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What is your first name? Matt

Age: 34

Location: Midlands UK

Hobbies and Interests: Computers, computer programming, listening to music, reading Sci-fi/fantasy, watching movies

Why are you here? I have diagnosed AS

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Officially: 2 weeks ago Unofficially: since I was 15

Favorite subjects: Computers, Pop Science, Music.

Favorite music: Metal, Rock, Indi, Alternative, Ambient House, Dubstep, DnB, Break Beats, Industrial, Electronica, EBM, Goth.

Books: Sci-fi/Fantasy epics (multi-book series) and most Sci-fi - and computer books

TV shows/Movies: Mythbusters, Horizon, Top Gear, most non-b-movie-style/tongue-in-cheek sci-fi (serious sci-fi/opera only) and stuff like Game of Thrones

Instrument: Guitar (badly)

Do you like sports? No

Family: son, daughter, wife + 3 cats. Mother, Father, Sister. No in-laws (thank god!)

Clothing: Pretty much what my wife chooses for me - although I choose the colours mostly

How did you find this website? Luck

Job: When I can hold down employment - Senior Developer/Architect - Contract only though. People don't seem to like me.

Plans for the future? Try and find a job and keep a roof over my families heads

Any comments? Most NT's suck ass - especially in work environments.

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What is your first name? Sam

Age: 37

Location: A polite, liberal city in the USA.

Hobbies and Interests: politics, nature (esp. birding), mysticism, philosophy, history, sci-fi, psychedelics and psychedelic art, bicycling and, of course, the NBA.

Why are you here? My son is diagnosed AS and 16. I am here to research best options for transitioning out of high-school for him.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Not diagnosed, but it's amazing how many of the fellow dads of my son's friends (which friends are nearly universally AS diagnosed) I find more similar to me than most people I meet otherwise. If that makes you think.. well, nevermind, You get the picture.

Favorite subjects: See hobbies

Favorite music: the passionate kind, the interesting kind and the very well made kind.

Books: Yes, please.

TV shows/Movies: The Baron von Munchausen, Boardwalk Empire, Dead Man, Baraca are some favs, but my taste is pretty wide ranging.

Instrument: no talent

Do you like sports? Yes, most of them.

Family: big, complicated twenty-first century American rainbow family. Stranger than you could make a movie about, but pretty wholesome in practice.

Clothing: Grunge refugee.

How did you find this website? Looked for AS BBS. Found this.

Job: Food

Plans for the future? yeah...

Any comments? lots and lots of them.

What is your first name: Brett

Age: 19

Location: Owosso, Michigan

Hobbies and Interests: Video gaming, Electronics, Puzzles

Why are you here? I have Aspergers, and it helps to know that I can chat with others like me in a civil setting.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): 2001 (8 years of age)

Favorite subjects: I have always been intrigued about history. I also have a deep love of art in any form. The only subject I don't like is math. That is why they invented calculators.

Year/Grade: College Grad, CNA certification

Favorite music: I love rock music for the most part. From Ozzy to Avenged Sevenfold, they all make the day seem brighter to me.

Books: Harry Potter, Artemis Fowl, and the Inheritance series.

TV shows/Movies: From reality shows such as Pawn Stars and WWII In Color, to anime such as Bleach and Soul Eater.

Instrument: I used to play a guitar when I was young, but not anymore.

Do you like sports? I love NFL and College Football. MSU fan for life!

Family: Me, my mother, and my younger brother.

Clothing: I like classic button up shirts and blue jeans.

How did you find this website? A Youtube video. Amazing luck, really.

Job: Unemployed.

Plans for the future? Besides living a normal life? I would like to meet a girl and start a family of my own, but it just seems like a dream most days.

Any comments? Sure. A few interesting things about me - I am legally blind in my right eye. I was born with Amblyopia (lazy eye), and they caught it too late to do surgery. I can keep it from wandering in most cases, but when I get tired it can wander everywhere. Thanks to that I also have about no depth perception, which means I can't drive. It's a hard life, but you live with what you get.

