Bec
Obsessing and Stressing
Joined: Aug 18, 2004
Age: 25
Posts: 1918
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| Archmage wrote: | KingChaosNinja, i like your signature. I have a similar philosophy, only here's my version (Bec should know what this means...)
"The next person who says they know more about my problems than i do who doesn't have a PhD will find out for themselves what Avada Kedavra means. The same goes for those who compare me to 'Rainman'."
I actually said something similar in a social skills group today, and got in trouble for it. |
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dantom
Emu Egg
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Joined: Apr 28, 2005
Posts: 2
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What is your first name? Dan
Age? 14
Location? Surry England
Hobbies and Interests? Rugby,painting models,waching DVD's Juggling
Why are you here? I have Aspergers
When were you diagnosed? April 2004 It took two years
Favorite Subjects: Don't have any 
Year/Grade In year 9 just three afternoons a week at a special school
Favorite Music Don't have any favorites but enjoy all different music
Books Darren Shan mainly
TV Shows/Movies: All Lord of the Rings and the TV Show Only Fools and Horses!
Instruments: Dont play
Do you like sports? Enjoy playing and watching Rugby, also enjoy going to the gym
Family: I live with my Mum, Nan and Grandad
Clothing: Mainly Sports wear and FCUK
How did I get to this Website: Mum found it
Job: Only 14 so I'm too young
Plans for Furture: Getting through one day at a time is enough!!
Any comments: This looks like a good website, I'll be back! |
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zuma181
Butterfly
Joined: May 01, 2005
Posts: 11
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What is your first name? Zuma
Age: born the year the Andrea Doria sunk
Location: Constitution State
Hobbies and Interests: Stock Market
Why are you here? Stock Markets are closed.
When were you diagnosed? Diagnosed with Bi-polar disorder and ADD about 15 years ago--not arguing that--but doesn't answer all the question. Maybe my disorder is lonely without a syndrome
Books: All 97 volumes of Balzac
TV shows/Movies: Jim Cramer's Mad Money
Family: a son
How did you find this website? Crazymeds.org
Job: English Professor
Plans for the future? I want to be rich by my next birthday so I can buy whomever I want.
Any comments? There are unexplained problems I've had that are partially explained by my current diagnosis; however, I began reading about Asperger's because...I forget why. Anyway, I've been reading the posts on the board and some of them are really funny--but they also sounded really normal--to me anyway. |
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triforce1215
Hummingbird
Joined: Apr 27, 2005
Posts: 18
Location: Front Royal VA
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What is your first name? Dylan
Age:13
Location:Front Royal, Virginia
Hobbies and Intrests: Video games, message boards
Why are you here? I have Aspergers syndrome, and I'd like to meet people who are just like me.
Books: Harry Potter, A series of unfortunate events.
TV shows/Movies: Attack of the Show!, Judgement day, Ed, Edd, and Eddy, and The incredibles.
Family: dad, mom, pets (lots of 'em)
How did you find this website? Mom told me about it
Job: None yet!
Plans for the future: I plan to work with either Microsoft or Nintendo making games.
Any Comments? Yes, I get kinda nervous around people I don't know so, I'll try to be my best.
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Yugi: And that wipes out your life points!!!!
Link: Dude, this is go fish...and it's my turn.
Pichu: Pichu!! (Go already!!!)
Master Chief: You got any Prophets?
Pichu: Go fish. I mean..PICHU!! |
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ljbouchard
Phoenix
Joined: Mar 05, 2005
Posts: 1278
Location: Rochester Minnesota
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triforce1215 - You and Chris would do well to meet each other.
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Rochester Minnesota
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BlackLiger
Phoenix
Joined: Apr 22, 2005
Posts: 1525
Location: My Posh Leather Chair. England.
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What is your first name? Chris
Age:17
Location:Manchester, UK
Hobbies and Intrests:PC and X-box games. Reading, Films, Food. Table Top Stratagy, Cards (BlackJack, Poker etc, no gambling, just the games)
Why are you here? Have AS, am doing well. Would like to help others with AS
Books: All of them. Sci-fi and Terry Pratchet are best.
TV shows/Movies: The Delta Force, The postman, the last samurai, Starski and Hutch, School of Rock, Galaxy Quest, Spaceballs and more.
Family: Mum, Dad, Sister (Autistic/AS), pet cat. Cousins and Such live far away.
How did you find this website? Wikipedia and the youth group I go to.
Job: Student and part time at Tesco
Plans for the future: University.
