Casual, Jeans & T-Shirt

How did you find this website? Wikipedia

Job: Just left one

Plans for the future? Get a job

Any comments? Glad to be here

First Name: Lily

Age: 23

Location: US (Wisconsin/Coloardo)

Interests: International politics, history (late 17th Century England and World), military, Tonga (small South Pacific island country), current affairs, NPR (National Public Radio), DCI (Drum Corps International), Olympic games, Wildland firefighting, France and French

Hobbies: Doing research, reading, writing, watching movies and TV, do Sudoku

Why are you here: to find others like me

When were your diagnosed: When I was 16/17 or my junior year of high school, I know it was my junior year of high school but I don't know when during the year

Favorite subject: history and political science

Year/Grade: In 5th year of college. (I have one more year to go before I'm done! )

Favorite Music: Moxy Fruvous, Josh Groban, Movie soundtracks, classical, music composed by John Williams, music performed by the Boston Pop Orchestra

Books: Harry Potter books, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, non-fiction books on history, military, and current affairs (politics)

TV shows: Stargate: SG-1, Stargate: Atlantis, Numb3rs, Bones, House, MythBusters, Dirty Jobs, Dr. Who, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Monk, Psych, Eureka

Movies: Pirates of the Caribbean (Both one and two), Indian Jones Movies, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Incredibles, Van Helsing, National Treasusure, The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, The Emperor's New Grove, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, The Italian Job (2003), Sahara, Robin Hood: Men in Tights

Instruments: paino, percussion, flute

Sports:biking, hiking, and rock climbing

Family: My mom, My dad, younger sister, one dog, and two cats

Clothing: outdoories

How I found the website: My mom found it and give me the address

Job: student but during the summers I work as wildland fire dispatcher for the US government

Plans for the future: finish college

What is your first name: I actually use my middle name as my first name...which is Foxman. my first name's really Kelsey, but only my sister calls me that.

Age: 21

Location: Wisconsin

Hobbies and Interests: Music, and pretty much anything artsy/creative...dancing, painting, drawing, sewing. Also, politics, & history and philosophies of atheism

Why are you here?: My counsellor recommended the site.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): for AS, a couple of days ago. Almost a week. But for sensory integration disorder, beginning of hs.

Favorite subjects: Anything, pretty much. Except science...I was a physics kid in hs, until I discovered that I didn't have the attention span for the math...Now I'm working on my BM in viola performance, and my BA in poli sci. Maybe a honors project on the history of american secular political thought.

Year/Grade: Senior in college (but I'm on a 5 year program. 2 degrees and all that. Stupid school policy)

Favorite music: Beethoven, Bach, Shostakivich, the Killers, Imogen Heap, the Beatles, Holst...pretty much anything...other than country and bad hiphop.

Books: The God Delusion (Richard Dawkins), The End of Faith (Sam Harris), Night (Elie Wiesel), Ender's Shadow (Orson Scott Card), The Lexus and the Olive Tree (Thomas Friedman), Das Kapital (Marx)...there are a million others, of course, but those are at the top of my list right now...

TV shows/Movies: Scrubs, Firefly, Heros, America's Next Top Model (yes, i'm ashamed), House, Star Trek, Serenity, X Men, Underworld, Resident Evil, Moulin Rouge, the Red Violin, 300, the Host, the Crow, the Libertine, the Pianist, Gattaca, A Very Long Engagment...mostly, i just love movies. Video is my coping mechanism.

Instrument: Viola

Do you like sports? Not really. Used to run.

Family: Two parents, two dogs, one little sister.

Clothing: I like it. Mostly Parisian, so lots of black, with some Brit-rock influnce. Other stuff too, but that's my favorite.

How did you find this website? Counsellor.

Job: Art Model.

Plans for the future? More school, then moving back to Paris. Music.

What is your first name? Tim

Age: 27

Location: near Houston, Texas--but relocating to Wichita Falls, Texas in August

Hobbies and Interests: art, architecture, geology, TV, the Net, Subaru vehicles, Apple products, history, foreign languages and cultures, electronics

Why are you here? Fellowship among others on the spectrum

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): 1996, at age 16.

Favorite subjects: geology, chemistry, math

Year/Grade: junior in college (majoring in geology, minoring in computer science)

Favorite music: Latin jazz from the 60s, smooth jazz, 70s, 80s, some pop/rock

Books: self-help and non-fiction

TV shows/Movies: Simpsons, South Park, Futurama, Family Guy, Ugly Betty, Monk, anything on Adult Swim

Instrument: none

Do you like sports? mainly when a local team is in the playoff in its repsective sport (GO ROCKETS!! !)

Family: live with my parents, my grandmother, and my dog

Clothing: no preference

How did you find this website? through another Aspie group.

Job: currently working as a mapping/GIS technician for a city government

Plans for the future? finish college, become a geologist, marriage/co-habitation, kids

What is your first name? Jon

Age: 43

Location: Somewhere on the Left Coast

Hobbies and Interests: RPGs, SF/Fantasy reading

Why are you here? Hey, everybody's gotta be someplace, right?

