Questions about you

Post Reply New Topic

What is your first name: Sian (It's Welsh)

Age: 20

Location: Birmingham UK

Hobbies and Interests: Church, kids work, youth work, worship team, drama team, CSI, Reading

Why are you here: It was suggested I find out more about AS pending assessment

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

Favorite subjects: At school? English. I used to like history but I'm at university now so only do english.

Year/Grade: Third year university

Favorite music: christian music, especially the gathering band (my housemate is one of the singers)

Books: Anything by Arthur Ransome, Susan Cooper, Terry Pratchett or Jodi Picoult

TV shows/Movies: CSI (only the original), Robin Hood, Doctor Who, Have I got News for You

Instrument: I play flute, and used to play clarinet and piano. I also sing

Do you like sports: I used to like cross country and ice skating, but I don't do either any more.

Family: Mum, Dad, sixteen year old brother (likely AS as well)

Clothing: Jeans, t-shirt, hoodies (serious4god hoodies)

How did you find this website: google search

Job: University student

Plans for the future: I'm applying for a PGCE course next year

What is your first name? Ilhami

Age: 27

Location: Singapore, South-east Asia

Hobbies and Interests: Financial Markets Analysis, especially Elliott Wave Principle + Fibonacci Projections, World Map, Trivia/General Knowledge

Why are you here? Well, apparently I'm not alone. Period. lol

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder) Self-discovery.

Favourite subjects: Geometry, Geography, History, Physics, Biology, Statistics

Favourite music: Gospel, Pop, Pop-Soul, Dance/Techno

Books: Christian Books, Fantasy Novels like Lord of the Rings and Wheel of Time, Encyclopedias, etc

TV shows/Movies: CNBC, Bloomberg Channel, Discovery Channel, National Geographic, History Channel, Sci-Fi and Fantasy, including Horror films

Instrument: Just a very little bit of piano

Do you like sports? Only jogging every week. Occasionally swimming, table tennis, and badminton.

Family: My parents are in my homecountry, Indonesia. Live with my little bro and sis here, they're very smart.

Clothing: Comfortable (not rough and felt itchy) and good for humid and hot weather clothes

How did you find this website? From wikipedia.

Job: Student and pastime trading, I'm not sure whether an autistic person can do trading in financial markets (stocks, bonds, futures, forex)

Plans for the future? Well currently I'm on into trading in financial markets. Will move to financial markets analysis instead if I don't succeed.

Age: 18, I become 19 the 15th of November

Location: Orstad, Norway

Hobbies and Interests: Lifting weights, 3D modelling, animals

Why I'm here: I'm recently diagnosed as an aspie, and it's nice to have a forum where I can fit in

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): At age 18

Favorite subjects: Economy

Favorite music: Iron Maiden, Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, Eric Clapton, Scorpions, Judas Priest, Aerosmith, Van Halen, Turboneger, Mötorhead, Queen, Metallica, Guns 'n Roses, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, Helloween, Oasis, RHCP, Kiss, David Bowie, Travis, Jimi Hendrix, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Led Zeppelin

Books: Books by Tolkien

TV shows/Movies: The Simpsons, Prison Break, American Dad!, Family Guy, Married with Children, I shouldn't be alive, American Chopper

Instrument: I play keyboard, and some guitar

Do you like sports: I'm interested in bodybuilding, strongman and Formula 1

Family: I want a family in the future

Clothing: Rock 'n roll inspired

How did you find this website: Wikipedia

Job: Unemployed

Plans for the future: A house in the suburbs, a wife, two kids, a british sportscar and a good job

What is your first name? Jess

Age: 29

Location: Portland, Oregon

Hobbies and Interests: Gullible men, radiation biophysics

Why are you here? I figured I'd take a peek and see what this place is like.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): I haven't been diagnosed formally yet, though I've done lots of research and this seems to fit the best.

Favorite subjects: Science, math, music

Year/Grade: Bachelor of Science, Radiologic Science: Oregon Tech 2007

Favorite music: Religious music sung in Latin, Celtic punk (Amadan is freakin' awesome!)

