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Nice to meet you, Lily.

What is your first name? Miranda

Age: 17 (18 tomorrow )

Location: Rochester, NY

Hobbies and Interests: Reading, writing, singing, acting, playing my viola, watching TV, wasting time on the Internet

Why are you here? To find out more about Asperger's, learn how to deal with it, and hopefully make some friends in the process.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): A couple months ago- probably mid-February

Favorite subjects: English, Psychology, Music

Year/Grade: 12

Favorite music: Musical Theater (Avenue Q, Rocky Horror, Rent) and classic rock (The Who, The Beatles, Rolling Stones)

Books: Harry Potter, "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky

TV: The Office, American Idol, MST3K, Seinfeld, Family Guy, The Simpsons, Arrested Development

Movies: Almost Famous, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Juno, The Breakfast Club

Instrument: Viola

Do you like sports? Yes, especially baseball (go Red Sox!). I'm terrible at playing sports, though- gym class sucks. I like watching sports on TV or in person.

Family: Mom, Dad, brother Ricky (15) and sister Lydia (12)

Clothing: I mainly get my tops from Old Navy and Target and my pants from Sears

How did you find this website? The wikipedia article for Asperger's

Job: Student, but over the summer I'll be running the rides at Seabreeze (local amusement park)

Plans for the future? Boston University, majoring in English

Any comments? Happy to meet all of you!

What is your first name? Anne

Age: 30

Location: Norway

Hobbies and Interests: Reading, music, computers/internet

Why are you here? I have Asperger syndrom and ADD

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

Favorite subjects: Books (fiction) and computers

Favorite music: Classical and heavy metal

Books: Anything written by Doris Lessing

TV shows/Movies: Farscape!

Instrument: Violin and piano

Do you like sports? No

Clothing: Casual

Job: Unemployed

Plans for the future? I plan on going to school and becoming a librarian

Nice to meet you, Anne.

What is your first name? Dani

Age: 23 (well almost)

Location: Az

Hobbies and Interests: Reading, listening to music (classic rock/classical especially), thinking.

Why are you here? Figure out how to deal with life and stuff.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Not officially dx'd w/AS (too old for one? dunno. reason for one? dunno).

Favorite subjects: History, Art History, Astronomy, Pre-Calculus was fun.

Year/Grade: I haven't been in school for awhile now.

Favorite music: Classic Rock, classical/opera, some indie stuff. Favorite band is Led Zeppelin.

Books: SF/fantasy mainly. Classic literature is good. I like mysteries (esp. Holmes) and some historical fiction.

TV shows/Movies: Dr. Who, House, Monk, Nova/Scientific American science show (? I think), History Detectives. But I don't watch much tv anymore. Movies: foreign movies are cool, comic book/fantasy/scifi movies, action-comedy like Rush Hour, anything Monty Python/Mel Brooks.

Instrument: I love violin, I wish I knew how to play

Do you like sports? Good grief no. I can't see well enough to play and everyone in class always aimed for my glasses. I like to swim though.

Family: Me, mum, da, bro.

Clothing: casual, t-shirt jeans flipflops kind of stuff. I can't do wool/lace/really satiny/silky stuff.

How did you find this website? Wikipedia

Job: used to work in the library. Too many people/too noisy so I left. Looking for a good job where there isn't a lot of "people skills" required. It's hard to find stuff that doesn't have a lot of "customer service".

Plans for the future? Moving out of my folks house. Going back to college (finding the right degree program might help). Getting a good job. Settling down somewhere in the Pacific NW.

