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Douglas_MacNeill
Deinonychus
Joined: May 11, 2007
Age: 44
Posts: 339
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
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Hello, all:
I am Douglas MacNeill (I choose to use my real name as
my username). I am a forty-three year old male living in
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. I've been visiting and posting on
WrongPlanet for two years or so now; I was diagnosed with
Asperger's Syndrome in September of 1997. I work as a
research resource person in the Department of Occupational
Therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta.
(i.e. I do my little bit to teach the next generation of OT's.)
For hobbies,
--I play chess at redhotpawn.com and letsplaychess.com
--I sing (second tenor) in the Edmonton Christian Men's Choir
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Silver_Meteor
Phoenix
Joined: Jul 11, 2007
Posts: 986
Location: North Kingstown, Rhode Island, USA
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Hi, I am Kenneth. I just turned 48. I work in the public accounting field in the Providence, Rhode Island area. I was diagnosed as having Autism decades ago probably around 4 or 5. I work as an independent contractor assisting a public accountant (doing mainly bookkeeping and other accounting related tasks). As of this moment, I have come down with the flu and am still trying to get over it.
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Diagnosed with Autism/Childhood Schizophrenia early 60s. Today, I would have Asperger Syndrome |
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naughtyrobot
Tufted Titmouse
Joined: Feb 04, 2008
Age: 21
Posts: 46
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| Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 3:21 pm Post subject: |
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sex: Male
Age: 20
Location: Central, New Jersey, USA
Hey, I would love to make some aspie friends, I have actually never knowingly met another aspie in person. If anyone from jersey wants to grab coffee, a drink or some food please dont hesitate to send me a pm. I would love the company 
Little about myself: I work in IT, I have a deceivingly non AS physical appearance provided I am not tired, huge closet computer nerd (I wont bore you with talking about it if you have no interest), pretty massive list of hobbies, I am very laid back easy going happy person, try to keep myself in shape by going to the gym, running or doing fun pyhsical activity with friends. |
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Ithaca
Tufted Titmouse
Joined: Mar 18, 2008
Age: 38
Posts: 30
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| Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:10 am Post subject: |
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Hi, I'm Sara and I live in Ithaca, New York. I'm 37 years old and currently I am a teacher, but I'm a doctoral student in a Counseling Psychology program. I joined WP a week or so ago and like what I'm seeing. While I haven't been formally diagnosed with AS, I had suspected it for a long time and recently got it confirmed by a clinician who does a type of therapy called HANDLE. In the past two to three years, I've made a good number of acquaintances and even friends, but then, lost them. One woman told me that she felt nervous around me...we'd become really good friends, she's depend on me for issues she was having - needing to talk and we even traveled together. I felt really good in that friendship, but it ended very abruptly, which of course, devastated me. Since then, I've lost many other friends. Sometimes, jobs have been difficult to keep as well. I've learned recently that I am very different from other people...I hold myself (my body) in a strange way and I have an odd speech pattern. I guess I knew some of that before, but didn't think anything of it. I have a partner and she's wonderful, but I wonder how long she'll stick around? She says she will, but there are times when I wonder if my being in her life is even fair to her. A friend just told us the other night that just prior to first meeting me two years ago, my partner had told her that I was so wonderful, but this friend when she met me apparently didn't understand why my partner would even be with me, because I was so unreadable. She said that she feared that my partner had just found another person to have to take care of. --- I am not sure if this friend even feels differently about me know.
I feel so many emotions inside of myself, but apparently they don't show to the outside world (something I didn't realize.) I'm frustrated at where I am at in my life right now with AS. I've been searching for years (almost 1 for what's going on with me...I've been trying to deal with the friend issue for that long...through mental health therapy, only to be told that there is nothing wrong with me. OK, so nothing wrong with me in the mental health sense, but I'm frustrated that there wasn't something available for treating AS...no one was skilled enough to figure it out. So, I meet people, and they see me as strange and so, nothing progresses in the friendship...I don't realize that I'm coming off as strange, so to me, I think that I must have done something horrible. I've literally had people run in the opposite direction (no joke) when they see me (it's happened twice.) It's very frustrating.
Thanks for reading this...writing helps. I hope that I haven't put anyone in a bad space. |
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Raji
Tufted Titmouse
Joined: Mar 22, 2008
Age: 20
Posts: 38
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Hello, I'm a 19 year old French born Englishman, yes not ideal. I was originally diagnosed with dyslexic as a young child and then with aspergers as a teenager. The human brain is so complex, I couldn't accept that my whole personality could simply be described in two words "Aspergers Syndrome".
