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My son is 5 years old- we live in brisbane
X kel

Hi, I am from Perth in Western Australia. Are there many others on this forum from this region?

Cheers

Alessi

I'm in Perth, 25 yo, would love to meet anyone who would love to meet me!

I'm a bit of a creative type...not just because I like 'alternative' music and have tried my hand at writing a lousy generic song, but because I feel the compulsion to create like I need to breathe air.

Damn caps...
Hailing from western sydney (just past parramatta) and attend TAFE at Richmond

my name is Ben.

AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE........! !!

Oil, Oil, Oil...
No wait i mean Oi, Oi, Oi.

From Sydney here...

My 5 year old son (I have a 5 year old and a 3 year old) has just been diagnosed and the symptoms he's showing mirror mine, and what he's going through is bringing back memories for me as a kid. The more we analyse it with the psychologist and professionals, the more I realise that I have elements of Aspie's - whether full blown or not I don't know, but it's really turned the light globe on in my head and helped to explain the difficulties I experienced as a kid, teenager and young adult.

As soon as we had the suspicion followed by the psychiatric diagnosis, I've been reading up everywhere... I just thought I was a bit shy and quirky... Not sure what a formal diagnosis would do for me at this stage anyway - as the psych and my wife state that I've managed to live with it all my life so far, and there's not a lot of help available for adults in the public system anyway, so why not just work with it and use it to its advantage...

The best part of it is that I have a very good connection with my 5 year old because I can almost always predict how he will react to certain situations.

Good to see a heavy Aussie contingent here.

Howdy ho folks - from Brissie here!

Registered for these forums a long time ago believing I had Asperger's, but only recently found out that I'd been diagnosed 11 years ago and my parents had never told me. I had a look back at my old posts from 2007 and it was amazing to see how negative my attitude in general was and how much of a douchebag I was - and it's even more amazing to see how much improvement I've made over my three and a half year hiatus. It's time to start things over and do it right this time.

Hi I'm David 24 from Melbourne, I have been a member for a couple of years but haven't posted in a long time due to a lack of self-confidence.

It really go to see so many aussies on WP.

hi all i'm from adelaide

Another Victorian candidate it seems, although I hope to get out of this suburban nightmare asap. Don't want to drive 2+ hours just to get to a remotely interesting natural place in the world.

I'm from the Hunter region, hello all.

Yep, I'm Xayah (not my real name - I prefer to remain anonymous) I'm in my 20s, but I feel (and act) like I'm a teenager. I've done the rounds in NSW support groups as a kid, but now I have grandiose illusions of social proficiency and have lost contact with all the AS kids I used to know. I joined this board because I'm interested to know how other people my age are coping with life, the universe and everything

Hi everyone - I'm in Cairns Far North Queensland, in my mid 40's married with 7 y.o. boy and a mechanic by trade. Lovely place but over the last 10 years really turning into a bit of a strange blend of redneck hell (ie. hell to me - I hate rednecks) and alternate lifestyle funpark. Services are breaking down and you can only find a fraction of the things you really need locally - using internet and waiting for parcels is fairly normal nowadays if you want anything other than fishing gear or 4WD accessories - all very sad

Anyway rant about Cairns over - I'm in the process of trying to determine whether I actually have AS...

aqny aspies from gold coast?