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What is your first name? Brandi

Age: 24

Location: Connecticut

Hobbies and Interests: Reading, Music, Flute, Psychology, Cats

Why are you here? I have Asperger's Syndrome

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Age 21, 2000

Favorite subjects: Music, Science

Year/Grade: Graduated 1999, hoping to attend college though soon.

Favorite music: Cake, Crash Test Dummies

Books: Lord of the Rings, The Broke Diaries, Pretending to be Normal

TV shows/Movies: Gilmore Girls, Aqua Teen Hungerforce, Family Guy, South Park

Instrument: Flute, Sax, Clarinet, Piano

Do you like sports? If so, which ones?: Not really

Family: I live with my husband, no kids, just pets. 8 cats, a dog, 2 gerbils and a betta

Clothing: I usually wear black, anything that looks flattering and is a fabric I can tolerate, soft and not tight-fitting.

How did you find this website? Ran across it while googling for local support groups

Job: Resigned 8 months ago. Was a Technical Writer/Web Designer at an Insurance Company. Not currently looking for work, I just want some time off to be me.

Plans for the future? Currently trying to decide whether to go to college for Psychology or Music.

Any comments? Not really, just that I look forward to meeting everyone!

What is your first name? Paul

Age: 18

Location: Pittsburgh PA

Hobbies and Interests: Anime, pyrotechnics, art rock, punk rock, foriegn tekno music, and obscure things that no one really knows about.

Why are you here? I have Asperger's Syndrome

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Age 17, 2004

Favorite subjects: All save Economics and Government.

Year/Grade: 12th

Favorite music: Rise Against, They Might be Giants

Books: Battle Royale, America: A Citizens Guide to Democracy Inaction.

TV shows/Movies: Full Metal Alcamist, The Daily Show

Instrument: Clarinet, Guitar, and a little Piano

Do you like sports? If so, which ones?: What do you consider sports? I like Hockey and Boxing/Kickboxing but not nessicarily participating in said sports. I do like participating in my own sort of sports that I invented like "Extreme Sledriding" and "Eat that for a dollar."

Family: I (sort of) live with my mom, her boyfriend, and my brother. They're not home much and they don't really count as people sometimes because people are supposed to have things called "thoughts" and "common sense."

Clothing: Typicly very light and moveable clothing that is typicly solid and dark in color. Not out of feel but out of conveinance because I run around alot. I also typicly wear sunglasses, even at night and indoors because they look cool.

How did you find this website? A fellow autisic person pointed it out to me in a conversation we had.

Job: Quit 4 months ago becasue I was one of the few people at my job that actually worked. Now I'm having a hard time finding another job.

Plans for the future? Moving to Japan and making video games.

Any comments? I have been told that I must be the reincanation of Machavelli. I have also been told that is not something to be proud of.

KingChaosNinja, i like your signature. I have a similar philosophy, only here's my version (Bec should know what this means...)

"The next person who says they know more about my problems than i do who doesn't have a PhD will find out for themselves what Avada Kedavra means. The same goes for those who compare me to 'Rainman'."

I actually said something similar in a social skills group today, and got in trouble for it.

What is your first name? Dan

Age? 14

Location? Surry England

Hobbies and Interests? Rugby,painting models,waching DVD's Juggling

Why are you here? I have Aspergers

When were you diagnosed? April 2004 It took two years

Favorite Subjects: Don't have any

Year/Grade In year 9 just three afternoons a week at a special school

Favorite Music Don't have any favorites but enjoy all different music

Books Darren Shan mainly

TV Shows/Movies: All Lord of the Rings and the TV Show Only Fools and Horses!

Instruments: Dont play

Do you like sports? Enjoy playing and watching Rugby, also enjoy going to the gym

Family: I live with my Mum, Nan and Grandad

Clothing: Mainly Sports wear and FCUK

How did I get to this Website: Mum found it

Job: Only 14 so I'm too young

Plans for Furture: Getting through one day at a time is enough!!

Any comments: This looks like a good website, I'll be back!

What is your first name? Zuma

Age: born the year the Andrea Doria sunk

Location: Constitution State

Hobbies and Interests: Stock Market

Why are you here? Stock Markets are closed.

When were you diagnosed? Diagnosed with Bi-polar disorder and ADD about 15 years ago--not arguing that--but doesn't answer all the question. Maybe my disorder is lonely without a syndrome

Books: All 97 volumes of Balzac

TV shows/Movies: Jim Cramer's Mad Money

Family: a son

How did you find this website? Crazymeds.org

Job: English Professor

Plans for the future? I want to be rich by my next birthday so I can buy whomever I want.

