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What is your first name? Morgan

Age: 16

Location: California

Hobbies and Interests: Alphabetizing, maintaining my aquarium, origami, reading and WWII.

Why are you here? I'm tired of people trying to change me, and I want to understand how to communicate better with my NT boyfriend.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): When I was 7

Favorite subjects: European History and Psychology... I cannot do anything with math besides some statistics in Psych.

Year/Grade: 11th grade

Favorite music: Keane, Utada Hikaru, Vanessa Carlton, Vitamin String Quartet, and Weezer.

Books: HARRY POTTER (The rest of the books are in alphabetical order by title though..) Alice in Wonderland, Anna Karenina, Chronicles of Narnia, The Diary of Anne Frank, Her Fearful Symmetry, The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Malacandra, Neverwhere, Perelandra, Star Wars, That Hideous Strength, War and Peace..and many many others.

TV shows/Movies: Fullmetal Alchemist, House, Medium, Nova, and Soul Eater.

Instrument: of terror. (none)

Do you like sports? Of the Nintendo variety? Yes. Otherwise, no.

Family: I live with my nuclear family.. my older sister is my favorite but she lives too far away.

Clothing: I have no sense of style at all. My mom chooses my clothes, and I will wear them if they are comfortable.

How did you find this website? Weird story. I needed help though.

Job: I volunteer at the library

Plans for the future? Cake for dinner, baby.

Any comments? I want to learn more ways of discerning the people I cannot trust.

What is your first name? Claire

Age: 30

Location: Lincolnshire

Hobbies and Interests: Music, gardening, learning, jewelery making, alternative therapies, psychology, photography

Why are you here? To try and figure out what's been going on with me my whole life...

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

Favorite subjects:

Year/Grade:

Favorite music: bits and pieces of most types

Books: To kill a mockingbird and the color purple

TV shows/Movies: The Iron Giant. I don't really watch tv

Instrument: I'd love to play the piano and guitar but just can't stick with it longer enough to get decent

Do you like sports? No

Family: gf and three children

Clothing: Anything comfortable with pockets and the labels cut out

How did you find this website? Google search

Job: Student

Plans for the future?

Any comments?

Welcome to WP!

What is your first name? Candice but call me Candi.

Age: 18.

Location: USA and Israel

Hobbies and Interests: Snowboarding, Christianity, Physics, Science.

Why are you here? to make some friends who understand Autism.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): 9 with high functioning autism

Favorite subjects: Science

Year/Grade: 2010, 12th grade

Favorite music: Christian Rock

Books: way too many.

TV shows/Movies: House, Boston Legal, CSI

Instrument: None.

Do you like sports? only snowboarding.

Family: mom, step dad, brother named david, sister named Anna; two step sisters named Kaity and Nikki and one step brother named Josh.

Clothing: yes, I wear clothing...

How did you find this website? heard about it from a friend.

Job: I work at Ski Liberty.

Plans for the future? to become an autism specialist working with autistic kids and adults.

Any comments? nope.

What is your first name? I prefer Shan-chan. Or Shan if you can't be bothered typing more letters : )

Age: 17 right now.

Location: Scotland

Hobbies and Interests: Japan and Jrock, fantasy novels, my novel, asian ball jointed dolls, and Japanese fashion. I also like studying neurotypical's behaviour...its fascinating.

Why are you here? Tbh, I'm a bit lonely and looking for more aspy people to be friends with. I only know 3 at my school and they are all males. I know another two females but I don't get to talk to them a lot any more.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): I think I was....8? Primary 5.

Favorite subjects:

I used to like art before I got a teacher who didn't understand my need for coloured pencils >_<" Um...it's still fun just getting harder to feel emotionally attatched to the drawings any more.
I liked English because I loved Shakespeare and analysing the train of though the author was going through when he/she is writing and how the actions in the story effect the outcome. Essays are quite fun in that I found them easy but I hated having to memorise passages and lines. That's for Drama, not english. (I like Drama but our school doesn't teach it).

Year/Grade: 6th Year. Last year and no idea what to do next.

