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Punkrockaspie
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04 Feb 2016, 9:14 pm

Hello everyone. I am brand new to Wrong Planet. I am a gay male, diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome only 2 years ago, and rather late in life (I am now 61 years old), by Dr. Joel Jeffries of CAMH Adult Psychiatry and Health Systems here in Toronto, Canada, whose conclusion was that I am “definitely an Aspie.” Like many Aspies my AS was worse in childhood and I learned coping skills over the years to deal with some my social deficits, as many adult Aspies do. When I first took a look at AS symptoms, they read like a laundry list for my childhood experience. As an adult I still retain symptoms that set me apart from NTs, such as prosopagnosia, hand flapping/clapping, rocking, problems with voice modulation, inability to multitask, difficulty with any activity that requires bilateral coordination, clumsiness and problems with balance, a seemingly infinite capacity for and obsession with anger and resentment (which I suppress unless totally alone), inability to adapt to change, disliking touch unless I have asked for it or am prepared for it, social exhaustion (or social hangover), among others less pronounced. I can emotionally relate to 2 things: cats and punk rock, and in a way that I cannot emotionally relate to human beings. To a lesser extent I can emotionally relate to other forms of rock’n’roll, but my personal tastes are very much all-or-nothing. I am very much young at heart, and (at 61) still punk rocking after all these years.


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Diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome by Dr. Joel Jeffries of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Adult Psychiatry and Health Systems, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. No intellectual or language impairment.


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04 Feb 2016, 9:19 pm

welcome, pra. i have an affectionate cat with kidney disease. he's expensive, but worth it.



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04 Feb 2016, 9:19 pm

Welcome to Wrong Planet, Punkrockaspie! I am gay and 53 years of age. Learned masking skills in childhood.

Oh, and I enjoy The Living End. I saw them in concert once.


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Diagnosed in 2015 with ASD Level 1 by the University of Utah Health Care Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinic using the ADOS-2 Module 4 assessment instrument [11/30] -- Screened in 2014 with ASD by using the University of Cambridge Autism Research Centre AQ (Adult) [43/50]; EQ-60 for adults [11/80]; FQ [43/135]; SQ (Adult) [130/150] self-reported screening inventories -- Assessed since 1978 with an estimated IQ [≈145] by several clinicians -- Contact on WrongPlanet.net by private message (PM)


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04 Feb 2016, 9:24 pm

Wishing you a warm welcome to WP, from a fellow Canadian!



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05 Feb 2016, 1:00 pm

Welcome! :)


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05 Feb 2016, 4:43 pm

Hey Punkrockaspie welcome. :sunny:


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05 Feb 2016, 6:24 pm

Welcome to Wrong Planet! :)


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05 Feb 2016, 6:33 pm

I can relate when looking back at my childhood. It was like I saw my own Cookie Cutter and lights started going off.

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05 Feb 2016, 8:23 pm

Welcome to the party. I'm 63 now, discovered what autism was a decade or more ago. Still don't know how to deal with it. Continue struggling to pass for normal? Retreat into gloomy isolation? Make friends? (Ha!)