Any comments? There are unexplained problems I've had that are partially explained by my current diagnosis; however, I began reading about Asperger's because...I forget why. Anyway, I've been reading the posts on the board and some of them are really funny--but they also sounded really normal--to me anyway.

What is your first name? Dylan

Age:13

Location:Front Royal, Virginia

Hobbies and Intrests: Video games, message boards

Why are you here? I have Aspergers syndrome, and I'd like to meet people who are just like me.

Books: Harry Potter, A series of unfortunate events.

TV shows/Movies: Attack of the Show!, Judgement day, Ed, Edd, and Eddy, and The incredibles.

Family: dad, mom, pets (lots of 'em)

How did you find this website? Mom told me about it

Job: None yet!

Plans for the future: I plan to work with either Microsoft or Nintendo making games.

Any Comments? Yes, I get kinda nervous around people I don't know so, I'll try to be my best.

triforce1215 - You and Chris would do well to meet each other.

What is your first name? Chris
Age:17
Location:Manchester, UK

Hobbies and Intrests:PC and X-box games. Reading, Films, Food. Table Top Stratagy, Cards (BlackJack, Poker etc, no gambling, just the games)

Why are you here? Have AS, am doing well. Would like to help others with AS

Books: All of them. Sci-fi and Terry Pratchet are best.

TV shows/Movies: The Delta Force, The postman, the last samurai, Starski and Hutch, School of Rock, Galaxy Quest, Spaceballs and more.

Family: Mum, Dad, Sister (Autistic/AS), pet cat. Cousins and Such live far away.

How did you find this website? Wikipedia and the youth group I go to.

Job: Student and part time at Tesco

Plans for the future: University.

Any Comments? Nope.

What is your first name? Jared

Age: 26

Location: Los Angeles

Hobbies and Interests: Porsches, music

Why are you here? I have Asperer's Syndrome

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): 5 years ago

Favorite subjects: Biology and Science

Year/Grade: not in school

Favorite music: Radiohead, NIN, Early punk rock, jazz

Books: Arthur C. Clarke, Douglas Adams

TV shows/Movies: Simpsons, Family Guy

Instrument: Guitar, Piano

Do you like sports? If so, which ones?: Formula 1, I like autocrossing my Porsche too.

Family: mom and dad

Clothing: at work, professional, at home, whatever's comfortable, I do like/have several tattoos if thats any indication of style/

How did you find this website? aspie hangout

Job: mechanical engineer

Plans for the future? I'd like to eventually work for Porsche

Any comments? not really.

What is your first name? Joshua

Age: 21

Location: Geelong, Australia

Hobbies and Interests: Star Trek, Reading, Writing, Gaming

Why are you here? I'm Aspie

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): I was dx'd at 12 with Aspergers, then again at 17 with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Favorite subjects: It varies

Year/Grade: N/A (not at school)

Favorite music: Celtic instrumentals. My fav band is The Corrs

Books: Anything by Traci Harding. (plus) Alien Influences, The Enigma Variations, and any Star Trek book

TV shows/Movies: Star Trek (all), CSI (original), Stingers, Fraiser, Futurama, Stargate, Stargate: Atlantis, FarScape, et al

Instrument: I used to play the Clarinet, so I have an attachment to that. But I love the sound of the Tin Whistle

Do you like sports? If so, which ones?: Field Hockey

Family: Two average-like parents, and two sisters, also average-ish, both younger than I (sisters that is )

Clothing: Yes I wear it... Helps me keep warm in the cold days.

How did you find this website? I was given a link to one of the news items on the site. I then took the opportunity to browse the site. Very impressive.

Job: Don't have one.

Plans for the future? Immediate Future:- Go to Uni, study Education and Psychology. Far Future:- I wouldn't mind writing books, but no definite plans

Any comments? I comment that these comments aren't worth commenting on... O_o


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<b>What is your first name?</b> Eric

<b>Age:</b> 33

<b>Location:</b> Dallas, TX, USA

<b>Hobbies and Interests:</b> Mathematics, Numerics, Computational optimization, ... so many other things I'll dither to say

<b>Why are you here?</b> diagnosed Asperger's Syndrome and a preoccupation with machines. And it's pretty bad. Both of them.

