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What is your first name?
Mathew

Age:
18

Location:
Arlington, TX

Hobbies and Interests:
Historical periods in history (such as Renaissance Europe); historical people; viewing Youtube videos; collecting World Almanacs; looking at maps and atlases; reading textbooks; reading travel guides; inventing alternate realities for myself; etc...

Why are you here?
Because it's fun.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder):
I was diagnosed with Asperger's when I was 12; early in 2004, I think.

Favorite subjects:
English and Social Studies

Year/Grade:
High School Senior

Favorite music:
I have an eclectic taste in music.

Books:
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, The House on Mango Street, Speak, Rainbow High,
Rainbow Road

TV shows/Movies:
Too many to list...

Instrument:
None.

Do you like sports?
Hell no!

Family:
I currently live with my parents (mother and father) and my younger sister. Two dogs and a cat if you count pets.

Clothing:
I typically wear whatever looks good on me and is comfortable. In the summer I usually wear a t-shirt, shorts, and sandals; when the weather gets colder I wear jeans with thermal knit tops, jackets, or hoodies.

How did you find this website?
One of my teachers told me about it via email.

Job:
High School student...fancy way of saying unemployed.

Plans for the future?
After graduating high school I plan on attending community college for two years and then transfer to a university. During or after university I'd like to go backpacking across Western Europe with at least one friend. After completing my post-secondary education I'd like to live in an apartment in a big city with at least one roommate.

Any comments?
That was fun...I just hope people read it.

What is your first name? Nicole

Age: 33

Location: Columbus, OH

Hobbies and Interests: Poetry (Writing and Reading), Music, Reading (mostly topics on religion, the Enneagram/MBTI, music, philosophy, and now AS/ASD)

Why are you here? To communicate, to understand, to find others like me

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

Favorite music: I like a wide variety of things, but mostly it's rock and related music. Mostly into The Doors, R.E.M., Pearl Jam, OK Go and U2. Also like old-school country (Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Buck Owens), alternative country, some blues and R&B, and most rap/hip-hop produced before '94 (I'm more of an old school person...Tribe Called Quest, Run DMC, Public Enemy)

Books: Bridge to Terabithia, Poet in Exile, The Book of Nightmares, American Night, and a long list of others.

TV shows/Movies: Man on the Moon, Spaceballs, The Producers (old and new version), RENT, and anything with Johnny Depp in it

Instrument: My voice. I am a poet.

Do you like sports? Whatever. I live in a town of crazy college football fans. Give me swimming, track and field, gymnastics, and ice skating anytime.

Family: My fiance, my mother, five houseplants, and the voices in my head.

Clothing: Anything comfortable, with a bit of sophistication, and sometimes LOUD. I love purple.

How did you find this website? Google

Job: Administrative Assistant. Next!

Plans for the future? To write more poetry and do something I enjoy for a living

What is your first name? Nicole

Age: 30

Location: Birmingham, AL

Hobbies and Interests: art, history, art history

Why are you here? I have Asperger's syndrome. Sort of a familiar response, eh?

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): I was 22. My original diagnosis was bipolar disorder, which I'm pretty sure I don't have. I took medication taht I didn't need for quite a while.

Favorite subjects: art, history, art history

Year/Grade: First year graduate student

Favorite music: I love the music of the 1980s, and most everything before.

Books: "The Devil's Dictionary," "Candide," "The Tragedy of Puddnhead Wilson," "A Confederacy of Dunces," "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," numerous art history texts

TV shows/Movies: I don't really watch much. I love older films and war movies, for some reason.

Instrument: Music has always been a hobby I only wish I could have.

Do you like sports? To watch, yes- especially baseball. I'm not too much of an athlete.

Family: A wonderful one.

Clothing: I wear a lot of black, mainly because it goes well with my coloring and it matches everything.

How did you find this website? Through a search engine.

Job: Right nbow, it's only school. I worked as a graphic artist for several years before returning.

Plans for the future? I hope to someday enter the museum field.

Any comments? None at the moment.

What is your first name? Christina

Age: 17

Location: California

Hobbies and Interests: Music, reading, birds, studying, history of Western Europe (16th and 17th centuries).