Any Comments? Nope. |
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rsvp9146
Emu Egg
Joined: May 05, 2005
Posts: 6
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What is your first name? Jared
Age: 26
Location: Los Angeles
Hobbies and Interests: Porsches, music
Why are you here? I have Asperer's Syndrome
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): 5 years ago
Favorite subjects: Biology and Science
Year/Grade: not in school
Favorite music: Radiohead, NIN, Early punk rock, jazz
Books: Arthur C. Clarke, Douglas Adams
TV shows/Movies: Simpsons, Family Guy
Instrument: Guitar, Piano
Do you like sports? If so, which ones?: Formula 1, I like autocrossing my Porsche too.
Family: mom and dad
Clothing: at work, professional, at home, whatever's comfortable, I do like/have several tattoos if thats any indication of style/
How did you find this website? aspie hangout
Job: mechanical engineer
Plans for the future? I'd like to eventually work for Porsche
Any comments? not really. |
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GalileoAce
Mildly Anti-Social In A Friendly Way
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Joined: May 10, 2005
Posts: 2179
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What is your first name? Joshua
Age: 21
Location: Geelong, Australia
Hobbies and Interests: Star Trek, Reading, Writing, Gaming
Why are you here? I'm Aspie
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): I was dx'd at 12 with Aspergers, then again at 17 with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Favorite subjects: It varies
Year/Grade: N/A (not at school)
Favorite music: Celtic instrumentals. My fav band is The Corrs
Books: Anything by Traci Harding. (plus) Alien Influences, The Enigma Variations, and any Star Trek book
TV shows/Movies: Star Trek (all), CSI (original), Stingers, Fraiser, Futurama, Stargate, Stargate: Atlantis, FarScape, et al
Instrument: I used to play the Clarinet, so I have an attachment to that. But I love the sound of the Tin Whistle
Do you like sports? If so, which ones?: Field Hockey
Family: Two average-like parents, and two sisters, also average-ish, both younger than I (sisters that is  )
Clothing: Yes I wear it... Helps me keep warm in the cold days. 
How did you find this website? I was given a link to one of the news items on the site. I then took the opportunity to browse the site. Very impressive.
Job: Don't have one.
Plans for the future? Immediate Future:- Go to Uni, study Education and Psychology. Far Future:- I wouldn't mind writing books, but no definite plans
Any comments? I comment that these comments aren't worth commenting on... O_o
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Daystar
Emu Egg
Joined: May 10, 2005
Posts: 1
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<b>What is your first name?</b> Eric
<b>Age:</b> 33
<b>Location:</b> Dallas, TX, USA
<b>Hobbies and Interests:</b> Mathematics, Numerics, Computational optimization, ... so many other things I'll dither to say
<b>Why are you here?</b> diagnosed Asperger's Syndrome and a preoccupation with machines. And it's pretty bad. Both of them.
<b>When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder):</b> ca. 2002
<b>Favorite subjects:</b> Mathematics, Physics
<b>Year/Grade:</b> What ?!??! Are you serious ?!?!? I'm a Ph.D. candidate in Mathematics
<b>Favorite music:</b> Heavy, pissed off, and with a point. All those thrashing-about whiny-assed be-tatooed little mealworms can suck it.
<b>Books:</b> The entire oeuvre of Neil Stephenson. Ditto: Frank Herbert. Less so: Asimov, Greg Bear, and others
<b>TV shows/Movies:</b> Spooks. (That's saying much since I don't own a TV.)
<b>Instrument:</b> Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Contrabass Clarinet, Bass flute (yes, there is such a thing), piano, a little bit of voice, symphonic percussion, some instrumental composition
<b>Do you like sports? If so, which ones?:</b> I play basketball. I like hockey, rugby, jai alai, racquetball, handball. I also play 1 or 2 of those.
<b>Family:</b> Mom. She's super awesome. Younger half-brother who's probably insane, older uncle who's known to be insane.
<b>Clothing:</b> Mostly casual. I almost never buy clothes, yet I always have something that functions.
<b>How did you find this website?</b> /.
<b>Job:</b> Was a SW developer/numerical engineer. I am now a securities trader. And of course, I do some token bullshit work at school for my Ph.D. requirements.
<b>Plans for the future?</b> I want to do porn, but only with hot chicks.... Seriously, some stuff that might take a few paras to explain.
<b>Any comments?</b> We'll see what happens. This website might suck.... I'm the one who will be last into the bright light of mass attention, but I'll damned well make everything function right when no one's looking... Hell, that's where the real power is anyway, if you're into that sort of thing. |
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Bothorth
Emu Egg
Joined: May 11, 2005
Age: 45
Posts: 1
Location: United Kingdom
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Age: 33.
Location: Canada.
Hobbies and Interests: Physics, Mathematics, Rock'n'Roll, Classical & Medieval history, Age of Empires.
Why are you here? I know someone who knows someone with Asperger's.
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): 2003. Self-diagnosed, but it's obvious.
