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What is your first name? Greg

Age: 26

Location: Maryland

Hobbies and Interests: Trains, computers, photography, Emergency Services

Why are you here? To share and learn

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): I was 24

Favorite subjects: Science, History, Social Studies (anyone not involving math)

Year/Grade: 5 years removed from College, B.A. in Sociology.

Favorite music: Anything

Books: Non-Fiction

TV shows/Movies: Cartoons, reality, trashy tv.

Instrument: None

Do you like sports? Yep, watch and play baseball, watch most others.

Family: 1 sister

Clothing: I hate jeans; mostly khakis and polo, or warm up suits

How did you find this website? Word of Mouth

Job: IT Coordinator

Plans for the future? Preparing to take Firefighter and EMT classes

Any comments?

What is your first name?
Wandering, last name: Drive. Nice to meet you all.
Age:
27
Location:
Somewhere below the 45th parallel in Minnesota. Changes every year or so.
Hobbies and Interests:
Magic: the Gathering, non-traditional spiritualism, road trips to nowhere in particular, maps & weather.
Why are you here?
Wikipedia pointed me here. Other than that, I just feel the need to find more people like myself.
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder):
2006, I think, by my mom who saw an article in the newspaper and found that it fit me perfectly. My best friends, who I never felt I needed to tell, stumbled upon a similar article a couple of years ago and connected the dots pretty easily.
Favorite subjects:
B.S. in Meteorology, B.S. in Mathematics, Certificate in Geographical Information Sciences
Year/Grade:
One of the few things I don't want to count. Besides, I'm always learning.
Favorite music:
Currently, Sigur Ros, Radiohead, and a few leftover songs from a previously intense interest in certain Japanese music. Also, Bob Dylan for personal reasons. The music from Donkey Kong Country 2 pretty much codified my musical interests when I was young.
Books:
Into the Wild is my favorite book, then Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and a modest collection of travel narratives. I read a lot of Redwall when I was younger. I like anything involving a journey, especially if it's to someplace very remote.
TV shows/Movies:
I don't watch much. I grew up on The Simpson's, like nearly everyone from my generation did. However, if I could choose one show to watch the rest of my life, it's Futurama and it's not even close. I'll watch anything my friends are watching, with the exception of horror.
Instrument:
Played clarinet, wish I could play the piano.
Do you like sports?
Playing, no. Watching, not really. Catching up on sports highlights and taking in the fanatic spectacle, sure. Fantasy football is the big exception, as I loved it last year and I would be shocked if there wasn't a devoted community here.
Family:
One younger sister, hardworking, successful, we have a good relationship though I'm confident that she sees me as a bum. Not that I've done much recently to prove otherwise. My mom suspects my dad has Asperger's as well, and you can imagine how suffocating that was as a child. My parents are very good, we get along. It's just that my dad wasn't that great at being a dad, and not for lack of effort or love, but lack of skill.
Clothing:
Rarely do I wear logos or slogans. I like plaid.
How did you find this website?
Wikipedia.
Job:
Menial, boring, I'm over-qualified save for my behavior. Nevertheless, I don't mind coming to work, and I never have to deal with customers.
Plans for the future?
Throwing spaghetti at walls, hoping that something sticks.
Any comments?
I'll say right off that I can be pretty xenophobic and judgmental. In my life, beggars can't be choosers, so I'm happy to find a new friend, it's just I don't think I "click" with very many people. As the years have passed, I've gotten less and less tolerant of mainstream culture which has alienated me even more, but I'm okay with that. I have to be "true to myself" and that's why I'm making these comments. My version of the Golden Rule is "don't be a jerk" (or something more vulgar to that effect) which I try to live my life by. I guess what I'm trying to find here is more people who might "click" with me and would be able to give me more empirical and experiential evidence that I wouldn't be happier just becoming a fur trapper in Alaska or something.

What is your first name? Caroline

Age: 17

Location: Virginia (DC area)

Hobbies and Interests: music, TV, learning, etc. ... no current special interest

Why are you here? I want to talk to people like me but don't know anyone outside the Internet

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): 13 years old

Favorite subjects: math, religions, Indo-European languages, history (especially WWII)

Year/Grade: 11th grade

Favorite music: don't have any favorite artists/bands

Books: any fantasy or nonfiction

TV shows/Movies: Community, Spartacus, Band of Brothers, The Pacific, Modern Family, and a few more I can't remember

Instrument: piano

Do you like sports? I occasionally like to watch, but I'm terrible at playing sports.

Family: one sister

Clothing: fashionable, but still comfortable

How did you find this website? Accidentally found the Wikipedia page for it while reading about Aspergers

Job: none at the moment

Plans for the future? I'd like to be a dentist

What is your first name? John

Age: 42

Location: London (UK)

Hobbies and Interests: Science, my dog, music (playing and listening), comedy (watching and performing)

Why are you here? Trying to find out more about my diagnosis, when I first arrived (~18 months ago)

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): 40(!)

