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Hi! My name's Patrick and I'm an NLD'er.

I'm 22 and go to a local state school. I'm probably going to be majoring in Asian Studies - I love learning Mandarin Chinese!

I was raised Catholic, and don't follow the institution anymore, but I do have a deeply spiritual life. I used to play videogames all the time, but have since given them up for more rewarding hobbies, such as guitar and working out. Most of my friends are really weird and lazy righteous pot-heads, and though I don't smoke as much as I used to, I tend to fit in well enough with them . I'm a very positive person - I didn't use to be, but I figure you might as well be positive, 'cause... well, we're all have the same fate, so might as well make the best of it, right?

I struggle with my NLD, but recently I have tried to find the bright side, such as seeing things from a completely different perspective from everyone else. It's hard to find work, but I am very diligent and upbeat when I do.

I'm a deeply empathetic person. I love being able to help my friends out, even if I don't completely get what they're going through. Sometimes I will get so emotional over someone's sadness or happiness that I'll cry with them - it's such a great feeling to be connected to someone as such, and I'm glad that I maintained empathy despite my disorder.

My favorite type of music is melodic metalcore. I love the happy tune and heavy beat, and the percussive nature of unclean vocals. I also enjoy indie and hardstyle (again, love that beat! ) My favorite band right now is, by far, Coheed and Cambria. They are a progressive melodic rock group who have produced four (soon to be five) concept albums in an overall series. I am obsessed with the lead singer, Claudio Sanchez and his unique and beautiful voice.

Uhm, what else... I used to have a six pack, and have since kind of lost it, but I'm trying to get it back!

I own an orange hoodie, and it's my most favorite piece of clothing ever!

I've only had two girlfriends, but I'm glad I found them, as they were both very supportive to me and my disability. Waiting and watching does yield some positive results - make sure the other person understands you!

Oh, and I love to snuggle. It's probably my favorite past-time.

Nice to meet you guys!

Hey thanks, man. Like I said in your alpha-male guide, I find you to be very inspirational. The fact that you have AS on TOP of NLD just means that much more to me, and what I can accomplish. So thank you, again, and I wish the same advice to you!

Hi, My name is Matt. I will be 52 years old in a few days. I have a 19-year-old son,
and a 16-year-old daughter. My marital status is separated. My interests include classical music, classic rock, all kinds of reading-novels, history, politics etc., cartooning, skiing, and hiking.
I have mild AS (used to be moderate). I work for a state government agency working with ret*d adults, supervising about 24 subordinate employees. Its secure and it has benefits, and it pays decently. I also have a part-time job at a two-year college as a study hall monitor (I'm not making this up). I get paid $22.65 an hour to sit at a desk and do a crossword puzzle in a room with six computers and a printer. The reason I have to be there is that any unlocked classroom or office must be guarded by a college employee to prevent theft. I would like to find a girlfriend. I would also like to retire at 55 from my full-time job, keep the part-time job, and work in electronics manufacturing. I worked years ago doing QC for a company making cable harnesses, and I loved it. I'm sure if I got a job, I could get promoted quickly, since a lot of electronics is full of drunks and drug users, and rampant goofing off. Anyone with any work ethic stands out.
I am glad that I have a government job in this recession economy. There are unfortunately now two classes of people- those paid by tax dollars who have security and benefits and pensions, and those who aren't, who usually have none of these.

I think I have posted enough about myself for many to know perhaps too much about who I am but what the heck here we go again. I'm a 19 year old male (for about 10 more hours then ill be 20) who will still live at home till i get done with my education. Im one of those quiet chillin an gettin stoned kinda people. I like to read novels that don't really fit into the best selling genres because I like authors that deal with the real world not the realm of majick and such. Not that I'm just a no nonsense kind of guy I love to cut up and tell humorous anecdotes because i just love to make people laugh or smile. I love to pick my guitar and sing especially for an attractive mostly female audience . my favorite thing to watch on TV is MMA and its indeed my favorite sport. I like to TRY and fight my step brother but his MMA technique A LOT better, that fool can throw hook kicks to the head do the spinning back fist and do a scissor take down straight into a heel hook, so i usually dont do too well but im new to this hobbie. I have never been in relationships with anyone other than NT girls, except for my one Bi Polar ex but I wouldn't recommend her, and i really wish i could meet a cute aspie girl from the US or maybe UK (British Accents are sooo cute) because NT females really cant communicate with me that well and they want you to be with them ALL the time. Not that Im cold or emotionally distant. i can really be very warm and sweet Ive been told. I just gotta get my alone time in too.

