Questions about you
What is your first name? Camilla
Age: 46
Location: Northern NSW, Australia.
Hobbies and Interests: Painting and art, ASD's, brass objects, the list goes on...
Why are you here? Dx'ed AS.
When were you diagnosed? (Skip if you don't have a disorder): 2008-09
Favorite subjects: art, painting.
Year/Grade: N/A
Favorite music: ALL MUSIC - from Scriabin to Ladyhawke to Ryan Adams to Gillian Welch to Sly and the Family Stone to Mozart to Greig, to Vaughan Williams to Butterfly 9 to...
TV shows/Movies: Curb Your Enthusiasm, Six Feet Under, DAvid Attenborough Nature progies.
Instrument: learned recorder, piano, classical guitar. No longer play.
Do you like sports? Solitary sports. Swimming.
Family: Big, 8 siblings, one half-brother, two step brothers, one step dad (deceased) and one step mum plus a mother and father.
Clothing: COTTON
How did you find this website? Via Tony Attwoods' site, i do believe.
Job: General scrounge and leach upon the rich and bloody vein of society.
Plans for the future? the first half was hell. the second half is just one long intermission.
Any comments? no comment
Mittens
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker
Joined: 25 Feb 2009
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Posts: 57
Location: British Columbia, Canada
What is your first name? Chey
Age: 18
Location: Canada
Hobbies and Interests: music, languages, learning about new cultures, travel (if I could afford it, I'd love to see more of the world.), history (English, Japanese, and Roman), Sumi-e painting, foreign movies.
Why are you here? I am here to make friends and meet nice people I can relate to.
When were you diagnosed? When I was 14 years.
Favorite subjects: English, social studies, art.
Year/Grade: I dropped out in grade 8, unfortunately, but I did correspondence successfully and now have up to the 11th grade. Hoping to get my GED soon so I can move on to college/university.
Favorite music: I'm a huge fan of classical music! To be specific, I love the "romantic" and "baroque" periods.. and Beethoven and Mozart. I like oldies, and ballads, alternative pop/rock among others.
(I really dislike stuff like Pussycat Dolls though, that new teen pop stuff.)
I actually like a lot of different music though, otherwise. Such as..
Sarah McLachlan, YIRUMA, Sondre Lerche, Ben Lee, Matthew Barber, Fréderic Chopin, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Rufus Wainwright, Dave Matthews Band, Kent, W.A. Mozart, Deanna Durbin, Miguel Gallardo, The Platters, Barenaked Ladies, SPITZ, Andy Williams, Sarah Slean, Cecilia Bartoli, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsk, Andrew Lloyd Webber
TV shows/Movies: Anime, too, sometimes, but I'm very picky. I watch a lot of English period dramas and old movies. Here are some movies and TV shows:
Movies: Casablanca, His Butler's Sister, Les Choristes, The Fall, Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Braveheart, Schindler's List, Little Women, Howl's Moving Castle, Amadeus, Quills, Lord of the Rings, Ever After, 5 Centimeters Per Second, It Started with Eve, The Pianist, Phantom of the Opera
TV: Pushing Daisies, Supernatural, HBO's Rome, The Devil's Whore, The Office, Extras (BBC), Monty Python, Lost, Pride and Prejudice (1995)
Instrument: I play the harp, and also (badly) the cello.
Do you like sports? I can't play them, but I like to watch fencing and ballet.
Family: Mum and half sister live with me. I'm very close with my grandma, but she doesn't live near me anymore.
Clothing: I like loose fitting clothes, nothing too tight. Socks, dresses and comfy clothes are the best.
How did you find this website? I found it linked on livejournal.
Job: Without one for the time being.. I had one a few weeks ago, though, but had to quit.
Plans for the future? Oh, so much! I need to start with university. I want to be a music therapist and so it'll take many years for that, in which I am excited! I want to travel.. own a home some day, buy a cat, become a better harp player. Be a better person. I could list more and more, but I'll stop. I just have so many dreams.
What is your first name? Kuma
Age: 49
Location: Central CA
Hobbies and Interests: Varied
Why are you here? Wife insisted - she sent the link to me
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Not diagnosed - don't really think I have - wife insists I do - son is officially diagnosed
Favorite subjects: Varied
Year/Grade: BS
Favorite music: New age / Rock
Books: Musashi
TV shows/Movies: Musa
Instrument: Flute
Do you like sports? Yes - but I don't like to watch - just play
Family: Yes - two sisters - parents alive
Clothing: Black mostly - only because it is the best base color - everything goes with it - even more black!