Books: Anne McCaffrey novels, Harry Potter

TV shows/Movies: Horror movies, Crossing Jordan, CSI

Instrument: 12-string electric guitar

Do you like sports? I love ice hockey!

Family: I live with my heterosexual domestic partner, two cats, and a ferret. We are all vehemently childfree.

Clothing: I love dark solid colors. OMG I HATE PATTERNS AND LOGOS ON CLOTHES. SO MUCH.

How did you find this website? Was linked to it after a quiz I took.

Job: I'm a licensed and certified x-ray tech (hence the nickname hurr hurr im klevur)

Plans for the future? Moving to Canada.

Any comments? Pleased to meetcha!

This is a model of how you should answer your questions. All questions are optional. I thought this would be a good icebreaker for everyone.

What is your first name? Brooks

Age: 41

Location: Birmingham Alabama

Hobbies and Interests: Reading. Computers. NCAAF2007 Football on the XBox 360. Spending time with my son.

Why are you here? To meet people with AS and learn more about it from people that actually have it.

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

Favorite subjects: Computer Science. Music

Year/Grade: I have a BS in CS

Favorite music: From Linkin Park to Johnny Cash. Currently I keep listening to Bleed It Out by Linkin Park over and over. No Gansta Rap and don't get me started on opera solos.

Books: Any fantasy or Sci-Fi. Terry Pratchett and Robert Jordan for Fantasy. Alan Dean Foster for Sci-Fi.

TV shows/Movies: Any Sci-Fi. Anything with Vampires. I love Documentary type programs. Especially Heavy Machinery and Ancient history. Deadliest Catch is a fav also.

Instrument: Saxophone & Clarinet.

Do you like sports? Yep. I like sports ok. I watch the Crimson Tide when I get the chance. We watch a lot of Bowling at my house due to my sons obsession.

Family: One NT wife. One 3yo boy that shows at least one sign of AS.

Clothing: Hawaiian type shirts and shorts.

How did you find this website? My wife actually found this site for me.

Job: IT Manager for a suburban library.

Plans for the future? Live life, love life. I do hope to retire in 20 years.

Any comments? I love weird geek humor. I have a bumper sticker on order that says "There is no place like 127.0.0.1"

What is your first name? Melissa

Age: 29

Location: Southern Alabama

Hobbies and Interests: reading (Dean Koontz, Robin Cook, Red Dress Ink), Music (everything with the exception of rap), my family, church, ummmm...

Why are you here? Because I'm one of you.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Never officially, though I have come to the conclusion that I'm in the right place

Favorite subjects: Not in school anymore, but... LOL Biology and Psychology

Year/Grade: I'm a graduate

Favorite music: Like country... Like pop... Like Christian... I like it all, pretty much.

Books: As I stated above... Dean Koontz, Dr. Robin Cook, any book published by Red Dress Ink

TV shows/Movies: tv shows : House, Bones, So You Think You Can Dance ---movies : Sweet Home Alabama, Hitch, Lilo and Sticth

Instrument: Radio

Do you like sports? Yeah, I like 'em. I've coached gymnastics for years, so I love that... And Alabama Crimson Tide football and gymnastics... And I'll throw in the Chicago Bears for my hubby.

Family: Hubby and 6 month old little girl

Clothing: *shrugs* I like tailored preppy stuff...

How did you find this website? Google, I think...

Job: Stay At Home Mom, these days

Plans for the future? Another baby... White picket fence and an SUV?

Any comments? Nah, not really.

What is your first name?[/u] Stephen

[b]Age: 16

Location: Forest Hill, Maryland, USA

Hobbies and Interests: Photography, electronics, vintage audio, music, and mechanical things.

Why are you here? Because I'm an aspie, and as soon as I found this site, I knew I'd fit right in.

When were you diagnosed? When I was 11, in the 6th grade.

Favorite subjects: (I assume these mean in school...) Photography, calculus (even though I'm not doing so well in calc...)

Year/Grade: 11th (junior year) at the Science and Mathematics Academy.

Favorite music: Everything, pretty much. But classic rock especially. Music is a passion for me.

Books: Lots.

