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What is your first name? Gerald

Age: 26

Location: County Tyrone, Northern Ireland

Hobbies and Interests: Broadcast communications, electronics, computers, Gaelic football, badminton, photography

Why are you here? Fairly sure I have Aspergers, awaiting a diagnosis

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

Favorite subjects: While at school, they would have been Mathematics and history, though the only ones I disliked were French and Religion.

Year/Grade: NA

Favorite music: Mostly Indie Rock, commercial dance. Tolerant of most genres

Books: Not a big reader, last one was "Stupid White American"

TV shows/Movies: Family Guy, QI, Have I got news for you, Jackass, Dirty Sanchez, Eurotrip, American Pie, The Green Mile

Instrument: Can't play to save my life

Do you like sports? Yes, but find it hard often to play competitively because of physical limitations

Family: Eldest in family, one brother & two sisters

Clothing: Anything that's comfortable, usually jeans, t-shirt and a fleece jacket.

How did you find this website? Link from Tony Attwood's site

Job: A part-time centre & project manager for an adult learning centre & freelance web designer.

Plans for the future? Hopefully in the near future I can return to complete my degree in Web Technology and possibly travel.

Any comments? To quote Stewie Griffin, "Not now, but soon!"

Age: 20

Location: UK

Hobbies and Interests: Photography, sea-going transport/cargo ships (esp. liquid gas), philosophy, biochemistry, aviation.

Why are you here? Because it sure as hell beats what I am supposed to do in terms of being enjoyable.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): At the age of 9, if you mean AS. The rest is here: http://www.wrongplanet.net/modules.php? ... 935#385935

Favorite subjects: Biology, maths, physics, chemistry

Year/Grade: Eh?

Favorite music: Music overloads me very quickly, unless I listen to it and do nothing else. Which, funnnily, is something I can't afford timewise. In the few rare moments I listen to music, it's usually classical.

Books: Heh... Jane's stuff about ships, Dune, All The King's Men

TV shows/Movies: Nah.

Instrument: Neither.

Do you like sports? Watching them is boring, playing them requires coordination.

Family: Two loving parents distinctly annoyed by their misfit son.

Clothing: Yes.

How did you find this website? No idea.

Job: Student.

Plans for the future? Being loyal to people. Yes, that's a job. Yes, it pays well.

What is your first name? Brent

Age: 33

Location: The mall-and-sprawl Murdoch newspaper monopoly in the sub-tropics known as Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Hobbies and Interests: Music (eclectic range of stuff, but all tied together by being exciting and stimulating), reading (usually non-fiction), public transport systems, bizarre humour (esp. The Far Side), good food (esp. gourmet pizza), the odd trip interstate

Why are you here? To converse with fellow Aspies

When were you diagnosed? 2 June 2003

Favorite subjects: In school? Music

Year/Grade: Well out of school

Favorite music: Hmmm, I'll try to keep my list short... Sparks (England-based period), early Roxy Music, Bowie, Magazine, Buzzcocks, Pixies, Nirvana, Madness, The Smiths, XTC, Blur, John Cale's Paris 1919 album, King Crimson's debut, conversely the 1st album by The Damned, Bach organ works, Bach's Art of Fugue, Schubert symphonies, Mozart, Nick Drake, Dresden Dolls, Queens of the Stone Age, Franz Ferdinand... did I say keep the list short? Whoops!

Books: Asperger's Syndrome - Tony Attwood; Martian in the Playground - Clare Sainsbury; Overcoming Automobile Dependence - Kenworthy/Newman; A Very Public Solution - Paul Mees; Affluenza - John de Graaf (sp?) et al; Brisway street directory

TV shows/Movies: Movies? Macolm, Pleasantville, The First Time I was Twenty (French); TV shows: Monkey Dust, Spicks 'n' Specks, RocKwiz, The New Inventors, Einstein Factor, Wallace & Gromit, Rex the Runt, Creature Comforts, Queen Kat Carmel & St Jude, Rage (depending on guest programmer)

Instrument: I can play a guitar to a basic extent (the main open chords), but prefer keyboards - they're more logical! Wouldn't mind having a piano, Hammond organ and Mellotron to muck around on.