How did you find this website? Wife sent it to me - insisted I try
Job: Correctional Officer
Plans for the future? Retire - Get more into music / birds and trees (live amongst).
Any comments? Just here to learn more - my son is receiving services - my wife has been doing extensive research for years - she seems to think I am an undiagnosed Aspy - I don't think so - but then again - I don't know much about it.
Age: 18
Location: Canada
Hobbies and Interests: music, languages, learning about new cultures, travel (if I could afford it, I'd love to see more of the world.), history (English, Japanese, and Roman), Sumi-e painting, foreign movies.
Why are you here? I am here to make friends and meet nice people I can relate to.
When were you diagnosed? When I was 14 years.
Favorite subjects: English, social studies, art.
Year/Grade: I dropped out in grade 8, unfortunately, but I did correspondence successfully and now have up to the 11th grade. Hoping to get my GED soon so I can move on to college/university.
Favorite music: I'm a huge fan of classical music! To be specific, I love the "romantic" and "baroque" periods.. and Beethoven and Mozart. I like oldies, and ballads, alternative pop/rock among others.
(I really dislike stuff like Pussycat Dolls though, that new teen pop stuff.)
I actually like a lot of different music though, otherwise. Such as..
Sarah McLachlan, YIRUMA, Sondre Lerche, Ben Lee, Matthew Barber, Fréderic Chopin, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Rufus Wainwright, Dave Matthews Band, Kent, W.A. Mozart, Deanna Durbin, Miguel Gallardo, The Platters, Barenaked Ladies, SPITZ, Andy Williams, Sarah Slean, Cecilia Bartoli, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsk, Andrew Lloyd Webber
TV shows/Movies: Anime, too, sometimes, but I'm very picky. I watch a lot of English period dramas and old movies. Here are some movies and TV shows:
Movies: Casablanca, His Butler's Sister, Les Choristes, The Fall, Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Braveheart, Schindler's List, Little Women, Howl's Moving Castle, Amadeus, Quills, Lord of the Rings, Ever After, 5 Centimeters Per Second, It Started with Eve, The Pianist, Phantom of the Opera
TV: Pushing Daisies, Supernatural, HBO's Rome, The Devil's Whore, The Office, Extras (BBC), Monty Python, Lost, Pride and Prejudice (1995)
Instrument: I play the harp, and also (badly) the cello.
Do you like sports? I can't play them, but I like to watch fencing and ballet.
Family: Mum and half sister live with me. I'm very close with my grandma, but she doesn't live near me anymore.
Clothing: I like loose fitting clothes, nothing too tight. Socks, dresses and comfy clothes are the best.
How did you find this website? I found it linked on livejournal.
Job: Without one for the time being.. I had one a few weeks ago, though, but had to quit.
Plans for the future? Oh, so much! I need to start with university. I want to be a music therapist and so it'll take many years for that, in which I am excited! I want to travel.. own a home some day, buy a cat, become a better harp player. Be a better person. I could list more and more, but I'll stop. I just have so many dreams.
Monty Python cracks me up too! my local library has all the episodes on the shelf. another show - not many people know - it's called Coupling
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I've never seen Pride and Prejudice - but the book captivated me. i love the old british time period. some day i will finish reading everything by the Bronte sisters.
What is your first name? Brittney
Age: 23
Location: Ft. Worth TX
Hobbies and Interests: Writing novels, writing screenplays, singing, dancing, playing video games, watching anime, acting, eating, playing The Sims2, playing SL (though I quit yesterday), anything to do with Japan or Australia.
Why are you here? To feel better about myself, my condition, and to meet new people and friends.
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): I was 13-14...it's fuzzy, but I got the papers! (hee...)
Favorite subjects: Lunch...always has been
Year/Grade: 0.o um I graduated in 2004 if that's a good answer.
Favorite music: Hmm... I like a lot of things. R&B, pop, classical, jazz, a bit of rock and a bit of country. It's growing on me.
Books: Let's see...Earth's Children series, Twilight Series, Harry Potter, Wolf Tales series
TV shows/Movies: TV-Grey's Anatomy, Nip/Tuck, Buffy, Friends... Movies- Underworld, Independence Day, Narnia and others
Instrument: Um...flute? or violin
Do you like sports? No not really...getting better at understanding football though
Family: Wow...let's see. My parents are divorced and have been since I was 8. I am a only child and and oldest child. Only because my Mom only has me. Oldest because my dad also has my younger sister and brother, Alisha and Anthony who are both teens. I have huge extended families on both sides. I have two doggies, Gorlock and Sammie on my dad's side and a kitten, Saedie on my mom's side.
