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What is your first name? Steve

Age: 62

Location: rural Missouri

Hobbies and Interests: serious gardening, writing and reading (fiction + non-fiction), politics

Why are you here? Finally found a site for people like me.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Self-diagnosed when wife who is a special education teacher brought home a text on "disorders" such as Asperger's and said, "This is you." I read it and, yes, it was me: classic Asperger's. After 62 years finally understand why I am so "weird"-- intellectually brilliant but socially dysfunctional.

Favorite subjects: gardening, history, politics, languages

Year/Grade: Ph.D.

Favorite music: light classical and brass band

Books: almost any historical fiction, most science and fantasy fiction, gardening

TV shows/Movies: No TV. Movies: Schindler's List, Enemy at the Gates, The Bucket List, The Ultimate Gift, Dad

Instrument: the Scrabble board

Do you like sports? Not competitive

Family: married; adult children, grandchildren

Clothing: work attire (Dickies, Carharrt, etc.)

How did you find this website? Through Wikipedia article on Asperger's

Job: various; college teacher, farmer, writer

Plans for the future? Live until I quit breathing

Any comments? Strongly suspect my father was Asperger's also, possibly a son too. Glad to know there is a rational reason we are the way we are--not just socially dysfunctional.

What is your first name? Kenny

Age: 23

Location: Somewhere in Sweden

Hobbies and Interests: Internet, reading, sports, games, movies, music, politics, history, nature, animals

Why are you here? Becuse im bored as f**k.

When were you diagnosed?Nothing, but im certain that I have several things.

Favorite subjects: History.

Year/Grade: School time was a long time ago.

Favorite music: French music.

Books: The bible, the quran.

TV shows/Movies: Lost, The ninth gate.

Instrument: No.

Do you like sports? If so, which ones?: Hockey, Soccer, Tennis, Handball, MMA, Basketball.

Family: A mom and a dad. 3 sibblings.

Clothing: Mostly casual.

How did you find this website? Via Google. (What happend to Yahoo?)

Job: Soon.

Plans for the future? Staying alive, the depression is getting bigger.

Any comments? Not know.

What is your first name? Christie

Age: 29 but seemingly ageless due to good genetics

Location: North Carolina

Hobbies and Interests: History, science, Bible, paranormal, Death, everything

Why are you here? Because I wanted to be

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Back in '91 age 6, I was diagnosed ADHD then PTSD, PAD, mood disorder diagnosis' followed. Son was diagnosed ASD at 7, I have yet to get my ASD diagnosis.

Favorite subjects: Once again a very exhausting question that I have too many answers to.

Year/Grade: year and grade of what?

Favorite music: Mostly classic rock

Books: yes

TV shows/Movies: a lot

Instrument: piano/guitar is something I would i would love to spend my time practicing

Do you like sports? Gymnastics

Family: Husband and 4 boys

Clothing: keeps you covered

How did you find this website? searched

Job:stay at home mom atm

Plans for the future? college mostly online

Any comments? You better check yourself before you trek yourself.

Hey Christie. Welcome to Wrong Planet. Nice to meet a fellow classic rock aficionado.

What is your first name?Charles

Age: 21

Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Hobbies and Interests: Reading, Video Games, Lego, Hiking, Swimming, Drawing, Costume Making, Watching Science Fiction tv shows and movies, Cooking, Psychology

Why are you here?
Trying to find new friends. And Maybe a Girlfriend. And to find answers for certain social situations.
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): 10 years old

Favorite subjects: Math, History, Psychology

Year/Grade: College Junior

Favorite music: Country and Alternative Rock. Not very picky though.

Books: Harry Potter, Inheritance Cycle, The Dresden Files, Anything by Jodi Picoult or John Green.

TV shows/Movies: Doctor Who, Sherlock, Supernatural, Star Trek, Anything food network, Digimon, Bleach, Sword Art Online, Attack On Titan, The Walking Dead, Full Metal Alchemist, All CSI shows

Instrument: Singing, Former Choir Student

Do you like sports? Somewhat. A light diversion

Family: Close to my family... not sure what else to say...