Do you like sports? Nope

Family: Mother and 30-y.o. sister, who also live in SE Queensland

Clothing: Simple, and modern without being trendy - shirt, jeans and Doc Martens, usually

How did you find this website? Word of mouth

Job: Printing barcoded labels and tags

Plans for the future? Currently breathing in; hope to be breathing back out within next fraction of a second

What is your first name? Anne

Age: 22

Location: California

Hobbies and Interests: Writing, theatre, art, video games, listening to music, D&D

Why are you here? Asperger's

When were you diagnosed? A year or two ago. Before that I was diagnosed as having OCD and ADD.

Favorite subjects: DRAMA! English, psychology(/sociology), history.

Year/Grade: I'm in college, though I'm not progressing through it with a clear goal of graduation so much as I'm enjoying the atmosphere and taking classes which interest me.

Favorite music: I have *incredibly* varied musical tastes. New stuff, old stuff, hard stuff, soft stuff. Rock, opera, rock opera *grin*-- even the odd polka! Right now I'm listening to 'Boy Meets Boy' (an old off-broadway musical)

Books: Good Omens (my hands-down favourite). Too many to list all of them, but I also love The Hitchhiker's Trilogy. I thoroughly enjoyed non-fiction book 'Roots of Desire' (about red hair, both social stigma and genetics), Stephen King's 'Cell' and 'Desperation', and Stephen Fry's 'Making History' and 'Moab is My Washpot' (autobiography), and I'm currently ravenously enjoying 'Shadow of the Wind' . I'm totally in love with Oscar Wilde.

TV shows/Movies: This should be two seperate questions. On TV, I'm smitten with Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (having been a West Wing-nut), Bones, House, Monk, Psych, the new Doctor Who, Jeapordy!, The Daily Show and The Colbert Report...

Instrument: None.

Do you like sports? If so, which ones?: Martial arts, fencing. I enjoy watching gymnastics, ice skating, diving, and on rare occasion, tennis.

Family: My dad and brother also have Asperger's, my mom and sister don't have anything-- although my mom is a school psychologist specialising in the autism spectrum, and it was her reading about Asperger's Syndrome that got us correctly diagnosed after so long. We also have two cats. Montgomery (my baby) is fluffy, grey and white, and exhibits a lot of Aspie tendencies. Lego is black, short-haired, and seems a little more autistic.

Clothing: A lot of black. I only own one pair of pants I can't sleep in if necessary. I usually dress for comfort, and I spent most of my life ignoring or disliking my personal appearance, but now that I'm more comfortable with myself, I sometimes like to look nice. I have an eclectic personal style, though.

How did you find this website? Searching for Aspie communities.

Job: I'm a writer. So far I haven't published anything (I'll have a poem published pretty soon, though, even though I rarely dabble in poetry-- it's easier to get a poem out because it doesn't take as much time/effort/money). I've also had three one-act plays produced at my college.

Plans for the future? I don't really have plans so much as vaguely hoped for occurences.

Any comments? I think everything's been covered...

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What is your first name? Ashleigh

Age: 15

Location: Murray Bridge, Australia

Hobbies and Interests: Video games, anime, manga, music

Why are you here? I have Asperger's Syndrome

When were you diagnosed? Not sure

Favorite subjects: Craft

Year/Grade: 11

Favorite music: Rock, trance, techno

Books: WITCH by Disney

TV shows/Movies: The Simpsons

Instrument: None

Do you like sports? Nope

Family: I have a mum, step dad and 13 year old brother

Clothing: My lucky Double Fine t-shirt

How did you find this website? Googling

Job: Unemployed

Plans for the future? I want to be a voice actress

Any comments? I like swords

What is your first name? Laura

Age: 16

Location: South-east England

Hobbies and Interests: Music, reading about drugs, psychology and dinosaurs (not all at the same time..), being on the computer for longer than is healthy, photography

