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What is your first name?: That's a secret.

Age: 24, almost 25.

Location: St. Louis

Hobbies and Interests: Being angry, ranting, sociology, good food, reptiles and other exotic/uncommon pets, limited anime and fanfiction, computers, videogames, stereotypes, etc.

Why are you here? Boredom, loneliness, curiosity, sociological

When were you diagnosed?: Age 14 (and subsequently drugged).

Favorite subjects: The sciences.
Year/Grade: Graduated high school.

Favorite music: Eclectic. A little bit of everything.

Books: A Short History of Nearly Everything, Life's Imponderables, various science-reference, Toxic Psychiatry, The Jungle, The Ugly American, Ordinary People.

TV shows/Movies: InuYasha, Biggest Loser, Kath & Kim, nature shows, Saturday Night Live, Conan OBrian, some things on the History Channel and National Geographic. (I could launch into a tirade about what's wrong with TV today).

Instrument: None, although I'd like to learn one. If I did, it'd be percussion.

Do you like sports? Absolutely not!

Family: I may as well not have any, for the way they've treated me. With family like that, I don't need enemies.

Clothing: T-shirt and jeans/shorts/long skirt. Sandals. I hate shoes.

How did you find this website?: By chance.

Job: Not yet. Long story.

Plans for the future?: House and garden in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. Marriage. Financial self-sufficiency.

Any comments?: Mmmmm..... Nope.

What is your first name? Marleen

Age: 17 almost 18

Location: Maine

Hobbies and Interests: I like going on the computer, wathing tv and movies, hanging out with my boyfriend, shopping, music, talking online to people, swimming, going for walks, reading writing and anything else thats fun like taking pictures or doing a puzzle

Why are you here? Im here to make new friends and learn more about others that have Aspergers

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

Favorite subjects: English and Science

Year/Grade: 12

Favorite music: rock, pop, rap, alternative, mostly anything but country but my favorite is rock

Books: Slam and there are a few others

TV shows/Movies: I like to watch MTV and any music videos or music related channel, Secret Life Of The American Teenager, Discovery Health/ TLC, American Idol, on demand movies and Lifetime movies and also Americas Next Top Model

Instrument: I have a guitar but I never play it, I also like the drums, hopefully someday I will learn how to play

Do you like sports? I like swimming, tennis, volleyball and badmington

Family: right now I live with my stepdad, my stepbrother and my mom

Clothing: anything comfortable, I have my own style and Im happy about it

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

Job: currently at Weathervane Seafoods Restaurant

Plans for the future? Im hoping to get married, have 6 kids, have a good paying job and a big house and be successful and I plan to stay with the guy Im with now for the rest of my life.

Any comments? no, not really

What is your first name? Lee

Age: 16 almost 17

Location: Tennessee

Hobbies and Interests: I like playing paintball, video games, reading, etc.

Why are you here? To connect with fellow aspies, something I've never done before.

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

Favorite subjects: History.

Year/Grade: 10.

Favorite music: So many

Books: Too many to list

TV shows/Movies: Probably Fight Club. Awesome movie.

Instrument: Rock Band for Xbox 360?

Do you like sports? Paintball

Family: Two brothers, mom

Clothing: Whatever's in my closet that I randomly grab

How did you find this website? Wikipedia

Job: None

Plans for the future? None

Any comments? Nooope...

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[quote]What is your first name?
Fran
Age:
17, 18 in a month
Location:
Illinois
Hobbies and Interests:
reading, writing stories and poetry, swimming, hockey, star wars, 80's movies, comedies, music
Why are you here?
i may have something in common with people here and i want to connect with other AS lesbians
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder):
it is unproven, but at 12, i was told i had AS
Favorite subjects:
english, history
Year/Grade:
12
Favorite music:
Evanescence, Avril Lavigne, Green Day, Plain White T's, Paramore
Books:
Rubyfruit Jungle, The Well of Loneliness, The Great Gatsby, Star Wars, many others cuz i love to read
TV shows/Movies:
scrubs, that 70's show, south park, star wars, anything made by tim burton or john hughes, horror movies
Instrument:
i used to play the violin and clarinet in grade school
Do you like sports?
only swimming and hockey
Family:
Mom, Dad, 1 brother, 1 sister
Clothing:
i get everything from The Buckle, lots of Ed Hardy
How did you find this website?
i saw it on wikipedia lol
Job:
none as of yet, will stop being lazy and start applying again soon
Plans for the future?
going to college and majoring in creative writing, writing bestsellers, finding true love with a nice girl

