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What is your first name? Amy

Age: 23

Location: Missouri, USA

Hobbies and Interests: Computer programming, all types of editing, learning new make up techniques, watching tv

Why are you here? To become more involved in the community! :]

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): I'm currently in the process of my diagnosis.

Favorite subjects: Computer studies, linguistics, psychology

Year/Grade: Senior in uni!

Favorite music: Electronic

Books: I don't read very much.

TV shows/Movies: The West Wing, House of Cards, The Newsroom, more I can't think of right now.

Instrument: piano

Do you like sports? I like some sports.

Family: N/A

Clothing: Comfy ones.

How did you find this website? One of my professors told me about it, actually!

Job: Social work.

Plans for the future? Going to grad school in a year.

Any comments? I'm new, so, hello everyone!

What is you're first name? Jeremiah, but I go by my middle name, Lee.
Age: 23.
Location: Western Pennsylvania.
Hobbies and interests: How to fit them all in..........
Why are you here? To talk to people who understand me, and make friends.
When were you diagnosed? Officially never.
Favorite subjects:
Year/Grade: Not in school.
Favorite music: All over the place.
Books: So many to chose.........
TV shows/movies: Firefly, Stargate sg1, stuff with awesome action, good special effects, and a good plot and acting.
Instrument: I have a guitar I pick at occasionally.
Do you like sports? Not really.
Family: Parents, six siblings, sister in law.
Clothing: Jeans and work shirts. likes a good blend of colors.
How did you find this website? My dad found it.
Job: Farmer.
Plan's for the future: Learn blacksmithing, establish my own space, make friends.
Any comments? Not right now.

What is your first name? You can call me Nelle.

Age: 48

Location: Washington, USA

Hobbies and Interests: Camping, hiking, reading, cooking, lots of stuff, traveling

Why are you here? To meet other neuro-diverse people

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): ADHD, 2006. Asperger's, self-diagnosed and considering getting an official diagnosis --wondering about pros and cons of that

Favorite subjects: Science, music, psychology, math, speech/debate/drama, foreign languages, anything interesting

Year/Grade: B.A. Asian Pacific Studies Major/Music Minor. Presently working on my Master's degree.

Favorite music: Most

Books: Authors: Jane Austen, Douglas Adams, Julie Garwood, Anne McCaffrey, Ray Bradbury, Lloyd Alexander, Tolkein. I've read lots over the years, but haven't had as much time recently with work and school and life. Enjoyed lots of books including Ender's Game, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Earthsea Trilogy, Prydain Chronicles, and such.

TV shows/Movies: Not much of a TV person, but stuff I've liked over the years includes Star Trek NG, Star Trek original series, Firefly, Drop Dead Diva, NCIS, and such. Favorite movies include The Importance of Being Earnest, Pride and Prejudice (BBC version), The King's Speech, Ever After, Good Will Hunting, Equilibrium, A Walk in the Clouds, Lilo and Stitch, Matilda, Divergent, Howl's Moving Castle, 50 First Dates, Strictly Ballroom, The Princess Bride, Anne of Green Gables, The Mask of Zorro, Crocodile Dundee, Labyrinth

Instrument: clarinet, voice, some piano

Do you like sports? Martial arts such as Tai Chi and Judo. I don't like or dislike sports, really, but I don't participate or watch much.

Family: I love my family.

Clothing: Comfortable. Steampunk on occasion if I could afford it. I love to dress up.

How did you find this website? Came across it in one of my textbooks.

Job: Special education para educator.

Plans for the future? Finishing grad school. Teaching. Travel. Life.

Any comments? Looking forward to getting to know people here and maybe understanding where I fit in.

What is your first name? Ben

Age: 29

Location: trapped in the middle of nowhere in an empty home that's falling apart.

Hobbies and Interests: none at the moment.

Why are you here? Because in 2004 I was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome. Back then my mom had read a Ludlum novel called the Hades Factor in which there was a character named Marty who had Asperger's syndrome and she thought I sounded quite a bit like that character. I was diagnosed with Asperger's along with ADHD then.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): 2004, April 23rd.

Favorite subjects: history, because everything that's good is in the past.

Year/Grade: post college autodidactic student whenever I have the time to study and when I'm able to focus.

Favorite music: anything that's good.

Books: science fiction primarily.

TV shows/Movies: Monk, Back to the Future.

Instrument: at one point I had taught myself how to play a couple melodies on the piano.

Do you like sports? No.

Family: far away.

Clothing: anything clean right now.

How did you find this website? My mom, although it was an earlier version that I'd seen back around the time I had been diagnosed.

Job: nothing within walking distance now.