Favorite music: Jrock or heavy rock. Anything with beautiful well inspired music, a good drumbeat, and poetic lyrics.

Books: Any fantasy or unreal. Fiction that I can escape to another world in. I've never read lord of the rings but I did like the films. Loved them actually. I read the hobbit years ago. I was obsessed with Harry Potter because it got too popular and the twilight saga before it became a big thing. I still love Vampires though even though a lot of people have only gotten into vamps since the twilight "vege" vamps arrived on the scene...when the real vampires come to meet them...they'll get a surprize, but I'm going off the subject here...

TV shows/Movies: I like Scrubs because it's funny and the storyline is solid through the series yet you can pick it up from anywhere. I like Janitor....
Um, Spongebob. Who doesn't love Squidward. Harry Potter, my favourite is Snape...
okay, I just noticed a REALLY odd theme...
At an attempt to lighten the mood... I like Torchwood too and Doctor Who; John Barrowman, Eve Myles and Naoko Mori. Um...The 10th Doctor ftw. <3 He's quirky.
Live at the Apollo is good, Jack Dee, Mock the Week, 8 out of 10 cats. Comedy shows. I watch any films as long as it has a well thought out plot and no toilet humour or Ben Stiller. (Sorry Ben stiller fans, I just don't ifnd him entertaining) or that Rob Scneider is it?

Instrument: None. I tried Piano/Keyboard but I'm practically keydeaf....>_< I'm attempting the drums now because I have epic rhythm. Just need to find the room for a drumkit.

Do you like sports? HAHAHHAHA! No. I spend most of my gym life hiding in the toilets or trying to flush my gym kit. Or just not bringing it. Clumsy + Sports = FAILAGE. Guess who was always picked last and didn't actually care? : D

Family: A Split family. My mum and dad split when I was 5. I live with my mum and I see my dad whenever I want. I have a 2 year old half sister to some git my mum was going out with for 8 years whom I love to pieces. (She called my "cool" the other day....poor thing...if she thinks I'm cool I'm a geek!) Half of my family live down in Manchester and I get to see them 2 or 3 times a year if I'm lucky.

Clothing: Lolita. Gothic Lolita. Sweet Lolita. Punk Lolita. Although, recently, I'm starting to wear Visual Kei as the lolita thing is growing boring when no-one appreciates the effort.

How did you find this website? I found it on wikipedia. I was whimsically searching AS because of an incident as school involving me climbing trees and giving a false name when caught. I was trying to explain reckless and impulsive behaviour when I found this site and I just thought, OMG! <3

Job: Don't have one... sold tablet around the doors for a bit. (It's a sweet sugar based lump of fat tbh, it's yummy but not worth the calories). But I'm not good with people. Sold about...lets just say not a lot.

Plans for the future? I don't have any. I used to want to get into university of edinburger and get a Japanese language masters but my grades aren't high enough. (trying to socialise with agonising results instead of "studying" anyone?) I want to get my novel published. It's sitting here, printed. Waiting. but no-one replies >_<

Any comments? Uh. I'm very hyper and friendly, although I'm very guarded. I tend not to emotionally open up until I trust someone. I talk a lot but only if I feel comfortable. I hope this forum will help me understand myself more : )
Thank you for reading : D and sorry about the smileys. It's the sure fire way to describe and let people understand your emotions though. That's why I love them <3

What is your first name? Phillip

Age: 28

Location: Sheffield, UK

Hobbies and Interests: Disability/ASD rights, History,

Why are you here? Thought I would start posting again

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): 1992 by Prof. Pat Howling at St Georges in London. Long time ago

Favorite subjects: History, Military History,

Year/Grade: N/A

Favorite music: Metal, Rock, goth, EBM, synth pop to be fair as I've got older I just listen to all sorts now

Books: Ragged Trousered Philanthropist. Just started reading Brave New World

TV shows/Movies: Don't own a tv I watch everything for free off BBCIplayer on my 30 inch monitor. Mock the week, Have I got news for you, the various documentries the BBC do on both TV and radio 4. Various japanese anime series. Jacobs Ladder, Pans Labyrinth, La Strada, Ikiru

Instrument: I tried to learn the guitar once, It ended in dreadful failure

Do you like sports? Don't mind won't go out of my way to watch it though

Family: My brothers are on the spectrum, Parents have an informal diagnosis from assessments of my sibilings

Clothing: Whatevers comfortable

How did you find this website? I can't remember

Job: Registered Nurse Learning Disability.