Why are you here? To meet people who share the same difficulties in life, and to meet new friends.

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

Favorite subjects: History, Biology, Developmental Psychology.

Year/Grade: Freshman in college.

Favorite music: Shoegaze sub-genre.

Books: History texts.

TV shows/Movies: Dunno

Instrument: Bass and Guitar

Do you like sports? I like to watch baseball and play it at times.

Family: Parents and brother.

Clothing: The "style" depends on my mood.

How did you find this website? Random online searches

Job: Student..

Plans for the future? Lots.

Any comments? I'm new but too shy to make a thread about it.

What is your first name? Gary

Age: 63

Location: North Central Texas

Hobbies and Interests: Photography

Why are you here? To read about others like me

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Self diagnosed 3 weeks ago

Favorite subjects: Risk Management

Year/Grade: Old

Favorite music: Classic Rock

Books: None

TV shows/Movies: PBS, Science Channel, History Channel, Discovery Channel, don't watch movies

Instrument: Sax

Do you like sports? Playoffs

Family: 1 Filipino wife

Clothing: shorts, t-shirt

How did you find this website? Google

Job: Nurse

Plans for the future? Retire as soon as possible

What is your first name?
Melissa

Age:
19, to be 20 in about a month

Location:
Smith College

Hobbies and Interests:
Oh, hell...way too many to list, but I'll try...Tae Kwon Do (which is a way of life, not a hobby), vocal groups, orchestra, the asexuals club at my school, science, books, fanfiction, writing, cats, ancient history, music with genre names like "psychobilly" and "folk metal," Tim Burton films, paper snowflakes, crinoids, organizing things, being unapologetically weird...

Why are you here?
I am almost positive I have Asperger's, but I've never been tested. One of my friends who is going into disability law recommended this site.

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

Favorite subjects:
Er, for school? GENETICS, most any biology, creative writing, ancient history, music, calculus, inorganic chemistry, exercise and sport studies.

Year/Grade:
College sophomore.

Favorite music:
WAY too many to list! But I'll try to pick a few...Evanescence, Emilie Autumn, My Chemical Romance, A.F.I., Flyleaf, Rise Against, Billy Talent, Nightwish, Within Temptation and Avenged Sevenfold.

Books:
Anything Sylvia Plath, Orson Scott Card or Roald Dahl touched. Also the Alex Rider series, the first three Artemis Fowl books, Terry Pratchett's Discworld...um...The Poisonwood Bible, Good Omens, Snow Crash, Coraline...oh, too many, I give up.

TV shows/Movies:
Tim Burton films, Pixar films, Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy, Little Miss Sunshine, The Dark Knight, Keeping Mum, X-Men trilogy; Law and Order: SVU, Law and Order: CI, House M.D., Family Guy, The Boondocks.

Instrument:
FRENCH HORN!

Do you like sports?
Played a lot when I was little, up through high school; my favorite was lacrosse. My real sport (which, as I said before, is a way of life) is Tae Kwon Do. I'm a 2nd-degree black belt.

Family:
A 9-year-old brother, a 15-year-old sister, 2 cats, 2 parents.

Clothing:
I wear a lot of black. Jeans (black or blue) and T-shirts, long-sleeved shirts or sweaters; I don't like shorts and I rarely wear capris. I own many black hoodies. My colors other than black tend to be red, purple, green, or blue; I'm not into bright colors.

How did you find this website?
BokeKaeru recommended it.

Job:
Student/Tae Kwon Do instructor/lab assistant/writer.

Plans for the future?
Leukemia research, writing, Tae Kwon Do.

Any comments?
Um...this site is awesome.