What is your first name? Jason

Age: Late 20s

Location: USA

Hobbies and Interests: Playing guitar, collaborative recording online, computer games, hiking

Why are you here? I want to share with and hear from people with similar "issues"

Favorite subjects:

Year/Grade: Post-graduate degree

Favorite music: Blues, Jazz, Rock... currently "Dream Theater"

Books: I enjoy Lee Child's recent tough guy fiction novels

TV shows/Movies: Family Guy and Red Eye

Instrument: Guitar and Bass

Do you like sports? No

Family: A small one

Clothing: Comfortable

How did you find this website? Google

Job: Pastor

Age: 24

Location: Sweden, but originally from Belgium/Holland

Hobbies and Interests: Game dev, photography

Why are you here? AS and perfectly happy with it, giving advice to others.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Never, figured it out myself half a year ago when watching some boring tv show where it was mentioned. I looked it up online as it interested me, and suddenly realized it is exactly how I behave in every aspect.

Year/Grade: Quit school when I was 18, didnt fit in.

Favorite music: Trance/Movie Soundtracks

Do you like sports? No

Family: Small one

How did you find this website? Via another random site found via Google

Job: Level Design/Game dev

Plans for the future? Become the very best in my profession.

What is your first name? sorry, i'm shy

Age: 54

Location: NC

Hobbies and Interests: genealogy, find-a-grave, reading, learning

Why are you here? stumbled on to site and found out "we" (it & I) fit....

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): self-dianosed aspie very recently

Favorite subjects: like most subjects. can generally go to any floor of university library and find fascinating subjects with which I become attached

Year/Grade: B Music ED; post-grad in music , library science, business admin

Favorite music: classical

Books: non-fiction, The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls

TV shows/Movies: Boston Legal, Brothers and Sisters, CNN, NatGeo, How Things Work

Instrument: French horn, piano, guitar, percussion,...

Do you like sports? no

Family: had 2 siblings. both parents and one sibling have passed away.

Clothing: khakis, jeans, comfy shirt, tennis shoes

How did you find this website? can't remember, but thank goodness I did

Job: systems programmer, info technology consultant, retired

Plans for the future? lost second parent so recently that I cannot yet see a future

Any comments?

What is your first name? Sara

Age: 14 (I'll be turning 15 in one month)

Location: WA

Hobbies and Interests: Writing stories, roleplaying, playing video games, daydreaming, listening to music, watching movies, singing and traveling.

Why are you here? Because I feel like I can "blend" in here.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Three years ago. I didn't figure out that I had already been diagnosed till earlier this year.

Favorite subjects: Language arts and choir

Year/Grade: 8th (I'll be going into high school next year)

Favorite music: I am really into rock, heavy metal and symphonic metal. I also like listening to video game soundtracks.

Books: Anything that's sci-fi/fantasy fiction.

TV shows/Movies: Two and a Half Men is my favorite TV show and I have way too many favorite movies to speak of.

Instrument: I usually sing but I have this weird recorder that I bought in Leavenworth; never had a lesson.

Do you like sports? Of course! But I don't like watching them on TV. I like going to the actual event.

Family: I live with my parents and I have a cat and a dog. My dad's side of the family is HUGE and my mom's... well, not so big.

Clothing: Anything that's comfortable enough to walk and run in and looks good, I like.

How did you find this website? My mom told me about it.

Job: Student

Plans for the future? One of these days, I want to either be a movie director, an author, a story designer for video games or a TV show creator.

Any comments? None to speak of.

What is your first name?
Imanuel
Age:
16
Location:
barendrecht, zuid-holland, Holland
Hobbies and Interests:
making games and movies, and photography and drawing and art in general.
Why are you here?
to see what other aspies are like:)
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder):
when I turned 15
Favorite subjects:
history, and also art if it weren't for my horrible teacher.
Year/Grade:
3rd
Favorite music:
alternative, like metal, punk, a bit emo, indie etc.
Books:
dr frankenstein by mary shelley
TV shows/Movies:
south park, draadstaal, strutters
Instrument:
bass
Do you like sports?
NO.
Family:
yes, thank you.
Clothing:
alternative, mostly black.
How did you find this website?
googled it.
Job:
too lazy.
Plans for the future?
to move to the town where my school is, and where my girlfriend lives as well:D
Any comments?
not really