Clothing: I love wearing casual clothing. Can never go wrong with jeans. Love halter tops and breezy things like sundresses.
How did you find this website? Searching around for help
Job: None yet. Helping my mom with hers and focusing on what to do with my life
Plans for the future? I want to become a writer/director and would like to go to school for it. If not that, photography is a close second.
Any comments? I may seem shy at first but when you finally know me...I can be the biggest goof you know!
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What is your first name? James
Age: 16
Location: Louisville, KY
Hobbies and Interests: music, friends, and my special interests. thats the shortened version lol
Why are you here? Why aren't I here?
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): About 9 years ago.
Favorite subjects: oh god History, politics, economics, serial killers, marijuana laws and public perceptions, etc.
Year/Grade: 10th
Favorite music: anything but mainly avant-garde metal
Books: Harry Potter, Animorphs, Left Behind, and anything Stephen King
TV shows/Movies: crime shows and comedies, too many to mention
Instrument: drums or bass guitar
Do you like sports? definitely. mainly NFL, College football and basketball(Louisville's #1 in the nation )
Family: what about them? i have 2 parents and an older sister who has a daughter? they like me i like them?
Clothing: jeans and a t-shirt, always with the steel-toes.
How did you find this website? heard about it on a show
Job: still lookin
Plans for the future? too many. i want to be everything and nothing. the president, a janitor in a high school. who knows what the future will bring. wouldn't that be something though, an aspie president. hehe
Any comments? Most of my posts on here may sound intellectual, but that's only part of me. I'm friggin goofy, not to mention nuts.
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What is your first name? Guadalupe
Age: 14
Location: Georgetown, Texas
Hobbies and Interests: music, writing music, writing lyrics/poems, poems, walking, daydreaming, sleeping, just sitting around
Why are you here? to meet new people
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Not officially diagnosed
Favorite subjects: music (its theory and history), science, math
Year/Grade: 8
Favorite music: Oh jeez, well, I would list all the musical artists I like but the list would go everywhere from Antnio Lucio Vivaldi to Killswitch Engage and everyone in between, but I do find myself listening to a lot of metal, classical, and reggae
Books: most of Charles Dickens's work is very excellent
TV shows/Movies: TV: House M.D. Movie: Jurassic Park, The Outsiders, Scanners, and I love old films from the silent era
Instrument: (I'm asuming musical) Piano, vocals, tuba, trumpet, euphonium, bass guitar, harmonica, french horn, trombone, guitar (in order of skill level, best to worst). Oh yeah, and I hope to learn alto saxophone soon
Do you like sports? Only one I find myself enjoying is basketball
Family: A father, a mother, a half-brother (who doesn't live with us), and four cats
Clothing: usually jeans and shirt with a musical artist on it. I love to be comfortable and often wear a size above. I only dress up for formal concerts.
How did you find this website? While I was researching about Asperger's, I stumbled upon this link and thought it was a good idea to join.
Job: none at the moment
Plans for the future? musician, either in a band, a solo performer, or just a writer/director. However, if I were to change my mind, it would be a medical doctor.
Any comments? I'm a nice person. If you ever want to just talk, just approach me. I can be quite goofy haha
What is your first name? Tim
Age: 29
Location: San Marcos, Texas (between San Antonio and Austin)
Hobbies and interests: Geography, Urban Planning, Geology, Art, Architecture, Foreign languages and cultures, all types of comedy
Why are you here: Fellowship with others on the spectrum
When were you diagnosed: 1996, at age 16
Year/Grade: I am a senior at Texas State University-San Marcos, majoring in geography/urban planning. I graduate in December 2009.
Favorite music: Anything except rap and country.
Books: Mostly self-help and other nonfiction.
TV Shows: Simpsons, South Park, Family Guy, American Dad, anything on Adult Swim, Scrubs, Daily Show, Colbert Report, Chappelle's Show, Mind of Mencia, Sarah Silverman Program, Important Things with Demitri Martin, Futurama, Comedy Central Presents.
Comedians: Greg Giraldo, Demitri Martin, Jeff Foxworthy, Larry the Cable Guy, Ron White, Bill Engvall, Chelsea Handler, Lisa Lampanelli, Jeff Dunham, Jim Gaffigan, Jeffrey Ross, Reno Collier.
Movies: Animal House, Naked Gun, Blazing Saddles, Superbad, Walk Hard, L.A. Story, Super Troopers, Beerfest, Idiocracy, Waiting.
Family: Parents, grandmothers, aunts, uncles, and numerous cousins. Virtually all my family lives in Houston.
