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Age: In my second half century.
Hobbies and Interests: Website programming and animals.
Why are you here? I'm a fellow creature from a different planet. 
When were you diagnosed?: AS this year.
Favorite subjects: Code, databases, and animals.
Favorite music: bagpipes, monks chanting, classical, 50's rock n roll, jazz
Books: Julian Jaynes "The Origin of consciousness in the breakdown of the bicameral mind," Heinlein's "Stranger in a strange land," "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand.
TV shows/Movies: Angel, the original Law & Order, Bones, Glee, Damages
Instrument: piano badly
Do you like sports? NO
Family: Yes
Clothing: jeans and tees
How did you find this website? google
Job: freelance web programmer
Plans for the future? to have as much fun as I can
21 Dec 2010, 1:18 pm
What is your first name? Theresa (not my real one, just the one I'm going to use here)
Age: 18
Location: Europe
Hobbies and Interests: linguistics, psychology, Christianity (not really a hobby, of course, I just don't know where else to put it), reading (mostly non-fiction), filling out forms and questionnaires , thinking
Why are you here? My best friend was diagnosed with Asperger's and I think I have some Aspie traits, too - just a little.
Favorite subjects: mathematics, chemistry
Instrument: violin, recorder
Do you like sports? Rarely. I'm very bad at most sports. But some things are fun.
How did you find this website? Ecosia search
Any comments? I hope I can contribute something useful here although I'm most probably not an Aspie.
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24 Dec 2010, 1:52 am
What is your first name? Lauren
Age: 23
Location: Texas, USA
Hobbies and Interests: Hobbies: Painting, Working towards playing guitar, working out a minimum 4X/ wk (this really relieves my anxiety levels, and stemming) Interests: Researching, wikipedia, DSM-IV, Neuroscience, Understanding myself with Asperger's Syndrome and how to make positive changes
Why are you here? I feel, no doubt, that I am an Aspie. I currently do not want an official Dx, due to interest in applying for med school. I want to be able to converse with people who are like me. I've had a lot of relationship problems in my past due to naivety and wanting to see the best in people/ believing them when they say they won't hurt me again. 
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): HA- 1 week ago, December 18th, 2010
Favorite subjects: Science, and I've actually started to enjoy math, now that I've been prescribed meds for my ADHD, THE BRAIN!! !
Year/Grade: Freshman, 1st year, in College; Goal: B.A. in Neuroscience in 3.5 years
Favorite music: Folk music, classical/ orchestrated, I really love dance/ trance music with a consistent beat that I can work out to and feel the rhythm for; I also get very into some of the top 20's
Books: DSM-IV (Always reading), "A Life in Medicine, A Literary Anthology" (current read), "I am Alive"- Nando Parrado (completed read) "The Sacred and the Profane"- Mircea Eliade (current read), and my Intro to Psychology book for school (current read)
TV shows/Movies: House, Edward Scissor Hands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Ferngully: The Last Rainforest
Instrument: Working on the guitar- SLOWLY- It is only when I have time, and I prefer researching on my computer much more
Do you like sports? I do, hockey, soccer, football- college level preferably, and baseball
Family: I live with my mom, step-dad, and little brother. It's a safe place.
Clothing: Bo-ho chic, scarves, Vibram Five Finger shoes, and every once in a while when I need to wear my "mask" A "sexy" all black outfit
How did you find this website? Googling
Job: FT Student in January, PT Rehab Tech
Plans for the future? Med school, and pediatric neurosurgeon; maybe a family one day. I kind of want that. But not until I'm actually going through residency. And still maybe not then. I'd prefer to adopt kids, if I have any, if I find someone who can give the kids what I can't: time
Any comments? I love this site. Just through researching I've found so much out about myself. I love that there are so many resources, and so much support and I LOVE LOVE LOVE the clear and concise communication! Hello! What a blessing!
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Thank-you @ Tim Tex 
27 Dec 2010, 11:08 pm
What is your first name? You can have my first name, or my location, but not both. This is such a small country. I choose.... location.
Age: 47
Location: New Zealand
Hobbies and Interests: chickens, nutrition, reading - not sure about the rest. I get really intense about something and then after a few months it passes. Sometimes it comes back, sometimes not. Chickens are here to stay because their little bandy legs are so cute. Nutrition is here to stay because I get sick if I eat conventionally. Reading is a constant but the subject changes.
Why are you here? Life just fell apart worse and worse until I started to suspect there might be something different about me - it couldn't all just be bad luck. Then I borrowed "Finding Ben" and saw myself in him.
Also, I had this dream about a year ago. I dreamed that an intellectually handicapped couple bought a house and sold it a year later. We were buying a house at the time. Turned out we are both handicapped - me neurologically, and hubby by his dreadful childhood.
Favorite subjects: languages and biology
Year/Grade: Started school when I was 5 so I must be in year 42 by now
Favorite music: eclectic, but seldom listen to music for some reason. Am wondering about sensory overload now.....
Books: science fiction or non-fiction, nothing too hard. Books with pictures
TV shows/Movies: science fiction and comedy. I learned not to mention science fiction when I was dating online, years ago, because I got so many responses I didn't know what to do with. Women who like it seem to be rare.
One of my favourite films is "Snow Cake" - if you haven't seen it, look out for it. It's a Canadian production about a woman with HF autism, played by Sigourney Weaver. I found it very compelling - I wanted to go and live at her house, lol.
Do you like sports? No but I have developed a sincere respect for them as an alternative to war. I don't think people who like sport are idiots anymore, and that's a big step forward.
Family: NT, ACOA scientist husband who is avoidant; pets; grown children from previous marriage who are likely aspies, and one who isn't but has attachment disorder. Estranged from almost all family which I find hard.
Clothing: crinkle skirts in viscose or cotton, and soft merino jerseys. I buy my clothes by fabric, I can't stand the wrong textures.
How did you find this website? Um, Google?
Job: I did library work but I am unemployable now due to overeducation, age, and underexperience. I am working on being self-employed selling stuff online now that I realise I'm not going to become good at social anytime soon.
Plans for the future? I'd like just one more chicken
Any comments? I have already learned so much about myself and about how NTs work from this site - the social rules, the eye contact - these hints have been great. I always used to wish there was something that would teach me about social behaviour, but never dreamed that I would find it this way. I just couldn't figure out why most people didn't worry about it.
I'm thinking about a story I read where the spaceship had a mechanism for assessing damage, but that very part of the ship was blown away by a meteor. That describes my journey I think - not having enough social clues to realise that I had no social clues, or that other people had access to a whole world I am blind to. It seems like a miracle that I have any idea of it even now.
Thanks for reading
29 Dec 2010, 4:24 pm
name: John
age: 29
location: Long Island, New York
condition: Aspergers
diagnosed: 3 months ago 
favorite subjects: 20th century history, literature
I am unemployed and live with my parents. I hope to teach one day. My interests include Tai Chi and cooking.
I found this site through google after looking up the condition with which I was diagnosed.
books: Sideshow: Kissinger, Nixon, and the destruction of Cambodia by William Shawcross
Success by Martin Amis
30 Dec 2010, 12:05 am
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Joined: 29 Dec 2010
Age: 47
Gender: Female
Posts: 64
Location: NC
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