Plans for the future? I don't have a future, only a past filled with joy and a present filled with sadness.

Any comments? Maybe it's a good thing idiots are being allowed to have nukes, I'm sick of this planet.

What is your first name? Tiffany

Age: 27

Location: Virginia

Hobbies and Interests: Singing, Writing, Creating Computer Art, Blogging/Vlogging, Listening to Music, Being Silly

Why are you here? I have Asperger's, and I wanted a place where I could be my complete self.

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

Favorite subjects: When I was in school, I loved choir and voice class, and of course, lunch! Haha!

Year/Grade: Done with school!

Favorite music: Celtic Woman, Celtic/Irish, Classical-Crossover, Pop, Country, Musical, Acoustic

Books: I don't really read a lot of books.

TV shows/Movies: Grey's Anatomy, Glee, Mrs. Brown's Boys, The Golden Girls, Reba, Odd Girl Out, A Walk to Remember, Cyberbully,

Instrument: Piano, Harp, Bagpipes, Irish Flute, Violin/Fiddle, Bodhrán

Do you like sports? Not really.

Family: Grandparents, mom, step-dad, 3 brothers and a sister! My family is awesome!

Clothing: I LOVE soft sweaters! I also love to wear tank tops, skirts, and dresses. I don't like wearing pants/jeans or anything with buttons or zippers.

How did you find this website? Google

Job: Singer

Plans for the future? I hope to get my music career off the ground, and I also want to find love, and get married someday.

Any comments? Not that I can think of.

Hi!

First name: Gábor

Age: 25

Location: Hungary

Hobbies and interests: linguistics (wich I study at uni), writing, computer games (specific ones), historical European martial arts, movies, spending time alone with a cup of coffee

Why am I here? To meet others with AS.

Diagnosis: no official diagnosis yet - self diagnosed as an Aspie

Favourite subjects: linguistics, history, historical/comparative linguistics, cultural studies

Year: senior year at uni

Music: classical, folk, metal, any combination of these

Books: The Witcher series, Way of the Peaceful Warrior, Fight Club, poems, anything with real-life meaning - I'm not really into fiction for its own sake

TV shows and movies: Californication, House, Star Trek, Star Wars, Vikings, The Matrix, Monty Python, Leslie Nielsen's stuff

Instrument: maybe one day

Sports: I like winter sports, especially skiing

Family: mother, father and one brother

Clothing: simple and comfortable - jeans, shirt or T-shirt, and a black leather jacket

How I found this site: through Wikipedia

Job: university student

Plans: study Germanic/Scandinavian linguistics abroad, become a researcher or teacher

Comments: I hope my recent discovery of the term 'Aspie' will not only serve as an n'th excuse to exclude myself from society.

What is your first name? Vivek, but I prefer to be called V.

Age: 33

Location: Raleigh, NC

Hobbies and Interests: Politics, reading, TV, weightlifting

Why are you here? Very lonely socially anxious Aspie.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): 7th grade

Favorite subjects: English

Year/Grade: 2015 / Sexy And You Know It!

Favorite music: Hiphop for the beats, Country for the content

Books: Currently reading "Dox Quixote" and "The Royal Succession"

TV shows/Movies: Love emotionally stimulating dramas for movies. Fave shows include Broadchurch, Homeland, Newsroom, stuff like that. Also LOVE sitcoms like Everybody Loves Raymond that are at least halfway wholesome.

Instrument: Does my computer keyboard count?

Do you like sports? Does weight-lifting count?

Family: Liberal hipster dufuses, har har har. Dad/Mom work at Purdue and are very old. Brother lives in Portland and just quit his 125k job to start a food cart business.

Clothing: So casual people think I'm poor, j/k. Very casual though. Except for my shirt. I wear tight medium-sized shirts to accentuate my not-really-that-big muscles, lol.

How did you find this website? Google searching.

Job: Conservative news writer.

Plans for the future? GOD WILLING, get married, :-/. Really want a partner.

Any comments? "Love me, love me, say thattt you loveee me!"

Facebook profile name: tHaSaNdNiGa // Sorry for the username, but I made it like eight years ago when I was still, well, a big dummy!

What is your first name? Cory

Age: 14

Location: Canada

Hobbies and Interests: Minecraft, anime, trolling NT's, foruming on WP, spiritualism

Why are you here? -

When were you diagnosed? -
Favorite subjects: Science and maths

Year/Grade: 9th grade

Favorite music:

Books: Les Chevaliers D'Émeraude

TV shows/Movies: Doctor Who

Instrument: -

Do you like sports? No I hate them

Family: ???