Clothing: T-shirt and shorts, except in business settings, where I wear a polo or Oxford shirt and khaki pants.
How did I find out about WP: Through another AS forum.
Job: Full-time college student, but plan to work in either GIS or urban planning after graduation (about 9 months from now).
Plans for the future: Have a nice career in GIS or urban planning, have a relationship, get married, start a family.
Any comments: I am a shy person at first, but open up very quickly. I have a very good sense of humor, and I love to talk.
What is your first name? Bradley
Age: 20
Location: Oregon
Hobbies and Interests: Music, Television (But not MTV ironically)
Why are you here? Self-diagnosed with Asperger's; hoping to understand more before seeking professional diagnosis.
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder):
Favorite subjects: History, Psychology, Anthropology
Year/Grade: Starting over as a freshman in college next fall.
Favorite music: Folk, Punk, Indie Rock, and just about everything else in some degree.
Books: The Confessions of Max Tivoli, anything Chuck Palahniuk, The Alchemist
TV shows/Movies: Bones, Buffy, Angel, How I Met Your Mother, MANY more
Instrument: Guitar, Drums, Piano, Accordion, Vocals
Do you like sports? I used to enjoy football.
Family: I live with my sister and brother-in-law. My other sister and brother live here in Oregon as well. Parents are in California.
Clothing: Dress shirts, ties, board shorts, band tee's, Van's, boat shoes
How did you find this website? My ex-girlfriend found it for me
Job: I work at Office Depot as a stocker, and I'm in training for tech sales
Plans for the future? Still very torn between a career in IT, as a Historian/teacher, or as a sociologist/psychologist.
Any comments? Just here to understand AS more fully, and to interact with people similar to myself.
What is your first name? Nicholas
Age: 14
Location: Rhode Island, USA
Hobbies and Interests: watching TV, talking 2 friends via Internet/phone
Why are you here? for advice/help
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): 6 yrs old
Favorite subjects: Debate, physcology
Year/Grade: 8
Favorite music: Rock
Books: Harry Potter
TV shows/Movies: Lost, Prison Break, 24, American Dad, Saw, Pirates of the Carribean
Instrument: violin ._.
Do you like sports? no
Family: theyre not my family
Clothing: black shirt & jeans mostly
How did you find this website? googled "autism forum" or something similar
Job: none/student
Plans for the future? hopefully script-writer
Any comments? nada
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kaitlyn_loves_music
Velociraptor
Joined: 17 Mar 2009
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Posts: 421
Location: Illinois
What is your first name? kaitlyn
Age: 18
Location: at my house in fox lake IL.
Hobbies and Interests: i like to listen to music, watch tv, and learn about brain disorders.
Why are you here? cuz i think i have asperger's and it would be great to talk to people who have it too.
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): wasnt yet...hopefully will be.
Favorite subjects: psychology, sociology, geography, and history.
Year/Grade: senoir 12th grade.
Favorite music: rock, pop, alternative, adult alternative, indie, folk, acoustic, classic rock. my 4 favorite bands are hanson, savage garden, matchbox 20, and the animals.
Books: a catcher in the rye made me cry when i read it last year
TV shows/Movies: csi new york, csi miami, american idol. forrest gump, the butterfly effect, rain man.
Instrument: drums, piano, and singers!! !! !
Do you like sports? some i like bowling, kickball, softball, badmitton, tennis, pool.
Family: i live with my dad and my sister
Clothing: im a t-shirt type of person i like band t's, i like peace sign shirts. and jeans not tight ones tho and jackets only zip ups i dont like pull overs.
How did you find this website? google.
Job: i dont have one yet just a student going to school.
Plans for the future? i want to be a radio dj cuz i love music!! !! !
Any comments? add me on myspace please????? its on my profile i cant post urls it wont let me
metal_mike
Butterfly
Joined: 19 Mar 2009
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Posts: 17
Location: Newcastle-under-Lyme, UK
What is your first name? Mike
Age: 21
Location: Newcastle, Staffordshire
Hobbies and Interests: Politics, GNU/Linux, climbing,
Why are you here? Wanted to meet other aspies
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Whent I was 10
Favorite subjects: Politics (studying for a BA in said subject)... also interested in physics.
Year/Grade: 2nd year uni.
Favorite music: Rock - generally metal, also indie, progressive and classic rock. other than rock I like the composers of the inter-war period.
Books: Politics ones, also travel books (anything by Bill Bryson especially!)
TV shows/Movies: TV: Red Dwarf, QI, IT Crowd, various documentaries Movies: My favourite would probably be Good Bye Lenin.