Favourite subjects: mathematics, physics, biology, engineering, chemistry, astronony, astrophysics, cosmology

Year/Grade: post-doctoral

Favorite music: Barenaked Ladies, Adele, Crash Test Dummies - lots of great bands

Books: Non-fiction

TV shows/Movies: Big Bang Theory, science documentaries, comedies, Family Guy

Instrument: Saxophone

Do you like sports? Rugby, used to be good at; still go to the gym

Family: two brothers

Clothing: "classic"

How did you find this website? Accidentally via Wikipedia

Job: company owner

Plans for the future? I'd like to find someone special

What is your first name? Katelynn

Age: 17

Location: North Carolina

Hobbies and Interests: Horseback riding and music

Why are you here? To meet people like me

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): April 2011

Favorite subjects: Band

Year/Grade: Junior in August

Favorite music: pop and punk

Books: Twilight series

TV shows/Movies: The secret life of the American teenager, make it or break it, Flicka series

Instrument: Flute, piccolo, and oboe

Do you like sports? yes

Family: Mom, dad, 2 brothers and 1 sister

Clothing: jeans and t-shirt

How did you find this website? Somebody told me about it

Job: Looking for a babysitting job

Plans for the future? Go to college and get married

Any comments? no

Welkome to WP

Mick

What is your first name? Matthew

Age: 15

Location: Suffolk,England

Hobbies and Interests: computer (networking and web site making)

Why are you here? to find out info about AS

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): i think if i remember right 2001

Favorite subjects: ict and maths

Year: 11
Grade: pretty bad at english

Favorite music: 4 minutes lazy song and a few others

Books: about coding stuff

TV shows/Movies: top gear , watchdog , doctor who , a car is born and a few others

Instrument: none

Do you like sports? yes

Family: yes

Clothing: nike shoes and bench jeans and nike top and more things

How did you find this website? i found this site on Google searching for asperges forum

Job: under 16

Plans for the future? starting a compney

Any comments?
no

What is your first name? Patrick

Age: 25

Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Hobbies and Interests: Music, Cooking, Language/culture, Science, Dancing, Socialising, Art, Movies/TV Series, Keeping healthy etc.

Why are you here? I want to share, learn and make more friends =)

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Dr. Tony Attwood diagnosed me at the age of 13.

Favorite subjects: English, Art, Music, Science, History.

Year/Grade: Currently studying in Community Collage (Southbank Institute of Technology)

Favorite music: It really depends on my mood, but anything from Classic/Heavy rock or Blues/Jazz to Opera/Classical/Cultural it just really depends.

Books: I don't read too often but I like Fantasy/Sci-Fi or at times prefer Biographies or Non-fiction.

TV shows/Movies: Far too many to list! I usually prefer TV Series though as they often have characters that grow on you
and you experience more of the universe in which they take place, over the 2 hour average of most movies.

Instrument: Music is my special interest, I try my hand in a few instruments and I sing (baritone), I play: Guitar, Recorder, Penny Whistle, Clarinet, Xaphoon, Violin, Harmonica even on rare occasion a Kazoo!

Do you like sports? I use to play quite a bit of Football (Soccer) and tried my hand at Jugger but Dancing is my thing if it can be called a sport.

Family: Well apart from a Mum and Dad, I've one Sister, a step sister, a half brother and two step brothers. We often call each other Brother/Sister however. My Dad has AS (undiagnosed, but I guarantee he has I'd stake my life on it.) as my sister (same dad and mum) has AS too but hers is mild (she too was diagnosed by Dr. Tony Attwood).

Clothing: I love fashion, I often sport dated clothing though, often of the 1930's which in my opinion is some of the best attires man has created.

How did you find this website? Finding information on AS.

Job: I tried my hand at many jobs over the years I have done Security for roughly 7 years however I wish to go into the Medical sector, as most of my family are Nurses or other positions in health.

Plans for the future? I've traveled a little done quite a few different jobs over the years and I feel it's time to get stuck into a Career so these next 10 years I hope to maybe push all the way to the top go to Medical School and perhaps be a Doctor. I really like the look of Pathology and Cytology looks interesting.

Any comments? Well apart from the goals for the next 10 years, I think just to enjoy life, keep positive and live life to the fullest! You've only got one life, better make the most of it, doing what you love!

What is your first name? Edward

Age: 15 1/2

Location: Hertfordshire

Hobbies and Interests: Trampolinist, Writing

Why are you here? As a result of a Google search

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): When I was 10, by an Educational Psychologist then a Psychiatrist specializing in children. There was contention if I was an "aspie" or "autie" as the forum users here so delightfully put it

Favorite subjects: History, RE, Latin

Year/Grade: Year 10

Favorite music: I'll listen to anything as long as it isn't high-pitched or the beat isn't irregular but I prefer Hip-hop to other things

Books: A lot XD

TV shows/Movies: Forrest Gump, Good Will Hunting, Hanover Street

Instrument: None anymore

Do you like sports? Boxing, Trampolines, Rugby

Family: Mother, Brother and a (quite possibly Autistic but undiagnosed) Father

Clothing: Anything that is comfortable

How did you find this website? Google search

Job: I am currently a student, but I want to be a Soldier, Fireman or Air-Sea Rescue

Plans for the future? Undecided

Welkome to WP

Mick

Thanks, I hope I can learn about and know other people here, up till I joined, I hadn't had the chance to communicate with other autistic people (with the exception of another one in my year, who I find immature)

What is your first name?