Why are you here? I thought it was a good idea at the time

When were you diagnosed? Few months ago

Favorite subjects: Maths, Chemistry, French

Year/Grade: 11

Favorite music: rock/post-rock/punk/post-punk/industrial/hardcore/metal/thrash/techno/trance/ambient/indie-rock/classic rock.. pretty much anything

Books: 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'-Hunter S. Thompson, 'New Guide to Medicines and Drugs'-British Medical Association, all the Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy books, '1984' and 'Animal Farm'-George Orwell.. there's loads

TV shows/Movies: TV: QI, Futurama and Family Guy/Films: Team America, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, anything Monty Python

Instrument: Guitar, piano, percussive sounds on the computer...

Do you like sports? No

Family: Mother, father, 14 year old sister

Clothing: I own two pairs of black trousers that are exactly the same and I wear them constantly with various long sleeved and short sleeved t-shirts I own more than one of

How did you find this website? Either google or the AS page of Wikipedia

Job: Student

Plans for the future? To go onto my school's 6th form and take Maths, French, Chemistry and Biology A Levels

Any comments? No. Though I guess that is a comment.

First name: Edda
Age: 42
Location: Santa Maria, California
Hobbies and interests: Cats, reading, writing, Internet Siamese cat site, Olympics, Roger Bannister, track and field, figure skating
Why are you here? I was referred to this site by a friend on my Siamese cat site because I am interested in Aspergers and have some of the traits
Favorite Subjects: English, languages
Year/Grade: N/A Received a Master's in English in 1991 and a Legal Office Systems Degree in 2004
Favorite Music: 1950s and 1960s Rock and Roll
Books: The Perfect Mile, The Four Minute Mile, cat books, medical books and autism/Asperger books.
TV Shows/Movies: Game shows. Movies: Four Minutes
Instrument: I used to play the piano when I was younger
Do you like sports: Yes, to watch, but I don't play sports myself
Family: Mother, father, younger sister, dog and nine cats (4 housecats, 5 feral)
Clothing: Professional at work, casual at home
How did you find this website? It was recommended to me by a friend of mine on my Siamese cat site.
Job: Interlibrary Loan Page
Plans for the future: Full time job at the library
Comments: This is a great site

What is your first name? its a secret

Age: twenties

Location: cambridge

Hobbies and Interests:
my partner. playing (kites, lego, scrabble, house golf etc). films and books and taking them apart and analyzing them.

Why are you here? To talk to aspies and to be stimulated to think about my aspie like problems.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder):
I first suspected I might have an autistic like disorder in my early teens when I first learnt about autism. I tried to get diagnosed about some years ago. I was unable to get a firm diagnosis but aspergers was stated as a possiblity.

Favorite music: animal collective. belle and sebastian. bjork. ben folds five. death cab for cutie. the divine comedy. elliott smith. kimya dawson. the notwist. they might be giants. tv on the radio. piano jazz. etc

Books: factual

TV shows: the apprentice. documentaries.

Movies: dogville. I like films that have lots of character development, probably so I can analyze them.

Instrument: talentless in that department.

Do you like sports? no.

Family: not really.

Clothing: usually

How did you find this website? google search

Job: student.

Plans for the future (next couple of years)? graduate with good degree. get a job.

What is your first name? Amelia

Age: 23

Location: Arkansas/Kansas/Unreality

Hobbies and Interests: Writing, painting, art, martial arts, rats, rabbits, psychology, dream interpretation, autism, the alternate world (called "Fantastica" by Michael Ende in his book The Neverending Story), biology, reality (which is mysterious to me).

Why are you here? To better understand my autistic-like traits, and to meet others who also have them.

When were you diagnosed? I was unofficially diagnosed by a therapist when I was 17: Asperger's Syndrome.

Favorite Music: Pantera, NIN, Tool, Nightwish, old Metallica, Leave's Eyes, Alice in Chains, Rise Against, The Sneaker Pimp's "Six Underground", The Cranberries, Ozzy Osbourne, etc.

