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What is your first name? Öykü (I'm serious)

Age: 18 Years, 3 Months and 26 Days for Now

Location: Turkey

Hobbies and Interests: Math, Theorotical Physics, and Reading

Why are you here? Have a moderate case of developmental deficits within savant skills which couldn't be enlightened by the most enlightened professionals in the whole country (My guess is I have a rare genetic condition just like Auggie Pullman but without the facial disfigurement)

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Never

Favorite subjects: (I assume it's school subjects) Maths and Physics. Mostly maths.

Year/Grade: College Freshman as of September 2019.

Favorite music: Anything that's appealing.

Books: Wonder by R. J. Palacio and Promise Not To Tell by Jennifer Mccahon

TV shows/Movies: The Amazing World of Gumball for now. I'm pretty much random for the movies.

Instrument: Totally useless in music. My mom was in the choir and she's a great singer and I feel like I'm disappointing her.

Do you like sports? Not really.

Family: 11 year old brother and a single mom. (Parents separated after my brother was born)

Clothing: Everything that's wearable I guess? I literally look homeless.

How did you find this website? I knew its existence since a long ago.

Job: None but most likely will get when I move out for college.

Plans for the future? Become a big mathematician.

Any comments?

What is your first name? Michaela

Age: 20

Location: South Jersey

Hobbies and Interests: Psychology, The Sims, board games, The Big Bang Theory skateboarding, mentoring, dancing, bowling, and amusement parks (roller coasters).

Why are you here? I am here to meet some people with my condition and to find common interests among others.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): I was diagnosed with ASD level 1 at age 19. I also have dyspraxia (diagnosed at age 4), ADHD (age 7), generalized anxiety, persistent depressive disorder and executive functioning disorder.

Favorite subjects: Psychology

Year/Grade: Entering my junior year

Favorite music: Pop, 80s pop, 90s pop, and alternative music. Some of my favorite artists and groups are Lady Gaga, AJR, Green Day, Panic! At the Disco, and Kesha.

Books: I like a lot non- fiction books, especially those pertaining to autism and other mental health and neurological conditions

TV shows/Movies: AI, Pay it Forward, The Big Bang Theory, Atypical, Full House, Parenthood, The Good Doctor, The Middle, Young Sheldon, and Girls Incarcerated.

Instrument: piano and xylophone (a little)

Do you like sports? I like bowling and tennis

Family: Parents and a younger sister with autism (severe)

Clothing: Comfortable clothes and some floral

How did you find this website? Google,

Job: Teacher’s Assistant at a school for kids with emotional and behavioral diagnoses

Plans for the future? Be more independent, have a fulfilling career, be happy, have a family.

Any comments? I would like to meet people online so feel free to PM me if interested!

What is your first name? Roland

Age: 30

Location: Europe

Hobbies and Interests: Physical Geography, Satellite Imaging, Soil Science, Forest and Vegetation Ecology, History

Why are you here? Writing with others having the same difficulties, recognition of similar questions.

When were you diagnosed?: age 22, Asperger's Syndrome

Favorite subjects: It's difficult to mention one. Of course those listed at hobby's and interests would apply here too. Geography in general, but the fields of science I wrote down are favorites. It's difficult however to exclude others. For me I think context and source matter.

Year/Grade: First year of MSc

Favorite music: Trance and sometimes Rock. Artists vary a bit. I like listening to radio and podcasts. Related to Trance there are some good radioshows on youtube, e.g. A State of Trance of Armin van Buuren. BBC world service has some great podcasts.

Books: Over the past years I'm trying to read more classics in world litterature. Recently 'Stoner' by John Williams, and these days Watt of Sam Beckett. Some authors I enjoyed were Chaim Potok and Saul Bellow. Non fiction books of recent days I enjoyed were Behave of Robert Sapolsky, and Danube of Claudio Magris. It depends on my mindset what and wether I read.

TV shows/Movies: I'm not too much into films or series. I like documentaries, and some detectives such as Lewis.

Instrument: None, piano untill age 15

Do you like sports? Not very much. Was never good at them, and seldom watch them.

Family: Alone in student housing.

Clothing: Irrelevant question.

How did you find this website? After diagnosis

Job: Parttime job next to studies

Plans for the future? Not yet

Any comments? Feel free to ask!

What is your first name? Zanne

Age:42

Location: An hour south of Perth, Western Australia

Hobbies and Interests: Japanese braiding, origami, reading, walking when the weather is good, the weather

Why are you here? Because there's so much that's interesting to read and see (photos)

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder):ADHD in 2004, autism in 2005

Favorite subjects: They were English and Science. I didn't get far in school

Year/Grade: Bachelor of Psychology

Favorite music: At the moment, Fall Out Boy, Green Day, Metallica

Books: Anything by Tamora Pierce, Trudi Canavan, Elizabeth Moon and Anne McCaffrey

TV shows/Movies: At the moment watching some old Doctor Who, also enjoy The X Files, The Orville, The Good Doctor, anything Star Trek and Star Wars.