<b>When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder):</b> ca. 2002

<b>Favorite subjects:</b> Mathematics, Physics

<b>Year/Grade:</b> What ?!??! Are you serious ?!?!? I'm a Ph.D. candidate in Mathematics

<b>Favorite music:</b> Heavy, pissed off, and with a point. All those thrashing-about whiny-assed be-tatooed little mealworms can suck it.

<b>Books:</b> The entire oeuvre of Neil Stephenson. Ditto: Frank Herbert. Less so: Asimov, Greg Bear, and others

<b>TV shows/Movies:</b> Spooks. (That's saying much since I don't own a TV.)

<b>Instrument:</b> Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Contrabass Clarinet, Bass flute (yes, there is such a thing), piano, a little bit of voice, symphonic percussion, some instrumental composition

<b>Do you like sports? If so, which ones?:</b> I play basketball. I like hockey, rugby, jai alai, racquetball, handball. I also play 1 or 2 of those.

<b>Family:</b> Mom. She's super awesome. Younger half-brother who's probably insane, older uncle who's known to be insane.

<b>Clothing:</b> Mostly casual. I almost never buy clothes, yet I always have something that functions.

<b>How did you find this website?</b> /.

<b>Job:</b> Was a SW developer/numerical engineer. I am now a securities trader. And of course, I do some token BS work at school for my Ph.D. requirements.

<b>Plans for the future?</b> I want to do porn, but only with hot chicks.... Seriously, some stuff that might take a few paras to explain.

<b>Any comments?</b> We'll see what happens. This website might suck.... I'm the one who will be last into the bright light of mass attention, but I'll damned well make everything function right when no one's looking... Hell, that's where the real power is anyway, if you're into that sort of thing.

Age: 33.

Location: Canada.

Hobbies and Interests: Physics, Mathematics, Rock'n'Roll, Classical & Medieval history, Age of Empires.

Why are you here? I know someone who knows someone with Asperger's.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): 2003. Self-diagnosed, but it's obvious.

Favorite subjects: Physics, Mathematics, Drafting, Programming, GIS.

Year/Grade: Physics Degree, Geomatics Diploma.

Favorite music: Motörhead.

Books: Pressfield, Ford, Iggulden, Lawhead, etc. Greek, Roman & Medieval battle stuff. Any suggestions?

TV shows/Movies: Clever or historical movies. No TV shows.

Instrument: Electric bass wannabe.

Do you like sports? If so, which ones?: Rodeo - saddle bronc.

Family: 1 brother w/o AS.

Clothing: Denim & leather.

How did you find this website? Searching for AS on Yahoo!

Job: Geomatics. I highly recommend it to those who are spatially inclined, yet can't get employed.

Plans for the future? More math .. university or on the side.

Any comments? The big blue bug bled black blood. The big black bug bled blue blood.

What is your first name?

MC

Age: 48

Location: FL

Hobbies and Interests: Internet, reading, writing, video games, making webpages, anime.

Why are you here? AS with comorbid included

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

Favorite subjects: Humanities, theater, art

Year/Grade: Some college

Favorite music: I like many types of music except for country, rap, and heavy bass.

Books: Lord of the Flies, Man's Search for Meaning, anything suspense, mystery, sci-fi.

TV shows/Movies: Discovery Channel, Survivor, Monk, Charmed, Angel, just about anything anime (well I'm less partial to the giant bot type of anime)

Instrument: Alto Sax, Clarinet, Flute, Guitar, and crappy Violin skills

Do you like sports? If so, which ones?: I dislike group sports. They breed animosity and teach others base behaviors such as being exclusionary to the less able persons who might try. On the other hand I like singular sports that challenge an individual, i.e. swimming, rock climbing, biking.

Family: Yes of course, a large family and I have a daughter as well.

Clothing: Blue jeans, t-shirt, white socks, sneakers.

How did you find this website? I was researching a large group of listings that covered Asperger Syndrome. This was in the search engine and so I I looked into this site.

Job: Disabled (former jobs: warehouse, architectural design and drafting, phone installations, typist, fast foods *fast foods are not something anyone should want as a career*, store clerk *another bad career for someone with AS*, farm animal husbandry and breeding.

Plans for the future?

The future is too far away for me. I might speculate but never plan my future. Beside this I'm getting old, I'm almost a half a century so how much future could I possibly expect.

Any comments?

I have plenty of comments for many subjects all the time. As for a current comment about this post I would say I enjoyed filling it out, it gave me a wedge into writing on the forums in a less obvious way and allowed me to see what others here are interested in and such.

