Autism/Asperger's Survey

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What is your current age?
21-25

What age did you get diagnosed with Aspergers/Autism?
21-25

Which of these areas does your special interest fall into?
Science (Geology, biology, ecology, sociology, ECT)
 
What is your special interest? (State)
All science, but especially palaeontology and evolutionary biology________

Have you had any difficulties learning?
No

How did you overcome these difficulties? (State)
____________________________________________________________________________

Did you have difficulty making friends?
Yes


How did you overcome these difficulties? (State)
I haven't_______________________________________

Do you have any tics?
No

What are these tics? (State)
____________________________________________________________________________

Have your parents ever been supportive of your disorder?
No (in fact, I have received anti-autistic abusive behaviour)

Have they ever supported/been interested in your special subject?
No

I am responding on behalf of my son:-
What is your current age?
1-5
6-10
11-15
16-20
21-25
26-30
31-35
36-40
41-45
46-50
51-55
56-60
60+
Prefer not to say

What age did you get diagnosed with Aspergers/Autism?
1-5
6-10
11-5
16-20
21-25
26-30
31-35
36-40
41-45
46-50
51-55
56-60
60+
Prefer not to say
I haven’t been diagnosed

Which of these areas does your special interest fall into?
Math
Science (Geology, biology, ecology, sociology, ECT)
English
Art
Computers
Other
Not sure
I don’t have a special interest
 
What is your special interest? (State)
Currently, Dr Seuss and drawing

Have you had any difficulties learning?
Yes
No
Prefer not to say

How did you overcome these difficulties? (State)
We haven't yet
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Did you have difficulty making friends?
Yes
No
Prefer not to say

How did you overcome these difficulties? (State)
We are still working on it with therapy and social skills group
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Do you have any tics?
Yes
No

What are these tics? (State)
Rocking, clicking noise with tongue and echolalia
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Have your parents ever been supportive of your disorder?
I hope so
No
One out of the two,
my other parent isn't in my life

Have they ever supported/been interested in your special subject?
I hope so
No
One out of the two
My parents aren't in my life
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What is your current age?
26-30

What age did you get diagnosed with Aspergers/Autism?
26-30

Which of these areas does your special interest fall into?
Math
Science (Geology, biology, ecology, sociology, ECT)
Computers
Other
 
What is your special interest? (State)

(I have more than one:) Computers and electronics, to some extent math and physics (especially in connection with electronics), gaming, sci-fi, some kinds of literature, liturgy and ancient/traditional religious practice (not just my own religion, I have an academical interest in other religious practices, especially ancient/traditional ones), philosophy, theology. They vary - I never have all of them simultaneously, but they always return intensively at some point or other. "Sudden ones" (like wolf keeping) may also emerge, be there intensively for a few weeks, and then disappear again for good.

Have you had any difficulties learning?
Yes

How did you overcome these difficulties? (State)

Since the difficulties were/are mostly due to lack of interest, I can now (for the most part) choose classes than interest me. Some of the problems may have been due to excessive sleepiness and attention problems; they're still there, but I'm being assessed for them so perhaps I'll get medication to alleviate them.

Did you have difficulty making friends?
Yes

How did you overcome these difficulties? (State)

I didn't, sort of. I have more friends than I manage to keep in contact with after all these years, but they're all people who share my interests or tolerate my personality. They more or less came to me, not the other way around.

Interest- and/or religion-based groups/organizations, and university, did put me in contact with most of those people, though.

Do you have any tics?
Yes

What are these tics? (State)

Verbal ticks/"blurts", and some physical jerking and contraction of facial muscles.

Have your parents ever been supportive of your disorder?
Yes

Have they ever supported/been interested in your special subject?
Yes

What is your current age?
26-30

What age did you get diagnosed with Aspergers/Autism?
11-15

Which of these areas does your special interest fall into?
Science (Geology, biology, ecology, sociology, ECT)

What is your special interest? (State)
History/Politics

Have you had any difficulties learning?
Yes

How did you overcome these difficulties? (State)
I have a great memory/recall

Did you have difficulty making friends?
Yes
How did you overcome these difficulties? (State)
I have friends but very few. I have lots of acquaintances.

Do you have any tics?
Yes


What are these tics? (State)
When sleeping my body moves from times to time.

Have your parents ever been supportive of your disorder?
Yes


Have they ever supported/been interested in your special subject?
Yes

What is your current age?
21-25

What age did you get diagnosed with Aspergers/Autism?
Well. Not exactly diagnosed. 21 when they stated that it's likely I have Asperger's, but it wasn't an actual diagnosis.

