Special intrests

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Usually when I hear about fellow Aspie's special intrests they tell me about math or computers or biology or art or music. I love music myself too and I guess I would consider that to be a special intrest but the others I have involve more abstract thought. I love to read and learn about philosaphy psychology and religion. Is that common or uncommon? I love thinking abstractly and I love to get other people involved in debates and discussions about this stuff. Not mean spirited ones just discourse. Doesn't seem to be many others who are like that though so I usualy just drive people nuts LOL
M

My interest is evoluntionary psychology. That's pretty abstract.

I love politics and philosophy too.

I don't really like 'spiritual' stuff but I love politics discussion.

I dont like any of that stuff.....its boring

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The only special intrest I really have is video games, everything else makes me want to fall asleep!

Simpsons, South Park, Family Guy, American Dad, the shows on Adult Swim, art, architecture, geology, Idaho, Hawaii, Seattle, foreign languages and cultures.

Tim

I like music, but I also like literature - especially Shakespeare and his contemporaries. I am interested in philosophy of religion and I am also interested in politics - mainly UK politics.

I have an interest in psychology and also in disability access and rights issues, and especially social attitudes towards disability and how these change over time, and how they can be changed further to, ideally, alleviate all prejudice.

I also like languages - especially the grammar and linguistic structure.

But I like computers too...I'm just not the most technically minded person, so I am interested in them more as a 'subject' rather than as a programmer or builder.

Definetely. Genetics, Phychology and Philosophy occupy my mind constantly. It's almost all I think about.

Actually while math and electronics may be most common psychology and philosophy come a close second.

Personally I'm fond of all of those (except math).

London
70s Punk Culture
Routemasters

Literature and religion as well. I published a paper on the relationship of female characters in Ovid's Metamorphoses and in Shakespeare and another paper where I compared Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles to a journey from the Garden of Eden to the Garden of Gethsemane.

More typiccally of autistic interests, ask me anything about Broadway musicals of the 50's and 60's. Go ahead and give it a try.

My current interests are: math curios, geometric art, old maps, and the Illuminated Poetry
of William Blake, music performed by the late Glenn Gould.

Cats (Tabbies and Siamese are my favorite breeds)
Books
Writing
Medical topics
Roger Bannister
The Olympics

My special interests are autism, Aspergers, Benny & Joon, Spokane, those are actually my obsessions.


Sure I like computers and enjoy being on one. I like reading about issues and problems, I like reading about conditions, I like The Simpsons and South Park and traveling.

Theology
Literature
Politics
Martial Arts

My special interests are music and zelda, pretty much.

I consider myself not so much a studier of music theory, closer to a musical theorist. I had to teach certain things to myself when my teacher mistaught me. Like the 3 against 4 polyrhythm. She tapped out the rhythm for me, I thought "that doesn't seem right" did a simple division problem in my head, and found the real answer.

As for Zelda.. I can play virtually any zelda tune on the piano.. And I know the Japanese titles of most of the zelda games.. to name a few examples of my obsession.