Hi everybody, another newbie! (are there any belgians here?)

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Hi,

I am Pieter, 23 years old. I live in Belgium.
I only realized recently that I have Aspergers. All my life I had a very hard time dealing with people socially (especially at high school).
My father gave me a book (my younger brother has autism, so he suspected I might also have some autism) about couples of which one/both of the partners have AS/autism, the partners talk about their experiences, as I was reading the book it was like I was reading about myself. This week I went reading about autism and asperger on the web, and I ended up at WP, I am very happy to know there is a community like this!

I am a freelance electrician (lighting) for film/video/commercials, and also a freelance video editor for tv (I prefer lighting because I like the action and not sitting in front of a computer all day). I had to work very hard because I am self-taught (I quit engineering at college in the 2nd year).
Have any of you guys seen the movie Ben X (its a Belgian movie about the life of an autist youngster that has a very hard time at school, It won some prizes at the Monreal film festival)? It was very emotional for me because I could really relate to it.

As hobbies I work on little creative projects of myself and people I know. I like watching movies (especially independent cinema), listening to music (I started playing guitar last month), art and traveling. I spent a lot of time alone, I am not much into socializing.
I would love to go and live in the US, I totally love the States: especially California (beaches, In&Out burger), Nevada (desert, the strip in Vegas) and of course NY.

This site is fantastic, now I perfectly know that I have AS and I am happy knowing it, with what I have read so far on this site I have become a better person and it will help me to handle difficult situations. Thanks.

Welcome to WP!

Great to see another fellow Nevada desert enthusiast.

Tim

Don't you guys utilize decomissioned naval dolphins for autistics out there?

Oh, and, Welcome!

*(There is a forieng section by the way at the bottom of the list, sometimes people post there, you may be lucky for a hit there!)*

Welcome Jivi,

You are not alone, there is at least one other Belgian here.

This is the place to have fun and discover what you can do to spread Autism.

Nice to meet you, Pieter.

Hello Pieter,

Welcome to WP!

Lemon is from Belgium. She hangs out in the DinoCafe (a thread in the 'Getting to know each other forum).

Have fun!

Helen

Welcome

Welcome Pieter,

Belgium - home of the worlds best chocolate right!!

Pieter is an awesome name.

Nice to meet you, Pieter.

Thanks for all the welcomes. I finally got to the right place.

Nice, 2 other belgians on this forum, its a small world.

Pieter comes from petrus and the name comes frome greece (there it means "rock"), but usually most foreign people write my name "Peter".

Hoi Pieter,

Welkom hier op WrongPlanet. Geen Belg, wel een noorderbuur. Zelf hang ik hier nu een aantal dagen om en er vallen goede ervaringen te lezen.

Zal die film nog wel even kijken.

Veel plezier hier.


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For our English readers, a short version: Hi, Pieter, welcome here.

Welcome Pieter!

Welcome to WrongPlanet!

Yep, WP is a huge resource of information and advice based on experience

All the experiences I had when I was young, I thought I was different, but now I am reading lots of similar experiences, its amazing.

Jivi


for Asperisp (concerning the belgian french-dutch problem)
(PS: zou het niet beter zijn als belgie zou splitsen en vlaanderen bij nederland komt?)

Hlo