Plans for the future? Where ever I get new opportunities to work in my choosen field of practice. Might move on from Sheffield soon

Any comments? None at this time

What is your first name?
Victoria

Age:
August 20th, 1988

Location:
Canada

Hobbies and Interests:
British Shows, Reaching my goals, Learning about Asperger. I really need to create a new hobby outside of the computer.

Why are you here?
To talk to others who have autism and/or asperger's

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

Favorite subjects:
In School? Math, creative writing, some social sciences classes, history, gym.

Year/Grade:
None. Going to collage in September.

Favorite music:
I really like electro/dance/trance/jungle
Classical keeps me claim,
Jazz is growing on me

Books:
Too many to name my favourtie. Love books.

TV shows/Movies:
WAY TOO MANY to name.
Right now I am watching Father Ted. I like a lot of British TV.

Instrument:
Use to play violin and panio

Do you like sports?
Basketball and soccer

Family:

Clothing:
Don't have a style.

How did you find this website?
Through another site.

Job:
Right now, it's just selling snacks and drinks a huge sports stadium.

Plans for the future?
To go to collage, finally make my decision on what I want to do.
Hopefully work for Doctors without boarders.

Any comments?
I learned that I have no hobbys. I then quickly thought of some hobbys, to only learn, they are all in door, one person hobbies. I wish I was more open.

What is your first name?

Lachlan

Age:

15

Location:

Australia

Hobbies and interests:

Computers, music, movies.

Why are you here?

I have Aspergers.

When were you diagnosed?

2007, I'm fairly sure.

Favorite subjects:

English.

Year/grade:

10.

Favorite music:

Cradle of Filth, The Beach Boys, The Smashing Pumpkins, David Bowie, Mr. Bungle, The Dandy Warhols, Moby, The Beatles, Goblin, Muse, Placebo, Angelo Badalamenti, Nine Inch Nails, Coldplay, Pink Floyd, The Presets, The Prodigy, Faith No More, Vermillion Lies, The Dresden Dolls, Ennio Morricone, MGMT, Slipknot, Bleeding Through, Michael Jackson, Immortal, System of a Down, Gorillaz, Daemonia, My Chemical Romance, CAKE, Daft Punk, Amanda Palmer, Bal-Sagoth, The Electric Hellfire Club, KoЯn, Little Birdy, Arcade Fire, The Cranberries, The Mavis's, Leviathan, ABBA, Gwen Stefani, The Monkees, Happyland, The Turtles, Fatboy Slim, Vondur, Green Day, Britney Spears, Spiderbait, Oasis.

Books:

I don't read books, but I love "The Hobbit".

TV shows:

The Mighty Boosh, Absolutely Fabulous, Nighty Night, Police Squad!, The Micallef Program, Kath & Kim, The Simpsons, Fawlty Towers, A Bit of Fry and Laurie, Looney Tunes, Black Books, The Ren and Stimpy Show, Little Britain, Blackadder, Micallef Tonight, Rock Profile, Friends, Will & Grace, Metalocalypse, The Young Ones, The Catherine Tate Show, The Fast Show, Cold Case, Batman: The Animated Series, Scrubs, Drawn Together, Rocko's Modern Life, Family Guy, Frisky Dingo, Monty Python's Flying Circus, H.R. Pufnstuf.