Clothing: I wear cargo pants and t-shirts way too much! And I can't match clothes for my life!

How did you find this website? The wikipedia autism rights movement page.

Job: None, full time student

Plans for the future? I am studying to become a therapist.

Any comments? Can be awkwardly spontaneous. And I have a movie, book, or video game reference for everything!

Hello,

First name: Ronnie

Age: 27

Location: Vermont

Hobbies and interest: Hiking, biking, running, taking my kayak out, winter time I enjoy sking, hiking, snowshoeing, and speedskating. Always exploring the terrain. . Ooo. Also movies, comedies, superheroes, disney pixars, adventure movies

Why are you here: Idk.... I found this site posted some place online that I don't remember. This is the first thing I have posted here but have been reading along for a few weeks now I think. When I'm getting really frustrated and upset it just helps to see that despite I don't actually know any one here, that there are others that may understand how I'm feeling and seeing the world around me. Seeing that I'm not alone and others encouragement to thous that did post has helped calm me down a few times and I thank them truly for that.

When was I diagnosed: when I was little with Aspb.

Favorite subject: History, math, and drafting.

Year/grade: BS in engineering design.

Favorite music: Alternative rock, classic rock

Books: The Hunger Games, Harry Potter, the Rangers Apprentice

TV shows/movies: Avatar the last Airbender, Korra, The Big Bang theory, /The itailion job, mission Impossible, oceans 11, jack sparo, Sherlock Holmes, Indiana jones, down periscope, dirty rotten scoundrels, Iron man, The dark knight rises

Instrument: used to play the auto sax in school

Do you like sports: more interested in playing then watching. Always ran cross-country and track; and now I speedskate.

Family: One sister

Clothes: never matching, just not me and not by any idea of what I'm doing anyways. Lol

How did I find this site: Off some other site that I can't remember.

Job: I work on a ski mt resort in Vermont full time year round. Work in the kiction doing catering and events during the warmer months and other cooking and prep during the winter. Also have done in the past and working a few days a week currently snowmaking. It's a wild job unlike any other snowmaking is and I love it most days.

Plans for the future: maybe something in the national forest may interest me in the future but am happy where I am right now trying living each day as an adventure that's feeling tops everything else.

Any comments: lost in my own world most of the time

What is your first name? Jordan

Age: 19

Location: West of somewhere.....

Hobbies and Interests: Most of them (except video games)....

Why are you here? Why not?

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): at age 14

Year/Grade: College, 2nd year

Favorite music: All of it.

Books: Yes.

TV shows/Movies: Sometimes.

Instrument: Violin (duh!).

Do you like sports? Sure

Clothing: Plainish.

Job: Violin maker

Plans for the future? ^that

Any comments? Nope.

New member here! I figured this would be the most logical place to start.

What is your name?: Corey
Age: 21
Location: Charlotte, NC
Hobbies and Interests: Making music andplaying shows with my band(This Fallen Empire), playing vidja games on XBOX One(feel free to add me on XBL mah gamer tag is TheArseMen), I'm a bit of a gear head and I love working on cars and motorcycles.
Why are you here?: To connect with like minded people I suppose.
When were you diagnosed?: I haven't been officially diagnosed, but I'm fairly certain that I fall somewhere on the lower end of the spectrum. Perhaps I'll get myself tested one of these days to extinguish any doubts I have. I have MAJOR ADD and literally have the attention span of a goldfish sometimes, though it has improved tremendously over the past 4 or 5 years. I suffer from social anxiety even though I'm definitely not an anti-social person.
Favorite Subjects: Anything to do with science. I've always been pretty good at math as well.
Year/Grade: Junior in college, but I took a year off to put some money in the bank. I plan on resuming next fall.
Favorite Music: Whitechapel, Job For A Cowboy, Upon A Burning Body, The Acacia Strain, Chelsea Grin, Deicide, Cannibal Corpse, Dying Fetus, Morbid Angel, Death, ect.
Books: Anything horror, Hunger Games, Harry Potter, World War Z, ect.
TV Shows/Movies: A Clockwork Orange, Walking Dead, American Horror Story, Sons of Anarchy, ect.
Instrument: guitar, drums, saxophone
Do you like sports?: Football(American), Hockey, I'm from North Carolina so it's a given that I like(college) basketball. GO HEELS!
Family: NOPE! I don't plan on starting one for some time.
Clothing: Whatever I want really.
How did you find this website?: Just kind of stumbled upon it to be honest.
Job: Crew Chief at Discount Tire.
Plans for the future?: I hope for me and my band to be able to get signed to a label and be able to tour on a consistent basis.
Any comments? Hi?

