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29 Dec 2020, 8:18 am

Hi everyone my name is Megan I haven’t been diagnosed with Aspergers but I have always suspected and some teachers did during high school. I would like to be diagnosed as an adult but unfortunately I can’t find anyone who tests adult aspergers in my area. I’m not good at making eye contact or picking up on a social cues I scare people a lot. Been told I look like a serial killer etc. I don’t smile much and my body language is “weird” anyway I joined this site to make friends and chat. I currently don’t have any friends in real life so yeah. :? Any friends I did have didn’t last long so yeah nice to meet you guys



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29 Dec 2020, 8:20 am

Hello. Welcome to Wrong Planet.


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29 Dec 2020, 8:29 am

Welcome to WP!


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29 Dec 2020, 8:36 am

Welcome to Wrong Planet. I don't smile much either, or have any friends, so yeah...



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29 Dec 2020, 9:15 am

Welcome to Wrongplanet.

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29 Dec 2020, 11:06 am

Welcome! I'm new as well, but from looking around it seems like there a lot of friends to be made here :) .



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29 Dec 2020, 11:07 am

Welcome to WP. I think you'll find some nice folk here.

If you live somewhere that uses DSM-5 then I am diagnosed as Autism Spectrum Disorder, Level 1 (Mild). If you are somewhere that does not use DSM-5, then I am diagnosed as Asperger's Syndrome. Please bear with me on the colors--I've been fooling around with computers since 1971 and I think they are fun toys.

When I decided to get a diagnosis a snag I ran into is there apparently isn't much call for Adult Autism Assessments. I focused on practices whose websites mentioned Autism and that they took patients my age (I was 64, at the time). The Office Manager at the practice I finally used didn't think they did Adult Autism Assessments but was wiling to double-check--it turns out one of their psychologists would do the assessment (and did).

Good hunting!


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29 Dec 2020, 12:38 pm

Welcome to Wrong Planet. I am glad you are here.

It is difficult for adults to get assessed and especially difficult for women to get a proper assessment as women can present differently from men.

You are welcome here diagnosed or not. :D :D :D


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29 Dec 2020, 11:33 pm

Welcome to WP! :D


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30 Dec 2020, 7:39 pm

Double Retired wrote:
Welcome to WP. I think you'll find some nice folk here.

If you live somewhere that uses DSM-5 then I am diagnosed as Autism Spectrum Disorder, Level 1 (Mild). If you are somewhere that does not use DSM-5, then I am diagnosed as Asperger's Syndrome. Please bear with me on the colors--I've been fooling around with computers since 1971 and I think they are fun toys.

When I decided to get a diagnosis a snag I ran into is there apparently isn't much call for Adult Autism Assessments. I focused on practices whose websites mentioned Autism and that they took patients my age (I was 64, at the time). The Office Manager at the practice I finally used didn't think they did Adult Autism Assessments but was wiling to double-check--it turns out one of their psychologists would do the assessment (and did).

Good hunting!


Rainbow colours... one of the best ways to grind my gears! I'm colourblind, so there's lots of colours I can't distinguish, most famously green and orange. Makes finding flagging tape when hiking... interesting to say the least.

Welcome to Wrong Planet, though.


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30 Dec 2020, 10:57 pm

Welcome to Wrong Planet :D. Tell the person who think you "look like a serial killer" to get a job as a detective. They need someone who can spot serial killers by their look :roll:. I scare some people to. I suppose when our affect makes it hard for others to read our emotional state that makes us scary.


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31 Dec 2020, 7:27 am

We serial killer types need to stick together. :mrgreen:



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01 Jan 2021, 8:27 am

welcome! Glad you are with us. Lots of potential friends right here! :)


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02 Jan 2021, 9:43 pm

Welcome to Wrong Planet! :)


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