Do you have any of the classic Aspie special interests?

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My special interest was drawing and video games. I have a strong understanding of spacial concepts. I was also obsessed with video games but that seems pretty typical for us Aspies so that may not be that odd? But it was why I pursued software engineering.

Pokémon is without a doubt extremely popular with aspies. I myself have played Pokémon for thousands of hours. What's interesting to note is that the series was actually created by an autistic person. The collection and optimization aspect is probably part of what makes it so appealing to people with ASD. I was fixated with Club Penguin, too ! I played it for hours nearly every day for more than two years.

Other than video games, I really like drawing, which also seems to be a really popular interest among aspies.

I still have no clue what Pokémons are. If we were playing "20 questions" and I was trying to guess your answer of "Pokémon" would you describe it as animal, vegetable, or mineral? Or, perhaps a chronological account would work, as with a doll that imitates a movie character that is based on a novel that is based on a true story that resembles a myth?

I used to play video games - I went to the first place to offer "Tanks" for a quarter a game twice. Tanks were the second game, after "Pong." I got it all out of my system before they got all fancy. There once was a cat whose owner got a TV. The cat watched the screen for a few seconds, tried to catch an image with her claws, walked around and looked behind, and never looked at it again. It didn't affect her world.

Don't see anything wrong with that. Dam useful knowing how to get around - table 65 up the west, table 26 up the east, 39 for transpennine , 227 for the West Highland spring to mind. I think it was 116 which was the great western main line, but could be wrong as it is a few years ago now

You used to be able to win "Pong" and the "Odyssey Game" from the kids' show Wonderama in the mid 1970s.

Computers are one of the stereotypical aspie interests, and I'm definitely into those. I'm not sure what the hell I'd do without them. Probably be a bookworm, idk. Maybe I'd be into horticulture, or hunting, or mechanics. Honestly, my life would probably be a lot more interesting than it is now.

I liked the original Star Trek series when I was young. I thought it was a very well done show, with intelligent stories.

^ Pity about Series 3 though, huh?

Q: Do you have any of the classic Aspie special interests?
A: No.
See, here's proof;

I'm a metalhead so I am very much into metal music, don't know how typical of an aspie interest that is. I also enjoy fantasy and sci-fi things...movies/books/games whatever of course some metal has lyrics and themes related to that...so another reason to enjoy metal. As a kid I think animals were kind of a special interest, still kind of are...people have told me that they think they have heard the most random facts about animals and bugs from me than any other source.

My interests primarily include classic and alternative rock music, movies, comedy, cartoons, reading, writing, and video games. And that's it. Pretty normal stuff in my opinion but that doesn't stop people from thinking I have "esoteric" interests whenever I talk about them.

That's good that you write stories. Keep it up. Real life is the best thing to right about.

Military miniatures - in fact almost anything miniature fascinates me especially tiny garden s

One of the things that bugs me a little about my adult diagnosis is the fact that I do not have any one particular special interest or ability that is supposed to be a big part of having autism.

However I guess what I do have is the tendency to become obsessively interested in something for a while and then get bored and move on to something else. An example would be that I discovered a computer game I like at the start of this year and 8 months into the year I have already played 1300+ hours. That must average what, 5+ hours a day?

I'm generally interested in computers (but not really any other tech) and I would love to train to work in I.T security, ethical hacking, forensic computing or something along those lines.

Doesn't the computer game count as a special interest?

I'd say that I have some classic Aspie special interests. My lifelong special interest has always been science. However, I've always leaned heaviest towards medical science rather than physics or mechanics or engineering. In mid-late childhood, besides science, my focus was on my Archie comic book collection (I started collecting again in 2013), my favorite book series (like Babysitters Club), and my Barbie dolls. So, during this period, I fit the "female Aspie" interests in that I mostly was all about my book collections and intense fixation on normal girl toys/interests. I had to have EVERY Barbie outfit and EVERY comic book. And I lined my books and dolls up and such.