What is your name: Mike
Age: 41
Location, North Central Indiana
Hobbies/Interests, Model Trains, RC cars, Antique Tractors.
Why am I hear: Make new friends, maybe find someone close enough to hang out with.
Where you Diagnosed: Yes, Classic AS, back in March of 2014, but have been living with it since I was a child.
Books: Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, anything by Stephen King, Clive Cussler and Tom Clancy.
Insturments: Piano
Family: Mom and Dad, 2 younger sisters (not on the spectrum)(Im adopted) and thier familys
Music: The Corrs, Rammstien, Smashing Pumpkins, modern jazz, modern country.
TV: Scorpion, CSI, NCIS, Madam Securatary, State of Affairs, How to get away with Murder, Chicago Fire/PD, Law and Order.
Clothing, work T shirt and jeans for work, PJ's once I get home, would live in them if I could.
Job: Head Technican at local outdoor power equipment dealer.

What is your first name? Danny

Age: 20

Location: Wisconsin

Hobbies and Interests: Art and photography, plants, biking, hiking

Why are you here? I have autism and ADHD

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder) : Age 9 in 2003

Favorite subjects: I'm not in School right now but it was art class and psychology

Year/Grade: I have graduated high school and I have not done college

Favorite music: Rock and pretty much ALL of its sub-genres, A little bit of techno and a little bit of pop

Books: My North American wildlife book

TV shows/Movies: Doctor Who.(I don't watch much TV) For movies it's the Rocky Horror Picture show or Pink Floyd the Wall

Instrument: nope

Do you like sports? If so, which ones?: Biking and swimming

Family: Mom, dad, little sister and 2 dogs

Clothing: Androgynous mostly for comfort

Job: I'm in between jobs but I want to make money off of my art if I can

What are you planning to do when you get older? Become art

What is your first name? Theodore

Age: 23

Location: Surprise, phoenix, Arizona

Hobbies and Interests: rocks, minerals, crystals and gems, drawing, painting, acting, story writing

Why are you here? To learn more about asburger syndrome and what its like for others who have it and how I can relate to them

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): 2003, 5th grade

Favorite subjects: geology, archeology

Year/Grade:

Favorite music: some classical

Books: Adventure

TV shows/Movies:

Instrument: Clarinet

Do you like sports? not really

Family: (original family unknown, I was adopted) 2 brothers, 1 sister

Clothing: fancy and dark

How did you find this website? my aunt showed it to me a while back

Job: none

Plans for the future? get a job, make some friends, have fun

Any comments? hope to enjoy myself here

What is your first name? Alison

Age: Used all my fingers and toes three times then got bored.

Location: Melbourne, Australia

Hobbies and Interests: Designing websites (Drupal), run 2 Linux (Centos) webservers in my lounge, and playing Golf (often).

Why are you here? Would like to chat with people like me. Different that is.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): 2013 after a lifetime of trying to be "normal"

Favorite subjects: Programming, Mathematics, Science

Year/Grade: MBA - Finance and Marketing

Favorite music: Light classical

Books: Fiction - Dune (Frank Herbert), non-fiction - Linux, Centos, Drupal

TV shows/Movies: Lawrence of Arabia - spent some years in the same deserts, Avatar.

Instrument: Classical Guitar. Did play until Osteoarthitis got the better of me.

Do you like sports? Play golf two to three times a week - walking the course.

Family: divorced - one daughter.

How did you find this website? Google

Job: Avionics Eng, Computer H/W & S/W Eng, Mktg Director, Accountant. Now retired.

Plans for the future? Stay alive.