Which of these areas does your special interest fall into?
Art
Computers
Other
Not sure
 
What is your special interest?
A computer game/tv show/movie/book I'm into and most of all some specific character from it. At the moment the Mass Effect games and I don't want to tell which character I'm obsessing over.

Have you had any difficulties learning?
Now I do, but it is not due to AS, but due to irrational fears I can't overcome.

How did you overcome these difficulties?
I haven't, and I don't understand how I possibly could.

Did you have difficulty making friends?
I've never tried to make friends, but the very few times that I've seen an interesting person and wished I could talk to them I couldn't go and do it.

Do you have any tics?
Yes, assuming you mean tics as in, feel like you have to do something and it being very hard, sometimes impossible to resist?

What are these tics?
Odd sudden movements of my arms, hands, neck and/or head. The urge to say a nonsensical sentence or word out loud. Counting during listening to music, not actually counting anything but more like just repeating a sentence over the beat but just numbers.
I have many stims also, but that is different. And they're too many to list here anyhow.

Have your parents ever been supportive of your disorder?
Yes

Have they ever supported/been interested in your special subject?
No/Sort of when it comes to some of them.
I tend to be ashamed of my interests so I don't usually talk about them, or talk about them in a more general sense than how I really think about them.

What is your current age?
21-25.

What age did you get diagnosed with Aspergers/Autism?
16-20.

Which of these areas does your special interest fall into?
Science and other (TV shows/movies).

What is your special interest? (State)
I have many special interests, but my most intense ones are I Love Lucy, neuropsychiatry, and Cedar Point and their roller coasters.

Have you had any difficulties learning?
Yes. I have NVLD.

How did you overcome these difficulties? (State)
I haven't overcome them. They're always there. But I have learned to cope with them through hard work and practice.

Did you have difficulty making friends?
Yes. When I was younger.

How did you overcome these difficulties? (State)
I discovered forums and made online friends.

Do you have any tics?
No.

What are these tics? (State)
N/A.

Have your parents ever been supportive of your disorder?
My mother has. My biological father isn't in my life.

Have they ever supported/been interested in your special subject?
My mother always has been, yes.

TiikeriFox (the originator of this survey) hasn't visited WP since Wed Oct 05, 2011.

What is your current age?
16-20 (Will be 21 in exactly two weeks)


What age did you get diagnosed with Aspergers/Autism?
16-20 (I was diagnosed just a month ago)


Which of these areas does your special interest fall into?
English and other
 
What is your special interest? (State)
I am an avid reader with a deep fascination with grammar and language. I have a very hard time not correcting people sometimes.

My current interests also include drawing and miniature pigs.
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Have you had any difficulties learning?
No


How did you overcome these difficulties? (State)
N/A
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Did you have difficulty making friends?
Yes


How did you overcome these difficulties? (State)
I am still working on it to be honest. I have to force myself into social situations when I don't want to as a way to keep myself from being a complete recluse.
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Do you have any tics?
Yes

What are these tics? (State)
Eye twitching, clenching jaw...
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Have your parents ever been supportive of your disorder?
Yes


Have they ever supported/been interested in your special subject?
Yes

What is your current age?
16-20

What age did you get diagnosed with Aspergers/Autism?
1-5

Which of these areas does your special interest fall into?
Art
 
What is your special interest? (State)
I wouldn't say I have any specific one exactly, but most have more to do with art than anything else. I like to draw, read, and write stories, and I enjoy music, and vview video games, tv shows, and movies as art forms.

Have you had any difficulties learning?
Yes

How did you overcome these difficulties? (State)
I would say that math is my biggest problem, if we're just talking about school subjects. I can only do really basic math, and I have not seen a reason to try to overcome it as I don't care to find a job that would require anything overly complex.

Did you have difficulty making friends?
No

How did you overcome these difficulties? (State)
I don't think I had a very difficult time, perhaps due to generally seeming funny and having similar interests to those around me. I suppose I do have some trouble with being able to be closer to people, but that's more to do with relationships.

Do you have any tics?
No

What are these tics? (State)
____________________________________________________________________________


Have your parents ever been supportive of your disorder?
Yes

Have they ever supported/been interested in your special subject?
Yes

Once again - TiikeriFox (the originator of this survey) hasn't visited WP since Wed Oct 05, 2011.
There is no point in continuing to respond to this thread.