What is your first name? Pete

Age: 25

Location: Dumb Fartty Wet, Texas

Hobbies and Interests: Art, Hockey, knowing people more, traveling, and knowing more about AS

Why are you here? Because I need to be in a place where I can know other people like me.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): when I was 5, didn't know about until I was 16 or 17

Favorite subjects: Art

Year/Grade: college drop out

Favorite music: not an easy thing to pin on

Books: haven't been reading books lately. Last thing I read was Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

TV shows/Movies: Shameless, Penn and Teller, Mythbusters

Instrument: guitar, bass, stringy instruments

Do you like sports? YES hockey GO STARS

Family: mom and dad, 2 brothers, one sister, a sister in law, brother in law, lots of cusins and stuff

Clothing: I have to wear over sized shirts because of my broad shoulders, otherwise my pits would be showing. I love blue green yellow color combinations.

How did you find this website? I believe through youtube

Job: bus boy.........really?

Plans for the future? I want to be an artist, be in galleries, and travel the world

Any comments? I love this site! I still don't have my drivers license, I have only been in 3 long term relationships, I'm paying off debt, I love cats,

What is your first name? Stefan

Age: 30

Location: United Kingdom

Hobbies and Interests: VW Beetles

Why are you here? Think I might be Aspie or some sort of High Functioning Autism

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

Favorite subjects: Beetles

Year/Grade:

Favorite music: All sorts, my tastes fluctuate

Books: Not really, unless they're about VW Beetles. Do cookery books count?

TV shows/Movies: Sci-Fi. Especially Star Trek and Star Gate

Instrument: Used to play the clarinet.

Do you like sports? No, can't get into sport.

Family: Yes I have one.

Clothing: Comfortable

How did you find this website? Searching for information on Google

Job: Currently unemployed, again!

Plans for the future? To sort out my head, then be happy.

Any comments? I really need to sort myself out, I feel like I'm on a downward spiral. I've made an appointment to see a docotr on Tuesday 10th April but I think I might cancel after just reading something. I'm just not sure. That's why I'm here anyway, to get some answers.

What is your first name?
Brian
Age:
20
Location:
Northeastern United State

Hobbies and Interests:
Music, Hiking, the woods, how people think

Why are you here?
Looking for people with things in common with me and who understands how i perceive things.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder):
Went through testing in Middle School, but they said that they could make a definite diagnosis of AS until i was 18 so they said to basically come back and stuck me with PDD-NOS.

Favorite subjects:
lolwut

Year/Grade:
Oh i graduated in '10

Favorite music:
Drum and Bass, Dubstep, Noise, Industrial, Ambient, Some rap.

Books:
I dont read much. Usually sci-fi or "make you think" books

TV shows/Movies:
Always Sunny, Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job!, Law and Order SVU and CI, again lots of "make you think" movies

Instrument:
piano, the keys on my laptop

Do you like sports?
is walking a sport

Family:
what about them

Clothing:
dark clothes, hoodies, sunglasses, ripped jeans

How did you find this website?
my dad

Job:
wendys manager

Plans for the future?
make music for a living

Any comments?
Im pretty new, so get back to me if you have something in common with me or feel you could talk to me.

What is your first name? Let's just go with Esther

Age: 20

Location: Some random college library

Hobbies and Interests: Historical studies. Drawing. Horse training. Learning languages. Watching NTs for amusement.

Why are you here? to get some satisfactory social exposure

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Getting a diagnosis. Am certain I'm an Aspie.

Favorite subjects: History, Hebrew, Philosophy of Science and Math

Year/Grade: Sophomore

Favorite music: Loreena Mckennitt, Enya, Natacha Atlas, 8th Day, Hadag Nachash

Books: The Genius in All of Us, The Mummies of the Tarim Basin, The Torah, the Tanakh

TV shows/Movies: Blah. I do like Ridley Scott's, Peter Jackson's, and some of Spielberg's works.

Instrument: 12 string guitar, wannabe violin

Do you like sports? Equestrian is a SPORT!

Family: German/Russian Ashkenazi. If that's what you mean.

Clothing: Whatever doesn't look too out of place. I try to look "academic."

How did you find this website? Intense Asperger's research

Job: Professional, Lifetime Student

Plans for the future? Professional, Lifetime Student and Professor. Grad School.

Any comments?

