Older adult "Aspie"

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Joined: 11 Dec 2007
Age: 80
Gender: Male
Posts: 227
Location: Santa Rosa, CA, USA

12 Dec 2007, 10:00 pm

Hello all,

I was born the same year Hans Asperger released his study, so am typically self-realized as an "Aspie". This happened quite recently; I was on my first ever travel abroad, visiting a Friend in London, who wondered aloud one day whether I might be autistic?

On returning home I started looking up the subject on the WWW which of course brought me to Asperger's info, and had what seems to be a common experience of discovering ones's personality categorized on a web-page. My first reaction was something that I would express by paraphrasing lines from the"Wizard of Oz": "Oh my goodness! That's me all over!".

It's a relief to no longer have a "mysterious black hole with a big question mark over it" in my mind. Finally after all these years getting some clue why I was "different" has made a big and positive difference in my outlook, particularly finding out I wasn't the lone "freak" I always felt like.

Love, Johnpipe

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12 Dec 2007, 10:06 pm

Howdy and welcome, Johnpipe!

There are lots of us older Aspies here. We're all interesting and good folks.

YC

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12 Dec 2007, 10:11 pm

Welcome to WP!

Tim

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12 Dec 2007, 10:27 pm

You're only five years older than me, then.

Welcome.

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12 Dec 2007, 10:29 pm

You should pop into the cafe with the rest of us "old farts" and pull up a chair...

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12 Dec 2007, 11:14 pm

Nice to meet you, Johnpipe.

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12 Dec 2007, 11:24 pm

Greetings from another creaky oldie.

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12 Dec 2007, 11:25 pm

Most people on here appear to be in teens and twenties. Anyone on here in their forties? I would like to discuss some things with people my age. Is there any particular discussion group where us "old farts" hang out on here?

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12 Dec 2007, 11:42 pm

Many of us old fossils post in the Dino-Aspie Ex-Café.

Current page:
http://www.wrongplanet.net/postxf32122-0-9795.html

First page, from waaayy back in May:
http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt32122.html

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13 Dec 2007, 3:58 am

Very pleased to meet you Johnpipe.

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13 Dec 2007, 5:46 am

Hi! Another creaky pants here!

There's a few of us in our forties up.

Welcome and Metta, Rjaye.

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13 Dec 2007, 9:35 am

Welcome to WP.

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