Favorite subjects: Physics, Mathematics, Drafting, Programming, GIS.
Year/Grade: Physics Degree, Geomatics Diploma.
Favorite music: Motörhead.
Books: Pressfield, Ford, Iggulden, Lawhead, etc. Greek, Roman & Medieval battle stuff. Any suggestions?
TV shows/Movies: Clever or historical movies. No TV shows.
Instrument: Electric bass wannabe.
Do you like sports? If so, which ones?: Rodeo - saddle bronc.
Family: 1 brother w/o AS.
Clothing: Denim & leather.
How did you find this website? Searching for AS on Yahoo!
Job: Geomatics. I highly recommend it to those who are spatially inclined, yet can't get employed.
Plans for the future? More math .. university or on the side.
Any comments? The big blue bug bled black blood. The big black bug bled blue blood. |
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ruminate
Tufted Titmouse
Joined: May 14, 2005
Posts: 32
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What is your first name?
MC
Age: 48
Location: FL
Hobbies and Interests: Internet, reading, writing, video games, making webpages, anime.
Why are you here? AS with comorbid included
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): as an adult
Favorite subjects: Humanities, theater, art
Year/Grade: Some college
Favorite music: I like many types of music except for country, rap, and heavy bass.
Books: Lord of the Flies, Man's Search for Meaning, anything suspense, mystery, sci-fi.
TV shows/Movies: Discovery Channel, Survivor, Monk, Charmed, Angel, just about anything anime (well I'm less partial to the giant bot type of anime)
Instrument: Alto Sax, Clarinet, Flute, Guitar, and crappy Violin skills
Do you like sports? If so, which ones?: I dislike group sports. They breed animosity and teach others base behaviors such as being exclusionary to the less able persons who might try. On the other hand I like singular sports that challenge an individual, i.e. swimming, rock climbing, biking.
Family: Yes of course, a large family and I have a daughter as well.
Clothing: Blue jeans, t-shirt, white socks, sneakers.
How did you find this website? I was researching a large group of listings that covered Asperger Syndrome. This was in the search engine and so I I looked into this site.
Job: Disabled (former jobs: warehouse, architectural design and drafting, phone installations, typist, fast foods *fast foods are not something anyone should want as a career*, store clerk *another bad career for someone with AS*, farm animal husbandry and breeding.
Plans for the future?
The future is too far away for me. I might speculate but never plan my future. Beside this I'm getting old, I'm almost a half a century so how much future could I possibly expect.
Any comments?
I have plenty of comments for many subjects all the time. As for a current comment about this post I would say I enjoyed filling it out, it gave me a wedge into writing on the forums in a less obvious way and allowed me to see what others here are interested in and such. |
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nocturnalowl
Deinonychus
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Joined: May 14, 2005
Posts: 362
Location: The Bathrooms, California
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Age: 26
Location: Los Banos, CA
Hobbies: Reading atlases and other maps.
Why am I here? Because I see that there are other aspies out there in the cyberworld who want to communicate, so I said to myself "Why not give it a try?"
When was I diagnosed: 1994, at age 15
Favorite subjects: Geography, and a little bit of history.
Favorite music: At this moment, rock music from the 60s, 70s, and even the 80s. (I don't care too much for today's music)
Books: I don't read books, they make me sleep and I lose concentration
TV Shows: The Simpson's (earlier seasons), Family Guy (started getting into it), Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Favorite Instruments: Pianos and Keyboards.
Sports: Yeah, I like sports and I have no favorite since I get bored of them easily. I did like hockey for a while until I got bored with it, baseball puts me to sleep, football can be slow, and basketball lost its game.
Family: My siblings have moved out, but I still live with my folks cause I am still unable to be on my own even though I would really like to. My gramma lives with us too which is good.
Clothing: polo shirts, buttoned neck T-shirts, trousers and dockers, black socks. Don't forget, steel-framed glasses with a sunshade clip when it's too bright outside.
How I found this site: Through Wikipedia (the online encyclopedia) I was looking up Aspergers Syndrome and I clicked the link to here.
Jobs: None. I did tutor math for a while after graduating from HS, but I don't think I did good enough in my words. I would like to help with autistic kids and adolescents if I could find a place available.
Year/Grade: Graduated HS in '97, tried going to Comm. college but it is too hard to socialize, and it kind of affects me gradewise.
Future Plans: I have none, not even present time agendas, but I would like to as I said earlier, help other autistics, especially youth.
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Jetson
The Map Maker
Joined: Feb 23, 2005
Posts: 1219
Location: Vancouver, Canada
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I think I might have done this when I first arrived on the site, but just in case I didn't....
<b>What is your first name?</b> Chris or Christopher, but NEVER Topher or Christ.
<b>Age:</b> 39.