Age: 26

Location: Los Banos, CA

Hobbies: Reading atlases and other maps.

Why am I here? Because I see that there are other aspies out there in the cyberworld who want to communicate, so I said to myself "Why not give it a try?"

When was I diagnosed: 1994, at age 15

Favorite subjects: Geography, and a little bit of history.

Favorite music: At this moment, rock music from the 60s, 70s, and even the 80s. (I don't care too much for today's music)

Books: I don't read books, they make me sleep and I lose concentration

TV Shows: The Simpson's (earlier seasons), Family Guy (started getting into it), Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Favorite Instruments: Pianos and Keyboards.

Sports: Yeah, I like sports and I have no favorite since I get bored of them easily. I did like hockey for a while until I got bored with it, baseball puts me to sleep, football can be slow, and basketball lost its game.

Family: My siblings have moved out, but I still live with my folks cause I am still unable to be on my own even though I would really like to. My gramma lives with us too which is good.

Clothing: polo shirts, buttoned neck T-shirts, trousers and dockers, black socks. Don't forget, steel-framed glasses with a sunshade clip when it's too bright outside.

How I found this site: Through Wikipedia (the online encyclopedia) I was looking up Aspergers Syndrome and I clicked the link to here.

Jobs: None. I did tutor math for a while after graduating from HS, but I don't think I did good enough in my words. I would like to help with autistic kids and adolescents if I could find a place available.

Year/Grade: Graduated HS in '97, tried going to Comm. college but it is too hard to socialize, and it kind of affects me gradewise.

Future Plans: I have none, not even present time agendas, but I would like to as I said earlier, help other autistics, especially youth.

Comments:

I think I might have done this when I first arrived on the site, but just in case I didn't....

<b>What is your first name?</b> Chris or Christopher, but NEVER Topher or Christ.

<b>Age:</b> 39.

<b>Location:</b> Vancouver, Canada

<b>Hobbies and Interests:</b> Aviation, cartography, computers

<b>Why are you here?</b> Isn't that the eternal question? As far as this site goes, I'm here because when I found out about AS I was surfing the web from link to link looking for answers and found this one by accident. I like the style and sense of community, so I stayed. It's now a second home. In the larger "why are we here?" sense, I'm often amazed at the chains of events that sometimes happen. I never saw the movie "Butterfly Effect", but after my perseverances directly contributed to the saving of 4 lives I lost any incentive to imagine how my life would have been different without AS.

<b>When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder):</b> I self-diagnosed with AS in February of this year. On May 10th (just 4 short days ago) a psychologist diagnosed AS + ADHD + depression.

<b>Favorite subjects:</b> Geography, Physics, Math

<b>Year/Grade:</b> Graduated high school in 1983.

<b>Favorite music:</b> Techno, Pop, Classical. I'll listen to almost anything but rap.

<b>Books:</b> I like spy/military fiction from people like Clancy and Ludlum. Other than that, I have shelves full of references and tutorials on everything from computer languages to carpentry, sociology to business management.

<b>TV shows/Movies:</b> I enjoyed movies much more back in the 80's. Top Gun, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, etc.

<b>Instrument:</b> I've played ukulele, recorder, piano and trumpet, and sang in a choir. I haven't done ANY of these since the late 70's.

<b>Do you like sports? If so, which ones?:</b> I sometimes watch curling. Other than that, I generally hate all forms of sports and therefore neither play nor watch.

<b>Family:</b> My mother and younger brother are both undiagnosed but apparently affected by AS to some degree. I don't know about my father - our relationship is friendly but distant.

<b>Clothing:</b> I am stuck in the 80's to some degree.

<b>How did you find this website?</b> Surfing from place to place.

<b>Job:</b> I work for a major company in the aviation business. My time is split between "operations" and "system requirements". In the operations role, I coordinate the use, management and maintenance of several computer networks including a multi-site WAN and other industry-specific hardware. In the system-requirements role I do a lot of computer-based cartography work (using software I designed and wrote myself) and also participate in the design of new industry-specific operational hardware and software.

<b>Plans for the future?</b> My employer has been hounding me for years to either enter management or relocate to the skunk-works and lead one of the development teams. I'm trying to avoid either for now because I like where I'm living and what I'm doing.

<b>Any comments?</b> Discovering AS explained a lot of things about my childhood and early adulthood. I am very thankful to have found this site. The people here have really changed my life. I think everyone who feels the same as I do (and can afford it) should send some money to Alexander so that this site can prosper and grow.