What is your first name? Kate
Age: 28... when did that happen?
Location: Southeastern VA
Hobbies and Interests: science, genetics, human evolution, linguistics, history, sci-fi/fantasy (but it's so hard to find good authors), current events, dog behavior (if you'd had my dogs... ), human pre-history, personality/psychology, and whatever else catches my interests.
Why are you here? I love it here! Get more understanding of myself. Try to figure out ways to make my life work better. It's fascinating how things I never would have thought related to AS pop up here (youthful appearance!).
When were you diagnosed? Not diagnosed (don't see the point/probably sub-clinical), but I first thought I had AS when I was 18 and first heard about it, but my dad said no way, I'm normal, so I didn't pursue it. A year ago he brought it up again, said he hadn't wanted me to be 'labeled' so young (@18 ), but there's clearly "something" wrong with me, and AS sounds about right. He's a clinical social worker, not a psychiatrist, but he knows NT from not NT.
Favorite subjects: NOT gym/PE, NOT English, but I loved learning, so the rest was cool
Favorite music: I like all kinds of things, but mostly 80s/90s rock
Books: oh god, so many, Robin McKinley is my favorite, but I have hundreds
TV shows/Movies: Criminal Minds, In Plain Sight, the Daily Show, ST:TNG, almost anything by Spielberg or with Tom Hanks, etc...
Instrument: the only way I could take lessons was to then be in a rehearsal/concert/performance, and that soooo wasn't going to happen
Do you like sports? no
Family: 2 parents, 1 grandmother, 1 great-aunt, others that I barely know at all
Clothing: yes. work uniform; jeans & t-shirt, relaxed stuff.
How did you find this website? google
Job: I bake in the wee hours of the morning for a grocery store. Work half of the day by myself, and 2/3 of the day on my own projects. Not living up to my potential (eep), but it could be worse.
Plans for the future? uh, yeah, I should work on that...
Any comments? Been lurking a while - love it here!

What is your first name? Just call me Villette

Age: 18 going on 19

Location: Asia

Hobbies and Interests: genetics, evolution, chemistry, cellular/molecular biology, English literature, writing

Why are you here? To get to know people with similar condition

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Never diagnosed. Was told by a teacher in high school (age 17)that I have the same condition as her brilliant son who has AS.

Favorite subjects: chemistry (which most people hate), parts of biology, English lit.

Year/Grade: A-Levels, starting uni in October.

Favorite music: Rachmaninov, Debussy, Scriabin, Beethoven, Grieg

Books: Charlotte Bronte, Jasper Fforde, Terry Pratchett, Richard Dawkins, Dorothy L. Sayers, Bernard Shaw, Aldous Huxley

TV shows/Movies: hardly watch them, but I liked Golden Compass, Inkheart, Narnia. On the rare occasion I watch TV I like House and old-fashioned detective shows

Instrument: piano

Do you like sports? No, I can't play anything except badminton.

Family: 2 parents, no siblings.

Clothing: Comfortable and looks OK on me. Prefer polo shirts.

How did you find this website? Stumbled upon it while reading up on AS

Job: Student

Plans for the future? To become a scientist/researcher and academic. Hope to be involved in an intellectual way

Any comments? Glad to know I'm not the only one with weird tendencies. If anyone is interested in discussing evolution/genetics or even English lit, feel free to PM me!

Age: 21

Location: Bay Area, CA

Hobbies and Interests: Film, Film history, military history, and the occasional MW2 binge

Why are you here? I'm sick of being "too proud" to socialize

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): About five/six-ish months ago

Favorite subjects: History and I'm very serious about getting very serious about learning French

Favorite music: Philip Glass, Gustav Mahler, The Violent Femmes, CCR, a little Ludwig van, Johnny Cash and omgTchaikovsky. Also Le Tigre and France Galle. Also everything

Books: Mostly nonfiction pertaining to my interests (definitely including MW2 binges)

TV shows/Movies: The Office, The Thick of It, Dr. Strangelove, Koyaanisqatsi

Do you like sports? Used to be obsessed with baseball. Or more accurately baseball statistics. So yeah, no.

Family: Lots of sisters

Clothing: Loves me a snugly fleece

How did you find this website? Perusing

Job: Nope

Plans for the future? Nope

Any comments? ...Yay fleeces

What is your first name? Ellen

Age: 16

Location: Maryland

Hobbies and Interests: Making jewelry, watching anime/reading manga, hiking, biking, swimming, swinging, reading, playing escape-the-room games, singing, acting, birdwatching

Why are you here? To chat and make friends.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): with Aspergers 4 years ago when I was 12, with sensory integration disorder, with a balancing disorder, with a slight curvature of the spine, with a spacial awareness disorder, a few symptoms of developmental dyspraxia and a few OCD tendencies, gifted &talented (GT), learning disability in organization and following directions.