What is your first name? Talita

Age: 21

Location: Somewhere in South America

Hobbies and Interests: Too many. But I am a christian, so that's what I care about most. Besides that it would be music, reading, studying, painting, sculting, writting, collecting pieces of broken things, investigating, observing, solving puzzles, being silly and laughing at myself *DUH*.

Why are you here? Don't want to tell.

When were you diagnosed? My parents never wanted to believe I had autism. My father is a doctor.

Favorite subjects: X

Year/Grade: college

Favorite music: classical, sacra, goth rock, post punk, ethereal, doom, MET0L!! Anything with good wuality, music is universal, but I like the intrumental part best I can't pay attention to the lyrics.

Books: The Bible and the others are too many to list.

TV shows/Movies: Many. But I love Tim Burton's. Amelie, The perfume, Monty Python's, long list.

Instrument: flute when I was a kid LOL, keyboards, fiddle, guitar. My brother says "I am glad I live far away from you to not listen to you fiddling".

Do you like sports? yes

Family: 2 sibling, mom, dad. 32 uncles and aunts. 2 grandmas, and many cats... and 3 dogs.

Clothing: I like designing my own, as long as its confortable. I love wearing black.

How did you find this website? Wikipedia

Job: it's a secret.

Plans for the future? Don't know what the future hold, but I will press on ^^. I want to use my gifts to do something good. I want to be "useful".

Any comments? G-d bless. I am christian.

What is your first name? Daniel

Age: 20

Location: England

Hobbies and Interests: Music, Photography, Mathematics, Physics, Computing... anything that requires thinking really

Why are you here? Diagnosed in January, want to speak to other people with AS

When were you diagnosed? Jan 2008

Favorite subjects: Any (Mainly science)

Year/Grade: 3rd Year Master of Mathematics Student (Maybe equivalent to senior?)

Favorite music: Anything

Books: Hardly read

TV shows/Movies: Too many! Loving heroes at the minute

Instrument: The keyboard - attached to my computer

Do you like sports? Yes running - try to do about 4mi a day

Family: parents and a brother

Clothing: necessary

How did you find this website? My learning support tutor advised me

Job: Student/Web Admin/Tutor/Researcher in Hydrodynamics

Plans for the future? PhD

Any comments? not really

What is your first name?
Kurt

Age:
25

Location:
Pullman WA USA

Hobbies and Interests:
Desktop Computing
Mobile Computing via smartphone
Internet
Automotive and home audio

Why are you here?
To belong to a community where I can be myself without fear of rejection

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

Favorite subjects:
Information Technology

Year/Grade:
HS Graduate

Favorite music:
Country Western, Late 80s-early 90's rap, 70s-80s Classic Rock, AM Talk Radio

Books:
1984, Animal Farm, Unintended Consequences, Enemies Foreign and Domestic, Enemies Domestic

TV shows/Movies:
The History Channel, Discovery Channel

Instrument:
Percussion

Do you like sports?
No

Family:
Immediate: None
Extended: 1 sister, 1 nephew, Stepmother, Stepfather, Mother, Father

Clothing:
Steel toed boots, Relaxed fit jeans, large tee-shirt, faded out Nike hat, work coat

