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Hello people, I'm new here and would like to make new friends. <cliche introduction haha

Hello! I'm TriforceOfAwesome1 (I'd rather not use my real name). I enjoy computer programming (Java Script), cosplay, The Legend of Zelda, skiing, and playing my ocarinas!

Aspie Test Results:

Neurodiverse Score: 134/200
Neurotypical Score: 80/200

Hello, new here, not sure what to say, here's some cookies 🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪

Would it be a good idea to start a blog about my struggles with autism? I am dealing with my autism and generally want to improve myself. I have a lot to tell about my past and my experiences with school and NT people. I always wanted to write a book about it, that's why I am not sure to start a blog. I am afraid when I start a blog a book is not possible anymore, is that just me thinging crazy? What do you guys think? Would anyone be intereseted to read it?

I'm "Kiwiwriter," and I was diagnosed with Asperger's in 1999. I'm 51 years old, married, live in Newark, NJ, with my wife of 19.5 years and daughter of 17.5.

My wife is an unrecognized genius and my daughter is a recognized genius...she's off to college in Maine in two weeks, with a fistful of awards, intending to do either orthodontia or computers, 11th in her class at Newark's top science high school. Prior to marrying my wife, my life was pretty much a rolling disaster because of Asperger's, and I've still had many disasters since then. The last year of my life has been a major nightmare for reasons I'd rather keep private.

My day job for the past 16 years has been writing press releases for the City of Newark. I'm on my fourth mayor. Despite having an MFA in Creative Writing from the New School for Social Research, I earn less than first-year administrative assistants...I haven't had a raise in 11 years.

My interests are baseball (Yankees and Giants), history (mostly WW2), and writing (I do articles on WW2 history and am doing an e-book on the subject). My memoir on surviving Asperger's was shot down by the publishing industry.

It has been a hard life and I have caused little in it but chaos for the people I love and received in return a great deal of condemnation and ridicule, some of it justified, some of it not. The definitive judgment of me was rendered by my father many years ago, when he was flogging me at my mother's behest (she was a borderline narcissist with more issues than Time magazine). He said, "If you continue on this course, one very cold morning you will wake up and realize nobody in the entire world gives a damn whether you live or die." I often feel that's how my life turned out. It is ironic that my father was often my biggest cheerleader.

My wife is not a big fan of me being on internet forums because I often wind up getting into flame wars with people, so I doubt I will be here very often. However, enduring Asperger's is one thing I can talk about (Opening my mouth has often got me in trouble or resulted in ridicule, as I say), so I may turn up occasionally.

The only other thing I can say is that I learned my writing from Frank McCourt (my teacher in high school), Walter Lord (the author), my instructors at my MFA program, and Roger Clemens, when he pitched for the Yankees. I learned my professionalism and work ethic from Ron Guidry and Mariano Rivera, and I guess I got my furious temper and relentlessness from Paul O'Neill and Will Clark.

Two Asperger sites/blogs. Critique of present psychological definitions and studies. Lots of evolutionary - anthropology genetic information. ECLECTIC!

http://aspiemanifesto.blogspot.com

http://aspergerhuman.wordpress.com

Hello everyone, I'm brand new to Wrong Planet and I came here so I could interact with others who share my problems and know what it's like to struggle with Autism and Asperger's. I've always had a hard time making friends and because of this I feel alone a lot and just wish I could have one friend out there in the world. I'd really like to meet as many people as I can here so going to give it my all to make friends and help myself and others get through this tough situation we all live with.

http://nixiebs.blogspot.co.uk/
My personal blog. Right now, I am focusing on updating a blog post about the Indian Super League franchise-based football league (I get my information from the official ISL website and Facebook page).

Hello,

I've just joined Wrong Planet. I'm a fan of anime and fan fictions. I've shared the link to my fan fiction page below. Please, check it out and let me know what you think. I'm also always looking for suggestions of new material to check out. Hit me up if you're interested in having a conversation about Japanese Anime, Disney, Transformers, etc.

https://www.fanfiction.net/u/2786637/

Just joined up. A quick introduction:

I'm 37 and have just (finally) been given a positive AS diagnosis. It's made a lot of crazy stuff make sense.

I've just met a girl who's half my age. She's NT, but smart. She accepts who I am, and realises that if something's wrong she needs to tell me and not play games.

I have an IQ of 138, I write computer software, I play the piano (quit after grade 5) and drums.

I like "soft" sci-fi films (Star Wars, The Matrix etc), fantasy adventure, and I'll even enjoy a "chick flick" occasionally.

I also like big stuff that moves. I'm a petrolhead. I drive too fast. I'm also interested in classic British diesel traction (yes, I mean trains).

Anything else, just ask.

I've been here a while now and while I post most of my life on Facebook and Twitter, I do have a "proper" blog and am going to make an effort to use it more in 2015: http://www.martinhowe.net/

I recently started an autism-centric (tum)blog to help me understand and process all this new stuff.
It reads much like a diary, I guess.
You can find it here.