Movies:

Un chant d'amour, Requiem for a Dream, The Lady Vanishes, The Last House on the Left, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Mulholland Dr., Kill Bill, The Blair Witch Project, Suspiria, Boys Don't Cry, The Shawshank Redemption, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Session 9, May, A Clockwork Orange, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Million Dollar Baby, 28 Days Later, Cube, Ed Wood, The Lion King, Pink Floyd The Wall, The Exorcist, Elephant, Rear Window, Eyes Wide Shut, Rohtenburg, Open Water, Nosferatu, Les diaboliques, Ju-on, Irréversible, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Deliverance, The Truman Show, Schindler's List, The Evil Dead, Airplane!, The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, Bonnie and Clyde, Psycho, Wolf Creek, [Rec], Welcome to the Jungle, Saw, Caligula, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Taxi Driver, Citizen Kane, The Grandmother, Shaun of the Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Anacardium, Byt, Mysterious Skin, Running with Scissors, Gone with the Wind, Shortbus, The Wizard of Oz, The Lair of the White Worm, Gran Torino, Picnic at Hanging Rock, El maquinista, Charlie's Angels, Bad Santa, Five Across the Eyes, The Descent, Ginger Snaps, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, The City of the Dead, Chicago, Some Like It Hot, The Sixth Sense, Shadow of a Doubt, The Hills Have Eyes, Sin City, Friday the 13th, DiG!, August Underground's Penance, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Carrie, Rope, Mean Girls, Scorpio Rising, Monster, August Underground's Mordum, Shi mian mai fu, Evil Dead II, Scream, Scary Movie.

Instrument:

Mandolin, guitar.

Do you like sports?

No.

Clothing:

Black.

How did you find this website?

The Aspergers Wikipedia page.

Job:

I busk, but I hope to get a job in JB Hi Fi.

Plans for the future?

Not sure yet.

Any comments?

Not really.

Welcome to WP!

Thanks!

(Okay, I've been here for a mini little while now, but still. These things are fun to fill out!)

What is your first name? Rather not say

Age: 22

Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands

Hobbies and Interests: language, literary and political history, movies, illustrating hand-made cards, reading, sightseeing-while-cycling, photography, learning as many random facts as possible.

Why are you here? I have Asperger´s, undiagnosed

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): I chose not to be diagnosed officially, but my therapist and a group of specialists made it clear that this is it for me.

Favorite music: Beirut, Antony & The Johnsons, Feist, Francis and The Lights, those ridiculous oldies that even gay men deny they like (Boy George is my lifelong love, secretly), new romanticism, Rat Pack, Brahms, Wagner, etc.

Books: mostly non-fiction, also Dutch literature from the 14th - 19th century, academic works and dissertations.

TV shows/Movies: 30 Rock, The Sopranos, The Office, Frasier, Bing Bang Theory. / Mulholland Drive, Eraserhead, The Shining, The Exorcist, American Beauty, Running with Scissors, 21 Grams, Hard Candy, Silence of the Lambs.

Instrument: guitar, bass, oboes, trumpet, clarinet, flutes, drums, piano.

Do you like sports? I practise yoga. But other than that it's more watching sports (basketball, baseball)

Family: all NTs.

Clothing: Cross between conservative and 'decent for my age' (like the things you get at H&M)

How did you find this website? I have some how always known about it.

Job: Linguistics and Literary Science and History in university. Also writer of number of known blogs. I am starting up a company providing people with beautiful, fun and handmade birthday cards with wishes they can be proud of.

Plans for the future? Graduate, doing a PhD in literary history (possibly theological aspects in literature) and work as a professor at the university I'm currently attending.

What is your first name? sean

Age: 17

Location: alaska

Hobbies and Interests:Tae-kwondo 3rd gup, researching ways to control and utilize aspergers.

Why are you here? I have aspergers

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): november of 2009 (but I've suspected it since december of 2008, and my parents have since 1997)

Favorite subjects: martial arts, physics, chemistry, electronics, robotics, biology, anatomy and physiology, psychology, history

Year/Grade: 12 high school

Favorite music: rock

Books: anatony and physiology books

TV shows/Movies: I don't watch much anymore

Instrument: does a sword count?

Do you like sports? swimming, running and martial arts(duh)

Family: 1 mom, 1 dad (technically. my bio dad ran out on my mom when she was pregnant), 1 brother and six sisters.