How did you find this website?
Google.com

Job:
Groundskeeper

Plans for the future?
Live until I die

Any comments?
No

What is your first name?
Eric
Age:
19
Location:
Pennsylvania, USA
Hobbies and Interests:
Reading, vidio games, trivia, history, writing
Why are you here?
I got tired of being the only person able to get me.
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder):
12, but I dismissed it untill... well, 3 days ago
Favorite subjects:
History, WWI/II, English
Year/Grade:
I graduated last year and am taking a year off before college
Favorite music:
I am not really into music.
Books:
Everything I've ever read. The Scarlet Letter is my fav tho. Slaughter-house 5 is good too
TV shows/Movies:
House, M.D.
Instrument:
Guitar Hero
Do you like sports?
Watching them is ok. I don't do well playing them.
Family:
Mother, brother, both NTs (horrible i know). My father I suspect has AS but emphisis on the bad points. He left a few months ago.
Clothing:
Landsend
How did you find this website?
From reading a surprisingly well written Wikipedia article on Asperger's Syndrome.
Job:
Unemplyed/Student
Plans for the future?
1) Go to college 2) ??? 3) Change the world 4) ??? 5) Cure the NT's
Any comments?

I love to write and I love to read the writing of others. I also like to help people.

If you want to talk about everything, drop me a line.

Not literally, LePetitePrince.

Age: 39

Location: South Carolina

Hobbies and Interests: Reading, Astronomy, Geneaolgy, Current Obsession

Why are you here? In process of Being Diagnoised with AS.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Partial 11/08

Favorite subjects: History, Detective fiction

Year/Grade: Graduate

Favorite music: A little of everything except rap

Books: Too many to list

TV shows/Movies: A wonderful life (the original)

Instrument: Not just tune deaf but tone deaf as well

Do you like sports? Nope except bicycle racing cause I can watch a whole race in 30 mins

Family: Wife, Daughter, Cat and Dog

How did you find this website? Google

Job: Retail Management (believe it or not)

What is your first name?

Kara

Age:

thirtysomething

Location:

Europe

Hobbies and Interests:

music, art, philosophy, blogging, autistic culture, oh so much more..

Why are you here?

Asperger's with a spot of attention deficit.

Boredom is another reason.

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

2006

Favorite subjects:

in school? Lol, I'm old...

Year/Grade:

let's skip this.

Favorite music:

Rock....

...and Roll

Books:

Currently on my bedside table:
-Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
-The God Delusion
-Brave New World
-Donald Duck's christmas stories

...the others are too many to mention.

TV shows/Movies:

I'm addicted to YouTube, does that count?

Instrument:

Guitar, Vocals

Do you like sports?

No.

Family:

Yes, um...

Huh?

Oh, I get it... I'm single!

Clothing:

I like to wear some, especially in public.

(These questions are weird...)

You mean my style, right?

Jersey from head to toe.

How did you find this website?

I've been a lurker for so long, I don't remember.
I used to post a little, too, but it was a while ago, and I forgot my details so I had to reregister.

Job:

slacker

Plans for the future?

living

Any comments?

Uh...

...actually I did not get the "family" question, so here:

Family:

divorced parents, stepmother, younger sister, brother-in-law, countless uncles, aunts and cousins.
Typical aspie family, btw, everyone has some autistic traits, but not necessarily fullblown AS. Everyone's either an engineer, a computer-geek, or at least a very rational thinker.
The level of eccentricity is also very high in my family.
It's so clichè...

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What is your first name? Jonathan

Age: 35

Location: London, England

Hobbies and Interests: Football (soccer), reading, amateur dramatics, music, politics, going to art galleries and museums, spending time with my family.

Why are you here? I like finding more about autism and Asperger's.

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

Favorite subjects: When I was school history and music

Year/Grade: n/A

Favorite music: Rock

Books: Science fiction , poetry

TV shows/Movies: Doctor Who, Match of the Day, science fiction

Instrument: I used to play the trombone

Do you like sports? Yes I love football/soccer

Family: They are very important

Clothing: Anything that is comfortable

How did you find this website? I cannot remember

Job: I work in Early Years education in a Nursery class

Plans for the future? Travel in Africa and find a new job.

Any comments? This is a very good survey.