Happy birthday Redd!

I hope you'll have a happy birthday.

Hope that you'll be a more determined man for the year ahead. Determination is what separates men without vision from successful men, who soar high in life. What are your goals? I encourage you to chase your dreams --- from having a good girlfriend, making more friends, be better to your relatives and progressing in your school/career...

I'm kinda a weird, spazzy female Pennsylvanian w/ odd interests ranging from science & religion too slinkys & children's toys...

This shall be rather boring but still, you're the only people I get to tell it to :

- Diagnosed with Aspergers when I was 9, parents divorced when I was 10.
- My best friend, my nana, my rock died in 2006; that woman was my absolute inspiration, and there's things I still refuse to do to this day, because they're the kind of things she wouldn't do
- I've never been religious growing up but over I've always felt something towards Judaism, and as I grow older, maybe it's an obligation that I'd like to make seriously?
- My favourite muppet is beaker
- I'm not racist towards anyone in anyway; it actually makes me quite embarassed to see the BNP/EDL doing protests..it's disgusting :/
- I'm a Vegetarian, hoping to be Vegan
- It would be nice to have a partner/someone who truly udnerstand you for you, but with my AS, it seems unlikely ¬_¬

hi, I am a mathematics student, age 25. I study in a university in the US although I am originally from India.
I don't think I have any problems understanding the society, but responding to them correctly is what I think I have a lot of difficulty with. Making a reasonably interesting conversation is hard. I have tried to learn from others and have improved quite a lot this way. But small talk is still hard. Its hard to connect with people.

My father is or at least seems to be autistic. So my parents did not really get along well. It was painful while I lived with them. Its been a long time since I left home and I now have minimal contacts with them.

I have worked hard and with utmost sincerity all my life and I have been reasonably successful in whatever I am working on. I think I am a caring and open minded person. I have tried to widen my interests into music, drawing, photography, politics, economics, physics etc.
It is very frustrating how my personal life is so miserable in spite of all that. I dream of having a friend I can openly talk to, someone who can teach me about the intricacies of the society and people. It would be wonderful to have a girl friend. but that I think is asking much from my life.
I try not to think too much about my life, since it makes me depressed. I used to go to a therapist because of depression and loneliness and insomnia. Stopped going there recently. It felt great to talk openly to a therapist. I thought of him as that friend of my dreams. But then one day he said that there are only so many allowed hours of counselling for students and further therapy sessions are allowed only under special circumstances. So I work on some or the other thing thru'out my waking hours to prevent my mind from wandering. Basically I read all the time...in the bus, at school, after coming home.. even before going to bed. I have tried engaging myself in other activities-roller skating, drawing classes,cooking etc. I even forced myself to go to a dance class. Those things are very hard. Nothing worked out.

Being a mathematician, I have ended up in a place devoid of any female colleagues . I try making acquaintances with girls around in the town but its hard. I live in a rather conservative region of the US. People are polite but definitely aren't very friendly to asians.

I don't know where my life is headed. Often life seems to be pointless exercise.. spending every day like every other day of my life.

Thanks for reading my post. It feels good to talk about my thoughts with someone.