What is your first name? Anthony

Age: 24

Location: Washington

Hobbies and Interests: Linux, old console video game ROM hacking Music, ancient history, Drawing Anime and doodling

Why are you here? want to make friends with like-minded people

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Asperger's syndrome, fragile X syndrome, schizophrenia at age 11

Favorite subjects: History, Computer science/engineering, Art

Year/Grade: Graduated 2006

Favorite music: Alternative, metal ( All forms) Grunge, Nirvana

Books: Harry Potter, Left Behind, Barry Trotter by Michael Gerber ( Favorite Harry Potter spoof )

TV shows/Movies: GhostBusters 1 & 2 , Comedies, Horror. The History Channel, The Science Channel

Instrument: Guitar, (Keyboard) Piano, Drums

Do you like sports? Nope

Family:

Clothing: Anything black-ish, kinda nerdy

How did you find this website? It's okay...

Job: Seeking, Wanting to do Ethical Hacking (White-Hat) as a career thought

Plans for the future? Anything in the field of Computer Science or engineering.

Any comments? Thank God for YouTube video downloading extensions for Firefox

Will do this for my second post.

What is your first name?: Mikhal

Age: 18

Location: Evanston, IL, USA. Originally from Lake City, MN, USA.

Hobbies and Interests: Cars, baseball, geography, music.

Why are you here?: To share stories with people similar to me.

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

Favorite subjects: Art.

Year/Grade: Senior at high school.

Favorite music: Kula Shaker, Oasis, Muse, Kasabian, ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Gliss, The Vines, and more - Last.fm link is in my signature.

Books: Anything about cars or cats.

TV shows/Movies: Wheel of Fortune, Top Gear, MLB Network, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, Reno 911! for shows and The Red Violin, Rain Man, James Bond, Star Wars and a bunch more for movies.

Instrument: Singing along to iTunes.

Do you like sports?: Yes, especially baseball.

Family: I love them, if that's what you are asking?

Clothing: Sometimes nice pants and a polo, sometimes sweat pants and a Minnesota Twins shirt.

How did you find this website?: My mom read about it somewhere and told me about it.

Job: Caterer at a music venue

Plans for the future?: Go to art school, get a degree, and then work as an automotive photojournalist.

Any comments?: No, but if someone wants to ask something, go ahead.

What is your first name? Sari

Age: OLD

Location: Kansas, USA

Hobbies and Interests: Oh, everything - ask if you wish to know.....

Why are you here? To support my husband, Aharon

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

Favorite subjects: Oh, everything! LOL

Year/Grade:

Favorite music:

Books:

TV shows/Movies:

Instrument:

Do you like sports?

Family:

Clothing:

How did you find this website? Through my husband, Aharan

Job:

Plans for the future? To learn more of autism and be able to understand my husband better

Any comments? What a wonderful community this is. I look forward to my experiences here. Thank you.

What is your first name? I like being mysterious.

Age: Something teen

Location: UK

Hobbies and Interests: Reading, playing sports, nature, biology, religions and philosophy.

Why are you here? : This is the only place where there're people I can relate to somehow.

When were you diagnosed? - I'm undiagnosed

Favorite subjects: Philosophy & Ethics, Biology.

Year/Grade: 11 for now

Favorite music: - Pop, Contemporary soft rock, punk pop,neo-soul,indie folk

Books: Stephen Chbosky, John Green, Nicholas Sparks

TV shows/Movies: Juno, Scott Pilgrim vs the world, Borat, The Notebook, Superbad

Instrument: Mainly vocal and a little bit of keyboard

Do you like sports? - Yes, Hockey, Basketball, Judo, Long jump and dancing

Family: two parents of which I live with and a brother

Clothing: Flowery dresses or skinny jeans

How did you find this website? - through an old friend

Job: Student and a waitress ^^

Plans for the future? -- Get a job I enjoy and travel around, be free and be happy!

What is your first name? Dan.

Age: 29.

Location: Southwest London, UK.

Hobbies and Interests: Playing electric guitar, making and writing music. Listening to music, drawing and sometimes painting. Recording music and sounds. Writing. Reading. Watching films, watching TV, radio.

Why are you here? It's part of my move from solitude.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): When I was 19.

Favorite subjects: music, art and american lit.

Year/Grade: school was quite some time ago for me, in the past somewhere.

Favorite music: Earth (Drone music), Bill Callaham (Smog)/u.s alt., Will Oldham (Palace music/brothers).