Aharon

Age:

27

Location:

Earth

Hobbies and Interests:

Photography, Philosophy, Headphones, Music Appreciation, Longboarding, Futball, Poetry, Argument, (previously) Musicianship, Running, Cooking, Chess, Information Collection, Absurd (a game of conversation roughly modeled on the game played between Dream and a Demon in Sandman), Reading, Fasting, Computer Modding, Advanced Cycling/Bikes, Psychonautics, Writing

Why are you here?

To discover the beauty of others', primarily insofar as their special interests have developed or emerged.
To raise awareness of the capabilities of psychotropic drugs and their affects on Autism Spectrum Disorders.

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

I realized after reading The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome: the recollection of my strongest special interest (LEGO) and a multitude of other OCD-like habits and other Special Interests.

Favorite subjects:

Philosophy, Logic, Mathematics, Rhetoric/Dialectics

Year/Grade:

BA in Phil.

Favorite music:

Noise (Rock)

Books:

Ethics (Spinoza), Philosophical Investigations (Wittgenstein), Method of Ethics (Sidgwick), Under the Net (Murdoch), Neverwhere (Gaiman)

TV shows/Movies:

Blackadder, Green Wing, Black Books, Monty Python, Woody Allen (Manhattan, Hannah and her Sisters, Annie Hall, Deconstructing Harry), House, 30 Rock (season 1 and 2), Honey and Clover, Daria, Gilmore Girls, Fraiser, Just Shoot Me, Cowboy Bebop, Outlaw Star, various other animes and shows; I've become less of a film watcher lately because of SOPA/PIPA.

Do you like sports?

Yes, futball. Cross-country. Chess. Billiards.

Clothing:

Roughly based on an format-analogy between wardrobe and Web Design.

How did you find this website?

Didn't it find me?

Job:

Web Developer (Front-end, Python)

Plans for the future?

Terraformer of a planet within 30ly (the Milky Way).

Age: 20

Location: Minnesota

Hobbies and Interests: Pencil/paper RPG gaming, cooking, anything musical, religion, occultism, western astrology, pharmacology, bioethics.

Why are you here?
Just thought I'd check it out.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder):
I was diagnosed with Asperger's at age 11, though school teachers expressed suspicions as early as age 5.

Favorite subjects: Logic, language, communications, any science course.

Year/Grade: In between bits of college generals, pausing to figure out how to pay for it all.

Favorite music: Pretty much everything. Without messing with subgenres : Folk, jazz, classical, blues, rock and roll, heavy metal, bigband/swing, show tunes, western, pop, select rap, and two country songs.

Books:
The Tibetan Book of the Dead, all the discourses of the Buddha, The Bible, The Bhagavad Gita,... mostly religious texts, or anything that addresses these topics in a rational and unbiased manner.

TV shows/Movies: Mystery Science Theater 3000, Blackadder, Black Books, Monty Python, Frasier

Instrument: Saxophones, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, piano, shakuhachi, kazoo.

Do you like sports?
No, but I've accumulated a disturbing amount of sports trivia for my taste.

Clothing: To be avoided if possible.

How did you find this website?
It came to me in a dream.

Job: Currently unemployed.

Plans for the future?
Not right now.

What is your first name: Alexander

Age: 26

Location: Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

Hobbies and Interests: musical instruments, early music, history

Why are you here: to know more about ASD and about my current state

Favorite subjects: music, computers, history

Year/Grade: PG in 2008

Favorite music: medieval/renaissance, classical, folk, gothic metal, 8-bit

Books: russian classics, H. P. Lovecraft, L. Caroll, A. Dumas

TV shows/Movies: silent movies, old movies from Soviet period

Instrument: too many

Do you like sports: yo-yoing, swimming, skiing

Family: mother, father, sister

Clothing: casual, classical

How did you find this website: from a russian website dedicated to AS

Job: senior laboratory, record librarian

Plans for the future: grade as PhD, want to live and work in EU or USA as a scientist or musician

Age:20

Location:Texas

Hobbies and Interests: Fitness, Philosophy, Criminal Justice, and many others.

Why are you here?

I decided to join Wrong Planet to learn more about autism in order to better understand my Aspie brother.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): I'm recovering from Sensory Integration Disorder, I was diagnosed at four. Self diagnosed with moderate depression at 15.

Favorite subjects: pyschology

Year/Grade: N/A

Favorite music: Punk, , industrial, classical

Books: Harry Potter books, Philosophy.....etc.

TV shows/Movies: I don't watch telelvision very often.

Instrument:

Do you like sports? Not really, I watch baseball/football ocassionally.

Family: Ten year old brother with Aspergers, Our father is a possible Aspie, my mother has some ADD

Clothing: Mainly athletic clothing

How did you find this website?

Job: Nanny

Plans for the future? I'm considering a career in law enforcement like the FBI or SWAT. I have also thought about opening a GFCF bakery designed with autistic people in mind.

Welcome to WP from a fellow Texan!