TV shows/Movies: I don't watch TV all that much. Movies: Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, all of the Star Wars series, Casablanca... and others.

Instrument: Keyboard (i.e. piano), and voice. I used to play the trumpet, but I haven't played it in years.

Sports: Never really had an interest.

Family: Mom, Dad, and an older brother. Mom and Dad have been divorced for almost ten years now.

Clothing: Jeans, with a t-shirt or polo.

How did you find this website? Wikipedia, would you believe? I was doing a little reading on AS, and stumbled upon a link to here.

Job: Student, you could say. But I should get a part-time job sometime.

Plans for future? College (don't know where yet) and later a career in engineering (probably electrical.)

Any comments? No, not really.

What is your first name? Buboy

Age: 27

Location: Las Piñas, Philippines

Hobbies and Interests: Music, Movies, Tech

Why are you here? Nowhere else to be, i guess

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Never. Took several AS online tests

Favorite subjects: Computer Elective (in highschool)

Year/Grade: BS Computer Science grad

Favorite music: Blues, Metal

Books: Don't read much except for mags and manuals

TV shows/Movies: Toons, Docus, Gangster movies

Instrument: None, and i tried

Do you like sports? Yup. Basketball. Don't play anymore though

Family: I used to live with my bio parents, two brothers and a sister, now i live with my girlfriend, 2 dogs, and a cat

Clothing: T-shirt, loose pants, sandals or rubber sneakers or slip-ons

How did you find this website? From one of the tests i took

Job: Computer Programmer/DBA for the machine.

Plans for the future? To finish my Linux RHCE training, a master's degree maybe

Any comments? Kudos to the people who put this site up. Good work.

What is your first name? Lily

Age: 16

Location: Colorado

Hobbies and Interests: drawing, painting, sewing, reading, music

Why are you here? to learn more about asperger's syndrome and to find others to relate to.

When were you diagnosed? undiagnosed

Favorite subjects: math and science

Year/Grade: junior in highschool

Favorite music: alternative rock, but I'm fairly open minded

Books: I like books by chuck palahniuk, empire falls, and many others

TV shows/Movies: tv shows : dr. phil, oprah, shows on tlc and bravo

Instrument: viola

Do you like sports? not many. I like to watch figure skating, gymnastics, and swimming

Family: I live with my parents and I have a sister in college

Clothing: neutral colored, nondescript pieces

How did you find this website? just while searching the internet for asperger's syndrome

Job: no job, just school

Plans for the future? I'm just taking it one day at a time

Any comments?

Age: 22

Location: Hamburg, Germany

Hobbies and Interests: chess, mineralogy, fashion design, drawing, music

Why are you here? If I tried to answer this one, I'd end up writing a philosophy book.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): At age 2 with autism, at age 14 re-diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome

Favorite subjects: mineralogy, maths

Year/Grade: 3rd semester mineralogy student at Hamburg University

Favorite music: medieval music and folk, sometimes metal

Books: Vurt by Jeff Noon, Neuromancer by William Gibson, Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

TV shows/Movies: I don't watch TV.

Instrument: harp, piano, clarinet

Do you like sports? no, I'm clumsy

Family: I live with my parents

Clothing: The usual stuff that's fashionable; some things of my own design

How did you find this website? Searching the net for Asperger's Syndrome

Job: none

Plans for the future? My diploma in mineralogy, and then... Eh... Don't know.

Any comments?

What is your first name? Beau

Age: 21

Location: Phoenix, AZ, USA

Hobbies and Interests: Music, Sports results and statistics, game shows

Why are you here? To learn even more about ASD than I already know.

Favorite subjects: Um...

Year/Grade: Graduated from high school in 2004 (barely)

Favorite music: Outsider music.

Books: The annual ESPN sports almanac.

TV shows/Movies: Various animated programs and movies.

Instrument: My voice.

Do you like sports? Yes, even though I'm not athletic.

Family: What about them? I live with my father currently. My mom and younger brother I needed to get away from for a while. Everyone else is either dead or in another location.

Clothing: T-shirts and shorts are my favorites.

How did you find this website? Wikipedia

Job: Nothing at the moment.