Books: Carson McCullers-all her books,she's my favourite author. I also like Truman Capote, F.Scott Fitzgerald. and I've been recently reading Tom Wolf and Philip Roth.

TV shows/Movies: Twin Peaks, My so called life, Simpsons.

Instrument: The electric guitar, and bass.

Do you like sports? No, not really.

Family: Yes sir, I have a family, and they're pretty good to me I might add.

Clothing: I quite like clothing by lrg and akademiks, they're comfortable and they do my size. I have to like the clothes I wear, and they have to make me feel comfortable.

How did you find this website? Internet.

Job: Unemployed, and unpaid musician.

Plans for the future? I am really hoping to get some work experience in a guitar shop, and plan to also do a course in sound recording/sound engineering. Im in that phase, at this point.


Any comments? Not really.

What is your first name? Jake

Age: 22

Location: Eastleigh, UK

Hobbies and Interests: Listening to music, watching movies, playing video games, playing the drums and hanging out with friends

Why are you here? I have High Functioning Autism

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): When I was 4 which was in 1993

Favorite subjects: English and IT

Year/Grade: Left school in 2006, started college shortly after, studying BTEC IT and City and Guilds IT, finished in 2010

Favorite music: Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Linkin Park, Drowning Pool, Alice in Chains, System of a Down, Avenged Sevenfold, Slipknot, Queen and all sorts of other rock and heavy metal

Books: Harry Potter, Stephen King

Tv Shows: Friends, The Simpsons, Futurama, Family Guy, South Park, Two and a Half Men

Movies: The Shining, Austin Powers, The Hangover, Dumb and Dumber, American Pie, Theres something about Mary, Ali G indahouse, Borat, Back to the Future, Lord of the Rings, James Bond (mostly action, comedy and horror)

Instrument: Drums

Do you like sports? Not really though I might watch a bit of footie from time to time

Family: Mum, dad, brother, sister and a dog

Clothing: T Shirts (sometimes with zip up hoodies), shorts, barefoot (wear flip flops outside but would go barefoot if I could) even when its cold

How did you find this website? Googled "autistic communities"

Job: Don't have one currently but would like to work in IT

Plans for the future? Not sure

Any comments? Hope to make some good friends on here

What is your first name?
Not telling
Age:
36
Location:
Sweden
Hobbies and Interests:
My cats, reading, dreaming...
Why are you here?
I'm lost
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder):
about two years ago, give or take
Favorite subjects:
Uhm... Cats? Dogs? Ice cream?
Year/Grade:
n/a
Favorite music:
n/a
Books:
Anything fantasy
TV shows/Movies:
I watch too many...
Instrument:
n/a
Do you like sports?
no
Family:
three cats. Ok, a mom and a sister and some aunts and cousins and their families and stuff like that too.
Clothing:
Whaaa? Yes, usually.
How did you find this website?
Google
Job:
yes
Plans for the future?
Win the lottery
Any comments?

What is your first name? Jane

Age: 30

Location: South England

Hobbies and Interests: Internet and anything Apple, geocaching, climbing, watersports, playing whistles and loads more.

Why are you here? To try to find some answers and a safe place to be myself without having to be by myself.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Been on the waiting list for diagnosis for over a year now. Getting cold feet a bit - feel like I need the confirmation but worried about having a label.

Favorite subjects: Maths was always my favourite, that and science I guess.

Year/Grade: I wish!

Favorite music: Showtunes mostly but pretty eclectic

Books: Ellen MacArthur's books - the first one was the best tho

TV shows/Movies: Red Dwarf, documentaries, lots of stuff.

Instrument: Clarinet, sax, guitar, ukulele and my current favourites the irish high and low whistles.

Do you like sports? Not conventional sports. I like climbing, kayaking, canoeing and sailing and enjoy watching snooker and darts.

Family: Mum & Dad, split up 6.5 years ago and still not managed to get divorced - soon hopefully 'cause the limbo is horrendous

Clothing: Casual and a bit masculine I guess although I'm trying to work on that. I like to wear outdoor labels - Mountain Hardwear is like Gucci to me!

How did you find this website? A lucky google search

Job: Senior Instructor at an outdoor centre, about to move to be Assistant Centre Manager at another centre. Former Maths teacher.

Plans for the future? Centre Manager, maybe start up my own centre, we'll see I guess.

Any comments? Finding this all very scary.