Clothing: Hoodie and loose jeans

How did you find this website? I was doing a research on Asperger's

Job: -

Plans for the future? I don't really know..

Any comments? -

What is your first name?
Anon in this public space
Age:
29
Location:
Earth!
Hobbies and Interests:
A lot of stuff! Shortlist - sound design & technology (developing a green thumb too)
Why are you here?
to discuss?
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder):
Self diagnosis count?
Favorite subjects:
I guess controversial subjects are good since they are natural "intense", technology / comp sci, audio science (layman stuff I guess <:)

Year/Grade:
? This is a forum for people in school?
Favorite music:
Amon Tobin the most. Find it hard to listen to music for extended periods of time as I'm usually within reach of a synth
Books:
aSoIaF, Malus Darkblade trilogy
TV shows/Movies:
Hannibal (have to turn away lots), GoT, Fam Guy / Amer Dad / Cleve Show / Garth's Darkplace
Anything with Bale in
Instrument:
Bass (synth)

Do you like sports?
Other than wrestling / grappling and simulations; no
Family:
Big!
Clothing:
Functional
How did you find this website?
Google
Job:
Yes
Plans for the future?
Some but not my style
Any comments?

What is your first name? Marianne

Age: 28

Location: South Florida

Hobbies and Interests: Music, television shows, movies, musicals, theater, anime, culture, religion/mythology.....

Why are you here? To participate in discussions and hopefully make new friends, if something else comes of this experience than I will see where that leads me to.

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): January 2013 My official diagnosis is PDD-NOS. I was also diagnosed with Developmental Coordination Disorder around the same time.

Favorite subjects: English, but I enjoy learning about a variety of things.

Year/Grade: Practically a Sophomore in College

Favorite music: I am very eclectic and listen to pretty much every genre. Singing wise, though, I have a special place in my heart for show-tunes.

Books: This is a hard call.... I am going to leave this pretty much as undecided.

TV shows/Movies: Gotham, Constantine, George Lopez, Boy Meets World, Full House InuYasha, DB/DBZ, Digimon Adventure 01 and 02, Digimon Frontier, Yu Yu Hakusho, Pokemon Indigo League, Various movies, but I have an appreciation for all sorts of animation and I am also quite fond of fantasy and sci fi flicks. However, I will pretty much watch anything. I am not too picky with movies.

Instrument: I do not play anything in particular, but I guess I enjoy various instruments including the piano, violin, mandolin, clarinet, guitar

Do you like sports? Yes, I enjoy watching sports, such as, baseball, football(soccer), softball, and various sports that you can find in the Olympics.

Family: Mom, Dad, and younger brother(He is on the Autism spectrum, too and was diagnosed much earlier in life.)

Clothing: Casual clothing. I like jeans, pants, shorts, and t-shirts best.

How did you find this website? I heard about it at a support group the other night and thought I would check it out.

Job: College Student

Plans for the future? At this time, once I get my AA I am planning on doing my Bachelor's in either ESE and/or Elementary Education.

Any comments? Looking forward to enjoying my time on this site.

What is your first name? Jennifer

Age: 30

Location: Nevada (no, not Vegas)

Hobbies and Interests: weightlifting, reading, herpetology

Why are you here? Why not?

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

Favorite subjects: Science

Favorite music: All of it

Books: Too many to list

Do you like sports? Not particularly

Family: Parents. 2 older brothers. One 10 year old son. Niece and nephews.

Clothing: Comfortable but fitted. Jeans or shorts and t shirts. Or gym leggings and tank tops.

How did you find this website? Um. Google.

Job: Warehouse picker/packer

Plans for the future? Several...

Any comments? Not yet.

Name: James/Glenn (I have constantly been asked which of these I prefer and I constantly answer I could care less since I answer to either. Ironically the name my close friends call me is "Commander", but that's another story for another post)
Age: 19
Location: Southern North Carolina (relatively less than a half hour away from Charlotte)
Hobbies and Interest: History, Writing, RTS and Turn Based Strategy games
Why are you here? Curious
When were you diagnosed? Toward the end of last year
Favorite Subjects; History and Business
Favorite music: classic rock and classical, with some mixes of country and steampunk/techno
Books: many novels and other historic books
Do you like sports? Not my cup of tea
Family? Mother, father, a sister, and one of the world's strangest dogs (also a story for another post)
Clothing? usual black coat and pants with shirts of varying color and fashion, very comfortable
How did you find this website? Wikipedia while rereading the information on Aspies
Job: Nothing official yet, simply help those who in need
Plans for the future? Living preferably
Any comments? I am a YardBird (yet another story for yet another post, or pm if curiosity gets the better of you )

What is your first name? Toby

Age: 19

Location: England

Hobbies and Interests: I like playing games and watching movies/TV

Why are you here? I have Autism

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): I don't remember if I was 5 or 6 around 2000 to 2002

Favorite subjects: DT, Math, PE before my leg and spine injury.