Plans for the future? Not at this time, I'm afraid

Any comments? Nothing I can think of at this time.

What is your first name? Tiffany.. but i hate it. so i go by Nicky (my middle name's Nicole)

Age: 21

Location: tennessee

Hobbies and Interests: art, anime, music

Why are you here? because i've found people like me that can understand me when i have never known a single person in real life that can relate to me.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): i haven't been yet, but i'm positive i have AS, and hope to get a diagnosis eventually.

Favorite subjects: in school?? i like all my art classes.

Year/Grade: college sophomore

Favorite music: genre - rock and j-rock... i also like a lot of random songs from different genre... i just don't like country, bluegrass, and stuff like that...

Books: sci-fi.. and manga

TV shows/Movies: anything anime... i like fashion shows and house remodeling shows... stuff like that... i also like the discovery health channel... but i don't have cable or anything, so i can't watch stuff like that... so.. i don't watch much t.v... i mostly just watch stuff online.

Instrument: none. i can pick out a few songs on the piano, but that's it.

Do you like sports? no... just.. no.

Family: i live with my parents. i have 2 older half brothers and an older half sister that i didn't grow up with... they lived with their mom.. who happens to be my mom's sister... wrap your head around that one.. they're my siblings on my dad's side and my cousins on my mom's side!! i also have a full older sister... and my oldest brother has a son and my oldest sister has 3 kids, and a 4th on the way.. my full sister just got married last December and moved away. it was kinda hard on me, since we've shared a room most of my life... but i'm ok now.

Clothing: i have an unusual fashion sense.. i like wearing layered shirts... a long sleeve shirt with a short sleeve short shirt over top... and i love top hats... my mom has made me some cloth top hats.. i wear one most every day... and ties.. i love ties. i wear a tie every time i go anywhere... and i color coordinate my outfits to match my ties. i also love my z-coil shoes...

How did you find this website? i was researching autism, and just sorta stumbled upon it...

Job: dog-sitter

Plans for the future? i'm a Character Animation major... i hope to some day work for Disney, Pixar, or some other company like that...

Any comments? i have a pet snake!!

What is your first name? Karen

Age: 30...and a bit

Location: Toronto, Canada

Hobbies and Interests: Music, art, writing (short stories, songs, poetry), reading, psychology, psychoanalysis, astronomy, carousel horses, crafts, my pets, the internet, anything related to the Civil War era (big Gone With the Wind fan) and North American Indians

Why are you here? A friend (who is also a member) said i might fit in here....

Favorite subjects: Art, music, drama, English

Year/Grade: High school grad, tried post-secondary for Interior Decorating, lost interest, never finished, thinking about trying again (for something else). Or just joining the circus...

Favorite music: Ahhh....where to begin...i like just about everything, from classical to industrial to country to rock...love alternative and indie bands (especially the local scene here...)

Books: Gone With the Wind is my fav...authors would include but not limited to Emily and Charlotte Bronte, J.K. Rowling, Terry Brooks, Neil Gaiman, H.P. Lovecraft, Jane Ausen, William Shakespeare, Edgar Alan Poe, Anne Rice, Louis L'Amour, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Nicholas Sparks, and lots more...(i'm just not near my books...lol!)

TV shows: Heroes, CSI's, Criminal Minds, Las Vegas...ummm, besides that I don't really watch much tv, and these only when i happen to remember when they are on...lol!

Movies: Gone With the Wind, anything Disney or Pixar, The Crow, Underworld, The Matrix, X-Men, Donnie Darko, The Notebook, A Walk to Remember, Legally Blonde...and so many more...

Instrument: guitar, bass, keyboards, re-learning violin, sax (though not recently)

Do you like sports? umm, not so much anymore...used to be big into basketball and volleyball...

Family: Parents, 3 brothers, a husband, and a ton of pets (regular and exotic)

Clothing: Yup....well, it isn't a nudist colony is it? Okay....i guess i could be considered kinda punk/goth/alternative....

How did you find this website? Through a friend.

Job: Professional job seeker....

Plans for the future? World domination....actually, I would just like to be happy...