Clothing: dark, cool colors usually( I get overstimulated easily)

How did you find this website? my councelor

Job: volunteer at Orion's belt School of Self Defense

Plans for the future? become a biologist, doctor, electrician, or a combo of the three

Any comments?
I'm very ambitious, but do my best to contain it when i need to ( I'm expected to have high amounts of self control becuse I'm only thre ranks away from black belt); and in spite of me being a male aspie, have good visualization skills.
I also recently figured out I might have asthma.

Welcome to WP fellow newcomers and glad to get to know each and every person.

What is your first name? Jonathan

Location: England

Hobbies and Interests: See my profile.

Why are you here? I have Asperger Syndrome.

When were you diagnosed? 2002 (I was also diagnosed with dyspraxia in 2004).

Favorite subjects: Geography, Religious Studies, Music

Favorite music: See my profile.

Books: I don't read much, but I sometimes like dipping in and out of interesting factual/philosophical books.

TV shows: Little Britain, The Simpsons, Family Guy, various documentaries

Movies: The Shawshank Redemption, Blood Diamond, A Beautiful Mind, Into the Wild, Deja Vu, Titanic, The Day the Earth Stood Still, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Music and Lyrics, Yes Man, Made of Honour, The Simpsons Movie, Borat and many others

Instruments: Piano, classical guitar

Do you like sports? Not really, although I quite like cycling and hiking.

Family: One brother, two parents who are split up; a very large maternal extended family (my mum was born into an Australian Catholic family and was one of nine), but a comparatively small paternal family (my dad has one sister).

Clothing: I like to wear shirts that are red or black. Other than that, I don't care.

How did you find this website? Link in the back of Appreciating Asperger Syndrome by Brenda Boyd.

Job: Student

Plans for the future? I'm not sure, but I wouldn't mind being a non-fiction writer of some sort or maybe even a songwriter. (I used to want to be a cosmologist or something along those lines, but I'm not so fascinated by the subject anymore.)

Welcome to WP!

You and I have a lot of the same interests.

I find that I like these types of "surveys", although I tend to go overboard with how much information is included, so bear with me...

What is your first name? Fiona (although, since 2001 I have been going by Sraddha)

Age: 26

Location: Auckland, New Zealand

Hobbies and Interests: Photography, writing, psychology, geology, human biology, painting/sculpture, science fiction, computer science... Quite obsessed by psychology and mental health.

Why are you here? I'm on the Wrong Planet...

When were you diagnosed? Early 2009, after years of research regarding the younger of my twin daughters (who is dx'd autistic).

Favorite subjects: Funnily my favourite subjects at school were photography, science, and any of the arts, though I avoided my art and photography classes because of the overwhelming smell of chemicals and turpentine. Now, I work mostly with environmentally friendly art supplies which don't upset my olfactory nerves, and digital photography has made the developing process far easier.

Year/Grade: N/A

Favorite music: I find it hard to like specific music genres. There are a lot of musicians I like, but it's definitely based more on the sound of the song and the physical feelings evoked by the sound.

Books: I'm a constant reader, mostly interested in non-fiction, psychologically based books. I find it interesting to read about how people work.

TV shows/Movies: Generally I don't like to watch TV, unless an entire season has been released, as I like to watch all the shows (or at least a handful) uninterrupted. Film wise, it's the same as how I watch TV, or read books. I fancy a genre, and then get completely absorbed in only watching the genre that's captured me. But, for the most part, I enjoy science fiction, or documentaries.

Instrument: I can play some musical instruments, but I feel clumsy while playing the guitar. Woodwind instruments I've had far better luck with.

Do you like sports? I like to kick soccer balls around with my kids, but this is mostly stress relief. I always fancied myself as a keen hockey player when I was younger, but I had no sense of direction, and was always tripping up over my own feet. Horse-riding was something I was also keen on, and would still be into, more for the sense of connection with the horse, and the freedom of "riding".

Family: Quite a lot of them. Currently, I live with my youngest child and my parents, while trying to find a house closer to my ex-husband and my elder children so we can resume a 50/50 custody agreement.

Clothing: Anything that feels comfortable really.

How did you find this website? I really can't remember.

Job: Full-time mother at present.

Plans for the future? Art school.