So, what ARE the most common special interests?

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Pokemon <3
Also, Slightly Less Aitism :heart
(Also when I was like 3) Nemo :heart

When I was a kid it was animals of the wild type. Then, pick and choose any video game I was into at the time. Now, it is anything to do with survival, combat, fitness, and farming. (They are all forms of self preservation and independence.)

Anime
Sonic
My Little Pony
Mario
Video Games
Five NIghts At Freddys
Dinosaurs
Bugs

I'm obsessed with psychology, learning about all the symptoms of different mental disorders...It's very interesting. I have another "obsession" too, with Germany. I don't know why, I just love learning the language, the history, everything. I've been to Germany a few times and I have literally cried when it was time to come home!

Trains of all kinds have been my special interest since I was to young to remember. I tend to gravitate to mostly trains made by Lionel from just after WWII thru the late 1970's. They are my "go to" coping mechanism when I am stressed and on the verge of a melt/shutdown. Here is a pic of my new train layout I am building. Dodger

Mine is bees, I wasn't sure if you consider that an animal so I put "other."

I have been told that my interests are a strange combination, but to me, they are all connected: languages and codes.

Old English
Middle English
Modern English
Mathematical Logic
BASIC (computer programming code)
C++ (computer programming code)
Visual Basic (computer programming code)
American Sign Language (manual language for the deaf)
Braille Code (tactile code for the blind)
Nemeth Code (tactile code for the blind)
Computer Braille Code (tactile code for the blind)

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Diagnosed: Autism Spectrum Disorder, Auditory-Verbal Processing Speed Disorder, and Visual-Motor Processing Speed Disorder.

Weak Emerging Social Communicator (The Social Thinking-­Social Communication Profile by Michelle Garcia Winner, Pamela Crooke and Stephanie Madrigal)

"I am silently correcting your grammar."

My own interests mostly consist of geeky things like computers, gaming, technology, etc, but for some reason, most autistic people i've known before we're into cars or such. (Ofc that's only my side )

They change frequently and right now I have several, all vying for my time.

In the past they've been:
Trains
Dinosaurs
Video games (especially Pokemon and Legend of Zelda)
Abstract Algebra
Computer programming (now my job so it just feels like work)
Making model terrain for tabletop wargaming/role-playing games (no longer have space for it unfortunately)
The Alan Parsons Project

At the moment, there's:
Growing plants. I wish I had more to work with than a few pots in my apartment... but next spring I might look into some DIY hydroponics stuff for peppers (I'm trying to crossbreed a new variety as a hobby).
Cooking
Trying to understand people and how social interaction works (frankly, the more I understand how NT's function the less I see it as something to aspire to, but that's another topic for another time)
Tabletop roleplaying games
Space colonization/science fiction

Here's a list of my special interests:

The music of the 60s British Invasion - The Kinks in particular
The music from the 1910s to the 1950s
Slot Machine music
Video Game music
Punk Rock
Disco
80s music
Classical music
I'd like to get into today's Canadian artists.

I've gone through a lot of special interests in my lifetime but I always come back to four "core" obsessions:

a) Music of the 1970's (my avatar is the cover of Big Star's first album - one of the best 70's bands)

b) Vinyl records

c) Books

d) AS

Harry Potter, ASD and anxiety disorders, and music of the 60s/70s/&80s.

Other.

For the past several years, my special interest has been film, specifically genre film - horror, exploitation etc. Also, outdoor pursuits - climbing, free-diving (I got into this at age eight, so it's probably my oldest special interest), archery, hunting, light-weight camping, foraging.

Cats top the list for me. Animals in general would go along with this.

Other interests include:

Medical topics
Legal topics
Tennis
1950s and 1960s music
History
Literature
Geography
Writing
Languages

I love listening to music. My unusual favorite is Top 40/pop music

I'm disappointed that drawing cartoons or being into cartoons and animation in general wasn't on the list, so I put "other".

Although my drawing cartoons is more than just a special interest. It's a talent that I just seem to have been born knowing how to do. I wish I could upload some of my drawings on WP as proof, but it doesn't work for some reason.