Um...lotta people here...let me see if I can do this without getting nervous or freaking out.
I guess that I should start with an introduction of some type. My name is Brandon, but I go by Christophe, Chris, Therios, Tiger, The Joker (of the Dark Knight persuasion), and when around some individuals "The Voice (long story for later)."
I got the nickname Tiger because it is my fave animal (specifically the white tiger/siberian tiger). The nickname Joker comes from a rotation at National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California. At the time one of my obsessions was quoting the Joker's lines from DK. A Sergeant First Class started calling me that, and it kinda stuck. As for the Christophe thing, my middle name is Christopher, and I prefer the more European sound of Christophe. I am 24 (25 in April-ironically, i share a birthdate with Tim Curry and the late Dudley Moore), about 5'8''-5'9'', 190 pounds, sometimes blue and sometimes hazel blue eyes. I am currently in the US Army (getting chaptered out for Asperger's Syndrome when I get home from Afghanistan). I love to sing, play and learn-teach myself new instruments/teach others to play new instruments. I recently bought two Irish Whistles (keys of C and D respectively), and a practice set of Uilleann Pipes (beautiful and meloncholy instrument), but I can't seem to get the coordination of working the bellows and keeping things flowing right from the air bladder. I also play french horn, trumpet, tuba, clarinet, a little sax, a little euphonium, a little baritone (treble and bass clef), mellphone, sousaphone, a little percussion, and am constantly wanting to learn more (oh! i forgot that i am currently experimenting with piano/electruc piano/keyboard). I am also an award-winning amateur published poet, and attempt to compose and write lyrics all the time. I get along with all animals, but tend to do especially well with felines. I like to have fun, but my idea of fun may be different from what you think. I was born and raised in a small town called Canon City, Colorado (about an hour and a half from the state capital of Denver/45 minutes from the Army base Fort Carson). My mind is currently a little scattered, so I apologize for this seeming to be fragmented and choppy. I am usually really big on proper grammar, spelling, puncuation, and things like that, which means that this post is a nightmare for me to look back on. I also enjoy food (cooking it, and eating it), computers, and the only types of music I dislike are cRAP and s*#thop (sorry I meant rap and hip-hop *shudders at having said those foul words).
Before I annoy myself with the errors in my typing any more, I will leave it at that.

Hi, my name is Josh (and I have AS, "hi josh"). I live in the United Kingdom, grew up West Yorkshire. I am 19 years old. I currently go the University studying Computer Science. I can speak fluent albeit rusty German and my primary interests include computer (hence the degree). I was diagnosed when I was 14, but it was suspected much earlier (when I was about 4). I have an uncle (name of William I have never met him) who is suspected autistic.

When I was in primary school I didn't do well and found the whole thing uncomfortable until I moved house to Halifax at age 9 and changed schools, where the teacher there first interested me into computers (he had put a ZX spectrum emulator on one of the computers). At high school I experience the usual (bullying etc) but transferred to a local grammar school after passing the entrance exam. At 14 when diagnosed my school lent me the use of a laptop and this really piqued my interest in computers (although it was taken away a year later for so-called 'misuse'). I did work experience in the school IT department and also did work there over the summer to raise money which I used to build my own computer. I applied for university in York for a BSc in Computer Science and that is where I currently am.

I'm 19 and a female aspie which is rather uncommon.

I'm socially awkward and find it hard to make friends. Don't have really close friends but I trust a few of my friends and we get along well. i just don't hang out with people like a normal teenager. I don't share similar interests.

My hobbies include genetics and evolution. I also like classical music but have a fear of rock music. I do quite well in school (had 4 A;s for AS) but am not brilliant. My family has a number of professionals and a few scientists. I am bad at understanding math and require a lot of practice to get over it. However I am good at chem and english literature. I will be studying biochem at Imperial if i fulfil the conditions.

My relationship status is ambiguous. I am not involved in one but there's this guy who likes me and whom I like. We enjoy discussing intellectual things and he confides in me about emotional matters (hasn't exactly confessed his feelings though.) He's in another country so we don't get to see each other but probably will when I go to uni. He hints that he wants a girlfriend and needs emotional support very much. I'm comfortable talking to him but it's more awkward to say everything in emails. I am too scared to enter a relationship because of my social ineptness (I may not be able to talk to his friends) and I may disappoint him with my introvertedness. He's close to his family and I'm not. I have practically no one. I'm scared he may find this weird or annoying. Should I let him know I wouldn't mind having a relationship with him or not? He's very sweet and I am scared I may not find someone as understanding as him.