<b>Location:</b> Vancouver, Canada
<b>Hobbies and Interests:</b> Aviation, cartography, computers
<b>Why are you here?</b> Isn't that the eternal question? As far as this site goes, I'm here because when I found out about AS I was surfing the web from link to link looking for answers and found this one by accident. I like the style and sense of community, so I stayed. It's now a second home. In the larger "why are we here?" sense, I'm often amazed at the chains of events that sometimes happen. I never saw the movie "Butterfly Effect", but after my perseverances directly contributed to the saving of 4 lives I lost any incentive to imagine how my life would have been different without AS.
<b>When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder):</b> I self-diagnosed with AS in February of this year. On May 10th (just 4 short days ago) a psychologist diagnosed AS + ADHD + depression.
<b>Favorite subjects:</b> Geography, Physics, Math
<b>Year/Grade:</b> Graduated high school in 1983.
<b>Favorite music:</b> Techno, Pop, Classical. I'll listen to almost anything but rap.
<b>Books:</b> I like spy/military fiction from people like Clancy and Ludlum. Other than that, I have shelves full of references and tutorials on everything from computer languages to carpentry, sociology to business management.
<b>TV shows/Movies:</b> I enjoyed movies much more back in the 80's. Top Gun, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, etc.
<b>Instrument:</b> I've played ukulele, recorder, piano and trumpet, and sang in a choir. I haven't done ANY of these since the late 70's.
<b>Do you like sports? If so, which ones?:</b> I sometimes watch curling. Other than that, I generally hate all forms of sports and therefore neither play nor watch.
<b>Family:</b> My mother and younger brother are both undiagnosed but apparently affected by AS to some degree. I don't know about my father - our relationship is friendly but distant.
<b>Clothing:</b> I am stuck in the 80's to some degree.
<b>How did you find this website?</b> Surfing from place to place.
<b>Job:</b> I work for a major company in the aviation business. My time is split between "operations" and "system requirements". In the operations role, I coordinate the use, management and maintenance of several computer networks including a multi-site WAN and other industry-specific hardware. In the system-requirements role I do a lot of computer-based cartography work (using software I designed and wrote myself) and also participate in the design of new industry-specific operational hardware and software.
<b>Plans for the future?</b> My employer has been hounding me for years to either enter management or relocate to the skunk-works and lead one of the development teams. I'm trying to avoid either for now because I like where I'm living and what I'm doing.
<b>Any comments?</b> Discovering AS explained a lot of things about my childhood and early adulthood. I am very thankful to have found this site. The people here have really changed my life. I think everyone who feels the same as I do (and can afford it) should send some money to Alexander so that this site can prosper and grow.
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greenmonk
Hummingbird
Joined: May 10, 2005
Posts: 18
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What is your first name? Jennifer
Age: 28
Location: Virginia
Hobbies and Interests: Guitars, ancient history, traveling, music
Why are you here? To be around people like me
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Was first brought up in '95 and then in 2005 the psychiatrist I was working for told me he was convinced I had AS.
Favorite subjects: Ancient history and Government
Year/Grade: Graduate Student
Favorite music: Hard Rock/Metal
Books: To Kill a Mockingbird
TV shows/Movies: Waaaay too many to name.
Instrument: Guitar
Do you like sports? Love them! My main sport is volleyball.
Family: Mom, dad, and younger brother
Clothing: Either very casual or business attire
How did you find this website? Link from another website
Job: Don't have one...let me know if you have one for me.
Plans for the future? Other than get a job? Travel around the world and explore.
Any comments? Not right now. |
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Prometheus
Mindless Philosopher
Joined: May 06, 2005
Posts: 1506
Location: Through the plexiglass
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What is your first name? Nate
Age: 20
Location: Cleveland
Hobbies and Interests: WWII, drafting, mecha, general history
Why are you here? I found this site accidently when I was searching wikipedia, and for reasons known only to god, clicked on the asperagers article and for said reasons clicked on the link here. . .life has not been the same since
Favorite subjects: History, ceramics
Year/Grade: sophmore in college
Favorite music: Wagner, starting to look into eletronica now
Books:anything by robert caro, simon schama, some of David McCullogh's books and those neat time-life historys on WWII. . .ALso any reference books on WWII weapons
TV shows/Movies: Simpsons and The EMpire Strikes back
Do you like sports? If so, which ones?: I wrestle. Heavyweight class.
Family: parents (both of em), a brother in the army and a sister working on her masters. . .
Clothing: red shirts and whatever fits down there.
How did you find this website? Act of God.
Job: Sanitation Engineer.
Plans for the future? I want to be the greatest industrial desinger that ever walked the earth, then I want to spearhead the industrialization of space. After that I'll become a history professor.
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