Any comments? Lived on all continents except S. America and Antarctica. Kept moving in the belief that one day I would find somewhere where the people were more friendly, then discovered it was ME. Sad I know.

What is your first name? Dana

Age: 44

Location: Cincinnati Ohio, USA

Hobbies and Interests: outdoors, gardening, crafts, music, singing
Why are you here? recently discovered I have Asperger's, wanted to finally talk to those who understand!
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): I'm not officially diagnosed, but yeah...I just know

Favorite subjects: music, music trivia, The Beatles

Favorite music: 60s and 70s rock, classic rock, acid rock, funk, blues....well I'll just say i love ALL kinds of music except that new pop-py country that's so prevalent these days.

Books: non-fiction

TV shows/Movies: don't really like movies (I have mild face-blindness, and cannot follow movies very well and always end up making everyone mad by asking too many questions!) I do have one favorite though - O Brother Where art Thou

Instrument: I don't play, but I sing

Family: - My fiance, and my 15 year old daughter who is NOT autistic so she didn't take after me

Clothing: don't care as long as it's comfortable

How did you find this website? Google

Job: Clerical, for a bank

I love this site so far!! !!

What is your first name? Nick

Age: 25

Location: A suburban town in the center of San Bernardino County

Hobbies and Interests: I have so many hobbies because I learn as much as I can about almost everything that catches my interest. My current strong fascination is woodworking. And before that, script writing. Sadly, (what I assume is) my AS, combined with my propensity toward long, depressive fits and inability to stay focused, keeps my motivation playing hide-and-go-seek.

Why are you here? After years of wondering why I was so different, finding an accepting outlet for my "quirks" is well-needed.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): I haven't officially been diagnosed, but I can tell. All signs point toward yes. I'd like to have a professional evaluation, but I lack the motivation to go through the proper channels.

Favorite subjects: Lately, cultivation of love and being my best and highest self. Good vibes, yo.

Year/Grade: I was in college for about 4 years. During that time I must have changed my major several dozen times. Some choices included: Biology, Abnormal Psych, English, Religious study....

Favorite music: Music is a big part of who I am. I listen to many diverse genres and would really like to make music, too. I have an acoustic guitar, a bass, a mic and a MIDI controller, but I really lack the motivation to write my own songs, so I usually just play covers.

Books: I've always fancied non-fiction far more than fiction. Now I kind of have an understanding as to "why?". If you scrolled through my bookshelf and my Nook, you'd find a lot of Buddhist, Hindu and religious material. Also a ton of DIY-type books. I'm very into being self-sustaining and health conscious.

TV shows/Movies: I used to watch a lot of horror movies when I was a teen, but these days they seem to give me a lot of anxiety. I can't really peg that one. It's the same with shows like Dexter, The Following and Breaking Bad. They all give me horrible anxiety. I love American Horror Story, though. I'm more than willing to tolerate the anxiety I get from that show. I prefer to watch documentaries and comedy shows on Netflix.

Instrument: Re-read the "Favorite music" section.

Do you like sports? Not particularly. During the World Cup I usually pick a favorite team and I'll pay attention to the scores (paying attention, at the same time, not to pay attention to the game itself. )
I'm very interested in longboarding, surfing and snowboarding if that counts.

Family: I have an older half sister who lives in Arizona, three nephews and a baby niece.

Clothing: I like to be comfortable. I live for beach wear and I love shorts. Unfortunately, it gets too cold to wear that year round. During the winter I just wear my boots, some jeans, and comfortable shirt and a jacket.

How did you find this website? I google'd "I have Asperger's, what's next?"

Job: I work in a warehouse verifying car parts. Most of my coworkers are immature jerks who constantly judge, lie and can't follow simple instructions.

Plans for the future? I just want to be able to be socially functioning. I want to look someone in the eye without tuning out everything they're saying because all I can focus on is keeping my eyes from shifting. I want to have a conversation without making rhythmic motions with my fingers constantly. I want to be able to make plans outside of the schedule I have set for myself. I want spontaneity without anxiety. Right now I'll settle with one day at a time.

Any comments? I really look forward to learning a lot through this forum and maybe I can make a friend or two in the process.