Instrument: Used to play the trumpet in primary school, that was a very long time ago

Do you like sports? Will watch field hockey with my flatmate, watch tennis every now and then

Family: I don't live with my family but I have: Mum and stepdad, three sisters and their offspring, 7 nieces and nephews. Also my Dad who I see sometimes. No one is autistic but me

Clothing: Comfort over style. It's early spring here so I'm wearing pants (not jeans), a t-shirt and a hoodie on top

How did you find this website? A Google search for an autism forum

Job: I volunteer at the Salvos at the moment, two days a week, hoping to get a casual job soon

Plans for the future? To earn money

Any comments? I may not post much but I read a lot here

I don't know why I didn't post in this thread before, but I will now:

What is your first name? Jason

Age: 32

Location: Seattle, Washington

Hobbies and Interests: Game shows, going places, talking to people, being conventional

Why are you here? I have Asperger's and want to get support from other people like myself

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Age 10, circa 1996

Favorite subjects: Not in school

Year/Grade: Not in school

Favorite music: Classical, jazz, rock and roll, pop

Books: None

TV shows/Movies: None

Instrument: Piano, guitar

Do you like sports? No

Family: My mom, my aunts and uncles and a whole lot of cousins

Clothing: Casual, but formal when the situation calls for it

How did you find this website? An old social worker of mine told me about it

Job: Quality Assurance Representative for an outsourcing company

Plans for the future? Thriving in the present

Any comments? As long as there is no drama on this site, I will enjoy being here.

^^^welcome to our club, Larsen you will quickly learn which dramatic subforums to avoid.

What is your first name? My given name is Devin, but I go by 'Hank'. People remember it more easily and can always spell it right.

Age: 35 in July

Location: A half-hour southwest of Chattanooga, Tennessee in Northwestern Georgia USA, but I was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana

Hobbies and Interests: meteorology, writing, indoor horticulture, landscape gardening, lite carpentry, bead jewelry making, nutrition, cooking, bartending, geology, music, comedy, anthropolgy, history, meeting new people, sightseeing, short range hiking....

Why are you here?
To meet new people, both within my country and abroad, and to gain more insight into AS culture.

When were you diagnosed? 2014, at 29 years old. Was previously misdiagnosed with bipolar disorder (largely due to PTSD and related depression stemming from childhood sexual assault from an estranged family member).

Favorite subjects: English, History, and Science.

Year/Grade: Graduated with an Associates of Arts in Film and TV Production in 2004.

Favorite music: Classic Rock, Punk Rock, Jazz, Trip Hop, and Oldies.

Books: Mostly Classical lit, SciFi, and Fantasy. Brian Lee O'Malley (of Scott Pilgrim series fame) has rekindled my interest in comics and graphic novels lately.

TV shows/Movies: Animation, comedy, sitcoms, BBC... science, history documentaries.... To many to list here.

Instrument: I sing very well, but only play the harmonica. Want to learn guitar.

Do you like sports? While I try to work out a bit to stay in shape, I don't play sports. I enjoy watching American pro and collegiate football, soccer, and enjoy the Olympic games tremendously.

Family: I live with my Mom. We have family far south in Louisiana, but neither of us are close with any of them. We suspect that mom could also be an Aspergerian. She has tremendous social phobia and trouble maintaining friendships or relationships, as do I.

Clothing: It's extremely hot here until autumn, so I'm usually wearing a t-shirt and lite jogging shorts. I can't wait to wear jeans and over shirts and coats again. I love cold weather the best. Makes me feel awake and alive.

How did you find this website?
Actually, a Wiki search for histrionic personality disorder. A TV show mentioned that, which led to reading about psychology, which led me to reading about AS, which led me here.

Job: I was a bartender at a blue collar neighborhood tavern in East Ridge, Tennessee until it closed recently for renovations and got sold. I am taking time off to do minor renovations on my mother's house as she plans to retire and sell the place to relocate out of the area.

Plans for the future?
I am moving to Northwest Oregon with my mother in Spring of 2020. It will be the second time up there for me, but this time, I'm staying put.

Any comments?
I apoligize for not formally introducing myself here sooner. I have already found that I enjoy the conversation (and people) here far more than any other social media platform I've used. Glad to be here!

^^^yay another one gets on the bus
a tip- if you wanna learn guitar, be easy on your fingertips and start on a classical model with nylon strings, trust me your fingertips will thank you.

mee too. so glad fall has fallen early here in my neck o'the woods.

We lucked out today, it was overcast, which kept us from breaking a daily heat record (mid to upper 90s again, 2nd longest heat wave ever recorded for this area).

Also, we had our second rain shower in as many months earlier tonite, which is great since I hadn't watered the garden in two days.

My washer and dryer are in a non-air conditioned garage, so I was literally up all last nite doing the wash. Still a bit tired, but at least I wasn't sweating over my clean laundry! lol