Year/Grade: don't go

Favorite music: Rock, Indie, Blues

Books: Game Of Thrones (I know there called A song of fire and Ice) and Discworld

TV shows/Movies: At the moment I'm really liking X files, Smallville, and Game of Thrones

Instrument: I don't anymo but I use to play the keyboard

Do you like sports? I enjoy Golf

Family: A mum, dad, and a younger brother with Aspergers

Clothing: Anything in the wardrobe.

How did you find this website? By looking for forums with people who have autism

Job: unemployed

Plans for the future? In the next 5 years I want a job and somewhere to live

What is your first name? Marty

Age: 47

Location: San Antonio, TX, for as little time as is practically possible

Hobbies and Interests: common practise music, furry animals, guys

Why are you here? Can't connect with people any more on any level

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Have attempted the diagnosis about 20 times in my life but have never followed through. It's always progressed to severity and I don't know if I want to know.

Favorite subjects: common practise music, furry animals, guys

Year/Grade: adult now

Favorite music: Aaron Copland, George Crumb, Iannis Xenakis, Reynaldo Hahn, John Ireland

Books: don't read books

TV shows/Movies: don't watch them.

Instrument: piano, but haven't touched one in 15 years

Do you like sports? No.

Family: None.

Clothing: as non-descript as possible. Absolutely no adverts

How did you find this website? trying to find some way to connect with people as Facebook isn't working.

Job: call centre

Plans for the future? Wake up.

Any comments? Haven't I enough?

What is your first name? Shannon (guy though!)

Age: Mid 40's

Location: Upstate, SC

Hobbies and Interests: Mechanical watches, mechanical keyboards, RC planes, outdoors, cars

Why are you here? Wanted to connect with others

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

Favorite subjects: Science, learning anything new really

Year/Grade: Adult

Favorite music: Pretty much anything, love music. Dont like Rap very much or trad country.

Books: Used to be big into Initial D (anime), now I read occasionally

TV shows/Movies: Big Bang, Shawshank, Star Wars, The Middle, it varies with mood

Instrument: Drums, been playing off and on over a couple decades

Do you like sports? Some - snowboarding, skiing, skating, college FB, sometimes golf, auto racing (NOT NASCAR)

Family: Lots. At home - wife, 3 kids, 2 big dogs (Mastiff mutt and English Bully)

Clothing: - Anything comfy! Prefer no tags. T-shirts, shorts, Sanuks all summer. Add in jeans for winter. Super picky about fit and shoes.

How did you find this website? searched for forums for like minded individuals

Job: work from home, VP of a small metals company, mainly internet based

Plans for the future? - No clue, get my kids the help they need and keep on supporting the fam I guess!

Any comments? Looking forward to checking the site out

What is your first name? aeri

Age: 42

Location: tampa, florida

Hobbies and Interests: makeup, fashion, goth, music, the occult, reading, writing, fandom, rp, video games, true crime, relaxation stuffs, body mods, eft, google, youtube.

Why are you here? as, c-ptsd, gad, panic disorder, emetophobia, ocd

When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): anxiety/emet stuff in 1984, ptsd in 2005, as in 2003

Favorite music: ethereal, indie, darkwave, old school goth, triphop, neofolk, ambient, new age, shoegaze.

Books: tanith lee's retold fairytales (dreams of dark and light, tales of sisters grimmer), disco bloodbath, asoiaf, the shining, the night circus, caitlin kiernan stuff, kushiel series, reading terrible stuff on purpose, true crime, fantasy low & high, ya fic, historical fic, books on period fashion, books on makeup idek, some manga, harry potter, morbid and random nonfiction.

TV shows/Movies: game of thrones, btvs, angel, penny dreadful, lost, six feet under, weeds, hannibal, madmen, deadwood, carnivale, spartacus, plunkett and macleane, anything with a fop in it, legend, the last unicorn, fullmetal alchemist, stuff i probably cannot even name

Do you like sports? maybe if it's quidditch.

Family: all deceased. am about to be married, though so i guess that will count!

Clothing: fandom tees, flower crowns, hats, vintage, fetish, cosplay-as-real-life, gothy, witchy/occult, mori, distressed, too much black.

How did you find this website? i read things here sometimes, mostly from endless googlesearching.

Job: csr type thing

Plans for the future? marriage, probably moving, possibly the end of being employed (which is not really awesome but eh).