Instrument: Drums
Do you like sports? Not particularly but I don't aboslutely loathe sports either. I'm just not particularly interested.
Family: Live away from my parents at uni, with them otherwise
Clothing: Fairly casual/not too unusual usually
How did you find this website? Think I read an article somewhere, knew about it for a while but hadn't thought of signing up.
Job: Currently a full time student
Plans for the future? Several options, not set on a single one yet.
What is your first name? Erin
Age: 41
Location: Michigan
Hobbies and Interests: Computers
Why are you here? I want to meet someone, anyone, like me.
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): I was unofficially diagnosed after my son was diagnosed.
Favorite subjects: When I was in school, a million years ago, I liked science and languages. I took 4 years of Latin and 4 years of Spanish in High School.
Year/Grade: I'm not in school currently. I graduated from High School in 1986, but I'm planning on trying for my Nursing degree.
Favorite music: Alternative
Books: I like non-fiction.
TV shows/Movies: Lost and The Amazing Race.
Instrument: I don't play anything.
Do you like sports? I like to watch skating. I danced for most of my life. Signing me up for dance lessons was the smartest thing my mom ever did.
Family: Husband, 2 sons, one of whom has Asperger's
Clothing: Yes. I'd get arrested without it...
How did you find this website? search engine
Job: I'm a patient care provider for older adults at a psychiatric hospital.
Plans for the future? I want to get my nursing degree, finally.
Any comments?
What is your first name? Dion
Age: 17 (born at 29/10/1991)
Location: South-west England
Hobbies and Interests: Reading,Video games,Chess, astrology, philosophy,Anime, whatching TV, science and nature.
Why are you here? dyspraxia , ADHD and self diagnosed AS
When were you diagnosed?: dyspraxia: aged nine , ADHD: age fourteen and I diagosed myself as AS aged sixteen.
Favorite subjects: Science,Art, ICT (used as a generic term) and philosophy
Year/Grade: 1st year at Collage
Favorite music: I like Classical and Japanese music.
Books: anything Scifi or fantasy, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time.
TV: alot of comedy shows and documentaries and of course Anime.
Movies : All of Studio giburi and other anime titles, also Comedy films.
Instrument:N/A
Do you like sports? Chess (if it can be classed as a sport).
Family: Mother and one Brother and two sisters one of which
is nine, but has the mental age of around three.
Clothing: Hooded jumper plain T-shirt and loose trousers/Pants.
IQ: 129
How did you find this website? In a google search.
Job: None
Plans for the future? to start a Video game company.
Comments: Great site.
What is your first name? niall
Age: 18
Location: bath, england
Hobbies and Interests: making music, especially performing
Why are you here? don;t know really, i post on another site and thought i'd come check it out here
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): when i was 9 or 10. can't remember specifically
Favorite subjects: at uni? mostly stuff to do with composing and general creativity. sound design was really good fun
Year/Grade: first year in uni
Favorite music: oceansize, placebo, mogwai, thursday, deftones, radiohead, guano apes, hawthorne heights, evanescence... etc
Books: oh anything. i prefer kid's books though for some reason
TV shows/Movies: top gear! i am literally obsessed with it.
Instrument: mostly guitar and vocals, also play bass, keyboard and drums a bit.
Do you like sports? passing interest in football (soccer to the americans)
Family: younger brother, older sister, parents still together. me and my sister both live away though at uni.
Clothing: i prefer women's clothes, or at least ones that suggest androgyny. not a drag queen though.
How did you find this website? through research
Job: unemployed
Plans for the future? get my band going
Any comments? err...
What is your first name? Del
Age: 37
Location: Current - Grand Rapids, MI... By the end of the year, Dallas Texas.
Hobbies and Interests: Too many and not enough time.
Why are you here? a means to communicate with others like myself. Also to read other individuals experience as they post interesting things about their lives with various autistic spectrum issues.
When were you diagnosed? When I was almost 5.
Favorite subjects: Everything besides English (grammar). I do like literature.
Year/Grade: just finished my 6th year of college. I think I am done for a while.
Favorite music: Varies with my moods and interests. Country to bluegrass to 80's hair bands to rock and roll and a little of everything else.
TV shows/Movies: House and a few others. The character's behavior (House) I find fasciniating... although it is all scripted.
Movies: Many
TV: Documentaries, animal planet, lol.
Instrument: Teaching myself the Violin.
Do you like sports? Baseball, football (american) and basketball...
Family: Really want to know?
Clothing: Dark colors, loose fitting stuff.
How did you find this website? I do not remember.
Job: Depends. Construction and business management
Plans for the future? Move to Texas, and get on with things.