Favorite subjects: Lit & Comp, History of Art (we actually make the art of each time period, and we only have to memorize basic facts about it)

Year/Grade: 11

Favorite music: folk, country, pop, some alternative

Books:The Wild Girls, The queen geek social club, Fruits Basket (a manga & anime)

TV shows/Movies: Planet Earth

Instrument:

Do you like sports? I have been on a swim team for 8 years and am thinking of trying geocaching and classical fencing.

Family: Huge! My immediate family consists of a mom, a dad, and a gifted & talented (GT) but otherwise neurotypical brother 3 years younger than me.

Clothing: no tags, not clingy, comfortable, in pastel colors, makes me look skinnier than I actually am!

How did you find this website? When one of my friends introduced me to Alex and told me about it.

Job: None.

Plans for the future? Become a naturalist, educate people about nature, make them love it and want to protect it as much as I do.

Any comments? I'm looking forward to hearing from other new people.

As good old Tim would say: Welcome to WP

Welcome to WrongPlanet, NatureFantasy. I love your avatar, by the way.

What is your first name? Matt

Age: 37

Location: Columbus, OH

Hobbies and Interests: Sports, music, food

Why are you here? Nowhere else to be...alone

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

Favorite subjects: politics, history, geography

Year/Grade: have a batch degree

Favorite music: Monster Magnet

Books: Pillars of the Earth

TV shows/Movies: South Park

Instrument: Guitar

Do you like sports? Yes...Hockey, Football

Family: Only child (adopted)

Clothing: Usually

How did you find this website? Google

Job: Let me know

Plans for the future? Death

Any comments? Meh

What is your first name? Hugo

Age: 15

Location: Miami Beach

Hobbies and Interests: Internet, Reef Aquariums, Quantum physics, technology, and mathematics.

Why are you here? I strongly believe that I have asperger's, but don't care to seek professional diagnosis.

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

Favorite subjects: Algebra II and Chemistry

Year/Grade: Sophomore in High School

Favorite music: movie soundtracks; this is subject to change

Books: 2001: A Space Odyssey, 2010: Odyssey Two, Brain Rules, Physics of the Impossible, A Brief History of Time, Endless Universe, and most importantly The Elegant Universe.

TV shows/Movies: Nova, Nat Geo,

Instrument: Didgeridoo

Do you like sports? I enjoy bike riding, but nothing "competitive"

Family: one sister in college 500 miles away and both my parents.

Clothing: Jeans and sweater, despite my location.

How did you find this website? google

Job: unemployed

Plans for the future? Go to college, graduate, get a job as a chemical engineer, and go into R&D.

Any comments? I have a hunch that I have AS. I'm a Sophomore have no best friend, can count my "real" friends with one hand, and spend my weekends all by myself. While others go through interest "phases" I have been going through full-fledged obsessions with oddities since I was a toddler.

Welcome to WP, new members!

Age: 21 (2010)

Location: Western North Carolina

Hobbies and Interests: I read a lot, mostly sci-fi and fantasy, but I enjoy a good classic now and then. I do a bit of amateur programming while I get my Bachelor's in Computer Science.

Why are you here? To "hang out" and communicate with other people who, in some cases, are as socially incompetent as I am. =D

Favorite subjects: Programming / Math

Year/Grade: 2012

Favorite music: Electronica/Alternative Rock

Books: Sci-fi/Fantasy

TV shows/Movies: There's too many movies I like to list them all. I don't watch TV.

Instrument: Violin

Do you like sports? No

Family: Older brother, older sister, two younger brothers

Clothing: Mostly buttoned shirts and jeans. I don't really go for the all-black any more.

How did you find this website? Can't remember.

Job: Driver for Enterprise Rent-A-Car

Plans for the future? I plan to get my Masters in Computer Science and work for a game developer like Blizzard or Ubisoft.