Books: The Neverending Story by Michael Ende, any book by Joyce Carol Oates, Diary by Chuck Palaniuk, Choke by Chuck Palaniuk, The Cosmic Puppets by Phillip K. Dick, The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit by (duh) J.R. Tolkien, An Invisible Sign of my Own by Aimee Bender, The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut.

T.V. Shows: Invader Zim! Anime: Fruits Basket, Azumanga Daioh, Trigun, Cowboy Bebop, Twelve Kingdoms, FLCL, Bleach (although I haven't seen much of it), Saiyuki, Scryed, X, Ninja Scroll

Movies: The Neverending Story (first one), UHF, Carnival of Souls, Smoke Signals, Clerks, Spaceballs, Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, Whisper of the Heart, Lost Highway, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, Slackers, Run Lola Run, Saved!, Office Space

Instrument: Um. Maybe my farts? Burps?

Do you like sports? I abhor sports. I cannot play them, nor do I enjoy playing them. The only time I'll watch them is if the Phoenix Suns are playing basketball. (I have a thing for Steve Nash.) I do practice the martial art known as Tiger-Crane Kenpo Karate, but I don't consider it a sport. I don't consider any martial art a sport.

Family: I was an only child and my parents divorced when I was 11. I acquired a stepdad and two stepbrothers at age 13, and started living with my biological father around my 14th birthday. I am not married or engaged. My current family is my live-in boyfriend, three rats, and one parakeet.

Clothing: I have an eclectic taste in clothes. I like colorful outfits that have unusual images on them or that have unique cuts. Sometimes my clothes just look "normal", but I do try to find clothes that accentuate my assets. The way I am with clothes makes me seem more NT than I am. In the summer I like to wear dresses with combat boots, and I have an affinity for skirts. I have Tripp pants from Hot Topic with chains hanging off of them, and people tend to like those. I went through a phase where I refused to wear jeans for some reason, and just wore "slacks" and Tripp pants. Recently, I've been getting shoes other than combat boots, such as stilloetto boots and girly little sandles. (But I wear a size 10).

How did you find this website: The almighty deity, Google.

Job: Community Support Specialist for two boys with autism.

Plans for Future: Move back to home town and pursue my Master's in Clinical Psycholgoy.

Age: 19

Location: Northern Va

Hobbies and Interests: Reading, Writing, Baseball(fave team Baltimore Orioles), Football(fave team Pittsburgh Steelers)

Why are you here? Wanted to meet other people with AS.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): When I was a Junior in HS so a few years ago.

Favorite subjects: History or any kind of social studies

Year/Grade: Well, I last took a history class last spring and got an A in it. Taking International Relations II once I start school again though.

Favorite music: A lot but I'll name five: Beatles, Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, and the Ramones.

Books: Again a lot so I'll name what I am reading: Andrew Jackson: His Life and times and Khruschev: The Man and His Era.

TV shows/Movies: Again lol alot so I'll name five: Godfather Series, Band of Brothers, Family Guy, The Simpsons, and Schindler's List.

Instrument: Don't have one

Do you like sports? Yep, played basketball and baseball when I was younger on teams.

Family: Yeah, we get along good.

Clothing: Casual, jeans, jerseys, I don't really care much about clothes though

How did you find this website? google.

Name: Too boring to mention, Roxas is better

Age: 15 going on 16

Location: Western TN

Hobbies: Reading-Writing, drawing manga, video games, skateboarding, listening to music, acting in school plays

Reason for being here: I've been here before and wanted to see how everyone is doing.

Diagnosed: AS at 5 years old.

Grade: Sophomore HS

Favorite Music: Rush, Steve Miller, Styx, any anime movie/tv soundtracks

TV Shows: Naruto, Trinity Blood, Bleach, Eureka Seven, Inuyasha, FullMetal Alchemist

Books: (Besides manga) Harry Potter, Inheritance series, Dragonriders of Pern, Protector of the Small, and many others too numerous to list

Manga: Everything above plus Tsubasha: Resivoir Chronicles and DN Angel

Games: Kingdom Hearts series, Final Fantasy series, Star Wars Battlefront, Zelda series, and Need for Speed Carbon

Instrument: don't make me laugh

Sports: Soccer, even though im horrible, and marital arts

Family: Parents, sis, dog and cat. Need i say more?