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): No official diagnosis, but in 2001, when Newsweek ran an article on Asperger's, my elder sister read it, put the magazine down, and said to my mother, "So THAT'S what's wrong with Jon!"

Favorite music: Rush, Queensryche, Type O Negative

Books: How about authors? Larry Niven, David Brin, Robert Heinlein, Spider Robinson, Cheeseburger Brown

TV shows/Movies: Battlestar Galactica (the remake, not the original cheesefest), NCIS, CSI: Original Recipe

Instrument: I play the stereo

Do you like sports? If so, which ones?: I'm getting pretty fair at Halo 2 Deathmatch...

Family: Wife, cohusband, 2 children (older, the girl, is Kanner's autistic)

Clothing: Yes, sometimes they make me wear clothes. The bastards.

How did you find this website? Googled for autistic discussion forums.

Job: Customer service for a major VoIP provider. (By the bye, can someone tell me how a nice Aspie laddie like me wound up making a fracking career out of telephone customer service??)

Plans for the future? I try not to make them - when I do, they tend to blow up in my face.

Any comments? Howdy!

Oops, double post - sorry

What is your first name?
Craig
Age:
16
Location:
milton keynes (england)
Hobbies and Interests:
playing the drums (but injured atm )
Why are you here?
to be a part of something
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder):
last friday...but i don't think it's official
Favorite subjects:
music
Year/Grade:
11
Favorite music:
the who, the jam, the beatles. anything older then me really. except 80's (SHITE!!)Books:
TV shows/Movies:
the fifth element, dog soldiers.
Instrument:
drums, guitar, bass, harmonica, spoon.
Do you like sports?
nah
Family:
i'm irish...LOADS!!
Clothing:
indy/mod look
How did you find this website?
great
Job:
drummer
Plans for the future?
become the best drummer in the world

What is your first name?
Beth

Age:
21, 9 months, 7 days

Location:
Portland, OR


Hobbies and Interests:
Playing videogames, being on the computer, traveling, going to places, reading, writing, watching TV, movies.

Why are you here?
I was diagnosed as having AS

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder):
When I was 12

Favorite subjects:
Spanish, History, Drama, Art.


Favorite music:
Weird Al Yankovic, Bob Rivers, The Beach Boys, Benny & Joon soundtrack, The Beatles, Madonna, too many to list.

Books:
The Baby-Sitters Club, crime, Aspergers and autism, mental conditions, thrillers.

TV shows/Movies:
Benny & Joon, Vision Quest, too much to list.

Shows: South park, The Simpsons, thats all I watch right now most of the time.

Instrument:
None

Do you like sports?
Not really but I wouldn't mind going to one

Family:
Mom, Dad, two brothers

Clothing:
Jeans, sweaters, t-shirts, skirts, long sleeve shirts, shorts. dresses, knit pants, cotton pants.

How did you find this website?
Asperger_teens (yahoo group)


Job:
Houseperson

Plans for the future?
Going back to school

Any comments?
This place may get bombed with trolls but they get taken care of and I just ignore them.

What is your first name? Michael
Age: 19
Location: London, Ontario
Hobbies and Interests: Computer music, computer and music, psychology, my mind, Tech, Science and all the incredible idea's, possibilities and strategies the lovely NT brain comes up with. Strategic thinking, intelligent conversation, quirky morbid idealism.
Why are you here? I'm pretty sure I have AS.
When were you diagnosed? Haven't been yet, much reason for this.
Favorite subjects: Science, Music, Any subject that lets you think beyond the books, the laws, and the normal.
Year/Grade: Still working on it, I don't learn 'normally'
Favorite music: Jrock Angura & 8bit, Russian Punk, Industrial, ect.
Books: I'm not a reader actually, far too interested in my world.
TV shows/Movies: I don't like many movies or TV either.
Instrument: Bass Guitar
Do you like sports? Some.
Family: None.
Clothing: I wear it.
How did you find this website? From another website.
Job: Can't hold a job yet (or find one without HS here), many troubles.
Plans for the future? Not sure, something in tech or science. I've been locked away from humanity for quite some time. Half literal, take it how you will it all means the same.
Any comments? Herro.

What is your first name? Peter

Age: 18

Location: Canada

Hobbies and Interests: Warhammer, writting, forums, music

Why are you here? I ave aspengers and wanted to be "near" people who understand

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): when I was 13 I beleive

Favorite subjects: history

Year/Grade: 12 if I was in school

Favorite music: heavy metal, whatever Styx is

Books: Lord of the Rings

TV shows/Movies: Heavy Metal

Instrument: piano, guitar

Do you like sports? If so Which ones? fishing

Family: mom, dad and "normie" brother

Clothing: black, but basic

How did you find this website? it was recomended to me by someone

Job: none right now

Plans for the future? no damn clue

Any comments? rock on!!