The first time you knowingly met another Aspie

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Haven't yet, there may still be time.

I've met and been in love with two aspie girls but not at the same time. In real life.

I knew a girl in the 5th grade that I had a crush on. She was obsessed with animals and loved Spyro The Dragon and Fern Gully. She talked about them very frequently as we walked out on the track during P.E. I knew something was up and I heard that she had Asperger's Syndrome. On top of that, I suspected that she might've had a future as a "furry". *Dreamy sigh*. A girl who's an aspie and a furry at the same time. My kinda girl........

I'm sure my best friend has AS without knowing it,but as he always seems happy
enough and has a good marriage,job etc I've decided there's no reason so far to risk rocking the boat and speak to him about AS. I can see a lot of the traits in him such as differences in eye contact,facial expressions,idiosyncratic use of words and phrases,a strong sense of fairness and a distrust of people who abuse their authority.It probably
explains why we became friends in the first place.

I have met ADHD people, but no with AS

There are at least 2 people where I work who I think have AS. Whether either of them knows this themselves I don't know.

No, not really. I met him when I was about 9 or so. He was in his teens at the time IIRC. He wasn't somebody I could connect with and, to be honest, was more of an annoyance than a friend. He lived in a flat for a while and I went to visit him with my mother one day; it was squalid, with coins, the detritus of previous meals on unwashed plates and clothes littering the room. Some time after that he moved himself back into a residential home. He can do more than me but socially he seems more severe: not short of confidence but makes many more social errors than I do, as was observed when I took him to my pub. The last time I saw him was last year when he came up to my town for a fun run event. He lives on his own somewhere in the city and has a job, I think.

I do know one or two other people with Asperger's and have known them for years but they all irritate me after a short length of time.

I never have.

I've only known one guy I've met who I knew was an aspie. I didn't really get to know him well, though.

i've never met anyone with As, in the town i live in. i dont think id want to

I've met 4 other Aspies. One was ok, kinda related to her though she talked my ears off. The others were boring, had no social skills whatsoever and couldn't really have conversations with them. Meeting up is highly overrated IMO. For me the support groups are more about getting things done for the autism community and not what I call enjoyable socializing. I think Aspies apparently can't socialize well unless its done online and not face to face.

You may of not met one in person but you've defintely seen one, all of you have no matter what. My first person was when i was 5

I've seen one other person I know who was diagnosed, and he seemed to fit the stereotype/profile: awkward, monotone voice, formal way of speaking... There's a guy in my philosophy class who I really think might have it-- I wish I could put a video on here of the guy talking in class. He is a really awkward looking/dressing guy who seems completely oblivious to what anyone thinks of him, and when he makes comments in class he speaks in a funny monotone, and I can see people snickering/grinning or people quietly saying "that guy is so annoying!"... but he doesn't seem to notice/care at all.

I met an HFA woman IRL a couple of weeks back, the experience was okay. I am planning on meeting her again at a meeting of a Melbourne Autistic Social Group in a week's time.

I met another guy, an Aspie some time back, the experience was pretty good. He was very high functioning.