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ailbe
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21 Jul 2011, 4:47 am

Hello everyone,

I've just joined Wrong Planet so thought I would get started by introducing myself. I'm 29 years old, and was diagnosed with Aspergers syndrome in February this year. I'm learning about AS by reading books and have also heard that WP is a great resource, so here I am! I'm an introverted person and am interested in reading, chess and hiking.

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21 Jul 2011, 5:00 am

Welcome to WrongPlanet, Ailbe!

Sounds like you'll fit right in, enjoy your stay here :)


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21 Jul 2011, 6:55 am

Welcome!

I was just diagnosed this year too.



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21 Jul 2011, 7:05 am

Welcome to WP! U'll love it here! I was diagnosed this month. July 7th to be exact!


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21 Jul 2011, 9:04 am

Hi. Welcome to WrongPlanet.



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21 Jul 2011, 10:50 am

Hi! Welcome to Wrong Planet!



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21 Jul 2011, 3:21 pm

Welcome to Wrong Planet!


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21 Jul 2011, 5:00 pm

Hi,
My husband was diagnosed ADD, but has recently fallen across Wrong Planet and Aspergers is a much closer description of his social skills. It was an Ahha moment when we read this site. Any good suggestions on where to start helping him with this?



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21 Jul 2011, 6:11 pm

Hello. Welcome to WP! :)



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22 Jul 2011, 2:32 am

Let me chime in with a warm welcome. I was recently diagnosed, last December to be exact. And have three books on the subject...basically done with two of them. Invaluable to say the least. Looks like this site might be the same. Hope it is for you too.



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22 Jul 2011, 5:17 am

Thank you for the welcomes everyone :D

Zip wrote:
Hi,
My husband was diagnosed ADD, but has recently fallen across Wrong Planet and Aspergers is a much closer description of his social skills. It was an Ahha moment when we read this site. Any good suggestions on where to start helping him with this?


Zip, I think that seeing a counsellor who specialises in ADD/AS for guidance could be constructive. Also, reading books about AS has helped me to better understand my specific condition. I recently read a book called 'Aspergers: the facts" which I found to be consice, up to date and clear.



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22 Jul 2011, 2:58 pm

Hi Alibe! and welcome
I am 33 and I live in Cambridge, got AS diagnosis some months ago.
I am a Sanskrit scholar and me too I love very much hiking, chess and reading.
And also maths, my bike, and to play piano..
I am reading quite a lot about Asperger and I find this website very helpful



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23 Jul 2011, 3:40 am

Welcome to WP. :)



ailbe
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23 Jul 2011, 11:11 am

thank you for the welcomes sraddha and blitzkrieg :)

Sraddha, that's cool that you study Sanskrit, I also find language very interesting and am studying Mandarin at university.



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23 Jul 2011, 11:31 am

Welcome Ailbe. I hope you find some answers here.

The books from Attwood are great.
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Reading and hiking are good things to be interested in (according to me). Unfortunately I do not find enough time to be hiking.



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24 Jul 2011, 2:02 pm

Welkome to WrongPlanet. :)

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