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07 Sep 2010, 9:39 am

I remember listening to a program on NPR that mentioned Autism related websites. I eventually did a good search and Wrong Planet was always at the top of the results.


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07 Sep 2010, 9:52 am

I found this site while doing research on Asperger's Syndrome, before I was diagnosed.


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07 Sep 2010, 9:54 am

I was diagnosed with AS in 2004 and didn't know what it was so I Googled it. Wrong Planet was one of the first results.



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07 Sep 2010, 10:29 am

i posted on the australian asperger site (assn) while it was active and a cocky mod decided to rewrite the code and the site died.
in 2006, a woman called jane suggested i look at this site and i did and i thought it was a vicious contest of elitist minds and did not join.

i also posted on an a forum called "aspergerinfo" as "xb-70" , and that forum also disintegrated and in the end there was about 2 posts per day to the site.

so i joined this site because it was at least active, but i did not hold out any hope that i would not be ripped apart by intellectual elitists.

thankfully i was not spurned and i am still here and i see the softer side of this site now i have been here for 2 years.



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07 Sep 2010, 10:49 am

I heard it mentioned on some tv show that was talking about autism spectrum. It is also the first time I heard about Aspergers and the symptoms fit me like a glove. That show led me here and a diagnosis on Aug 6th 2010. At least I know I am not crazy.


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07 Sep 2010, 11:45 am

honestly i dont remeber ive been here so long (even before i signed up i jus read the posts) and before this account i had another one then stop going on for awhile so i forgot the accountname and password so i had to make a new account (this one)

though as i opened this posts a thought popped into my head that my old pycologist suggested it but i dont think she did imnot sure why that thought popped in my head.



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07 Sep 2010, 1:29 pm

I had been listening to a talk show on a major radio station where I live that had a program where the host's topic was Asperger's Syndrome. WrongPlanet was mentioned on that show. Before that, I would see Asperger's listed in the Trending Now section of Yahoo! I never paid it any attention until I heard the radio show.



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07 Sep 2010, 1:30 pm

Wikipedia.


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07 Sep 2010, 1:46 pm

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07 Sep 2010, 2:36 pm

A friend of mine at college recommended the site. I remembered that one day during the summer and made an account. Now I'm here every day. D:



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08 Sep 2010, 5:31 am

Callista wrote:
I have no idea. I've been around here forever; I can't remember when I first found it.


all's I know is I found the site after doing some searching shortly after my girlfriend and I hooked up; that was almost 3 years ago. And upon reading the stuff here...it was the first time I ever really understood about who I am.

And it felt great :)