Clothing: Whatever i feel like

Found WP: From my memory, i've been here before

Plans For The Future: Become an aeronautical engineer and work for Boeing or Lockeed-Martin. Also do some writing and martial arts training on the side (I want to be a ninja)

What is your first name? John

Age: 16

Location: South somewhere in the US

Hobbies and Interests: Yu-Gi-Oh! (Don't snicker, it's a fun game), reading comics, shirking off work

Why are you here? To make friends.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Since as long as I could remember

Favorite subjects: Art, literature

Year/Grade: Junior

Favorite music: Linkin Park (and their collab with Jay-Z), Switchfoot, any other Rap, Rock, Raprock

COMIC Books: Ultimate Spider-man, regular spider-man, and toxin

TV shows/Movies: IGPX (rest in peace!), The Twilight Zone, Paranoia Agent was a great anime, and as for movies, I, robot was great

Instrument: I can play the gameboy really well

Do you like sports? Not particularly,but that doesn't stop one from trying

Family: Goin' through a civil war right now...

Clothing: I wear it

How did you find this website? Googled it. Great googly moogly!

Job: Don't have one yet

Plans for the future? Create my one comics!

Any comments? "An eye for an eye will leave us blind"

What is your first name? Matt.

Age: 35.

Location: Massachusetts

Hobbies and Interests: Baseball, strategy games, cooking.

Why are you here? Mostly for my son, who is 4, but I’ve found that a lot of this stuff applies to me as well, to the point where I’m looking at a dx.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Looking at dx for me and my son in the next 4 months or so.

Year/Grade: In my final year of College. At 35. Thank God for online classes.

Favorite music: Punk/Hardcore/Alternative, mostly from the 80’s through the 90’s. But I’ll listen to just about anything that’s not overly commercialized.

Books: Catch-22. Anything by Bill Bryson.

TV shows/Movies: The Office. Sopranos. That’s it. I don’t watch much TV or go to the movies.

Do you like sports? Baseball is a lifelong obsession. I’m an excellent wiffleball pitcher.

Family: Wife, 2 sons.

Clothing: Yes. I wear it, and you should all be glad I do.

How did you find this website? Looking at AS info for my son.

Job: Production manager for a publishing company.

Plans for the future? Finish my BS by the end of 2007. The 18 year plan sucks. Look into MBA programs for ’08. Look into bigger/better jobs, like Operations management, or technical project management.

Any comments? Rock on.

My first name: Aaron Hayes

Age: 21 (but everyone thinks I'm 18)

Location: Wyoming

Interests: Women, Cats, Computers

Reason for being: Diagnosed with AS

Year: College Junior

Favourite Music: Hard Rock and Oldies

Sports: Hell No!

Family: Not really

Clothing: Jeans and T-Shirt only ever

Found this Website: Can't remember

Job: Computer Lab Assistant

Plans: No

Comments: I'm really more of a cat person

What is your first name? Andy.

Age: 21.

Location: California

Hobbies and Interests: Biochemistry, physics, some math and computer science

Why are you here? I have never been a member of any community of people on the spectrum, and I have noticed that there are some ways in which I differ from most other people I know, so I wanted to see if any others here are the same way.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Sometime in elementary school, I don't remember exactly when.

Year/Grade: In my final undergraduate year in college, plan to begin grad school next fall.

Favorite music: Rap/hip-hop, dance/rave music, some other popular songs.

Books: Several by Michael Crichton, The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon), though there are a bunch more that I have enjoyed.

TV shows/Movies: I don't watch TV, and rarely go to the movies.

Do you like sports? Not much. I have watched most of the home games of my college's football team, but other than that I don't watch much.

Family: I'm an only child.

Clothing: Anything comfortable--comfort comes first and style second.

How did you find this website? I followed a series of links from a Wikipedia page having to do with some autistic spectrum disorder.

Job: As I said, I'm a student now.

Plans for the future? Go to grad school and then do scientific research.

Any comments? Not really.