Now I see that maybe I do have a bit of aspergers with my dyslexia and a slice of OCD in between but that's fine. I'm just me, maybe I am more complex then I thought, maybe not. Like I have said before I don't question thing as much now. Being able to do this means I can now enjoy the simple things in life like watching a program on TV or even learning a bit of javascript and php(website stuff) without wondering what this will bring me in 10 years time. |
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Roseduelist
Snowy Owl
Joined: Jul 09, 2007
Age: 20
Posts: 146
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| Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:11 pm Post subject: |
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Hi I am a 20 year old female Aspie from North Alabama. I just got to college, so I am trying to make sure I do this whole thing right. I am interested in Anime, Video Games, and like to make photo manip art. My favorite music is usually along the lines of fantasy metal, and I tend to try and be nice to people, except when I get startled, then I just hide in my turtle shell.  |
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curiouslittleboy
Deinonychus
Joined: Jun 07, 2007
Age: 20
Posts: 328
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| Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 4:59 pm Post subject: |
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*waves* Yo.  XD
My name is Travis, and I'm a 20 year old Aspie from Southern Maryland. ^.^
And...um...yeah..*can't think of anything else to say*...oh! That's right..
I come hear to look for support with difficulties of aspergers as applied to me. Most of the time with job and social related things...yah...I've been here for some time but I always end up leaving for long periods of time...the atmosphere always gives me this bleak feel. >< |
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BesideYouInTime
Snowy Owl
Joined: Mar 29, 2008
Posts: 153
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I'm a 28 year old straight married liberal disabled male with aspie tendencies. I like a little bit of all of the typical nerd stuff: sci-fi, comics, computers, video games. I like a wide variety of music (examples: Ministry, Mindless Self Indulgence, She Wants Revenge, Tori Amos, Aphex Twin, Skinny Puppy).
I'll talk to anyone 18-40, gay or straight, male or female. I probably won't get along with you if you're a fundie or a conservative or both. I have myspace and I'm on AIM all day.
PM me if you want to say hi, and I'll give you further instructions. |
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spudnik
The Dude Abides
Joined: Feb 20, 2008
Posts: 2921
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Hi everyone my name is Bob, or Spudnik which is my web name, I am 46 years old, and live in Calgary, Alberta, but my home town is Edmonton, which is north of Calgary, I like a lot of things, such as music, original punk, classic rock, 80's videos, ferrets, Hockey especially the Edmonton Oilers, Calgary Flames Suck. I read a lot, mostly older science fiction, and Jack Kerouak, Anthony Bourdain. I have a keen interest in science, astronomy, and photography. I am self DX, with aspergers, and I am adhd, since childhood, and have suffered from post traumatic stress disorder. I am presently working as a truck driver in Calgary, and have had many different careers, such as cook, help desk technical support agent for Hp Pavilion, though a company called Convergys, in Edmonton, I am trained as a Computer Network Administrator at NAIT also in Edmonton, and I had also trained as a Retail Meat Cutter, also at NAIT. I seem to be fairly high functioning for having AS, except for being anti social, and very shy around new people, I tend to smile and not talk.
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Zara
Master of Unlocking
Joined: Jun 24, 2007
Age: 27
Posts: 1430
Location: Deep Dungeon, VA
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| Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 1:07 pm Post subject: |
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I'm probably already in here somewhere, but figure I'll throw myself out there again.
I'm 27, a dude. Self-diagnosed aspie. I'm currently in community college in Virginia.
I'm interested in anime(mostly mecha), gaming, creative arts(writing, some drawing), nature(hiking, animals, exploring), travel, and gunpla.
I think I'm a nice guy overall(but not too nice ). I have a silly side and a serious side that interchange frequently. I'm not very good at friendship but I'm willing to work on it.
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JimmyJazz
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker
Joined: Apr 22, 2008
Age: 25
Posts: 52
Location: East PA
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Howdy. I'm Rob, I'm 25. I don't know if I'm asp or not. I live in eastern PA, USA.
I love books, movies, comics, gaming, video games, anime, the occult, theology, philosophy, wandering around aimlessly outside, and all that good stuff. I'm pretty much a big geek. I even work at a video game store.
I think I have a pretty good sense of humour and I'm a decent fellow overall. I'm hoping to meet some people to chit chat with online, or hang out with. |
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autistican_beauty
Tufted Titmouse
Joined: Apr 21, 2008
Age: 29
Posts: 34
Location: Between a rock and a hard place
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| Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 8:34 pm Post subject: Anyone around here like me? |
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 Hmm...I see no one's posted anything in about 3 yrs! So I'm not sure if anyone will read. I'm female, 28, from the U.S. I wish to remain single and do not want children. I've posted about myself in the "Getting to know" section, but I will briefly describe myself. I am diagnosed AS and that mainly affects me in the auditory. I am highly sound-sensitive. Crying babies, barking dogs and fireworks are the worst. Unlike some people with AS, I am highly sensitive @ reading people's body language and facial expressions. I am very defensive which comes from severe bullying primarily from middle-school. I can take something the wrong way and over-react easy. I do not trust. I would like to have an acquaintanceship with someone who travels these pathways. If I can be out in RT, I would like to get together with someone my age who wishes to remain single, doesn't want kids or a dog. This would mean I could go to their house as well as them coming to mine...but that is time away. Right now, keeping it online is enough. I love Webkinz. They are a part of my family. If dogs didn't bark, I'd have one. I have 3 Webkinz dogs and 2 Webkinz cats. I am close to my mother, whom I live with, not my sister, whom unfortunately also lives with us. I can go to a forest preserve near my home in warm weather. I enjoy taking nature/landscape pictures. I recently advocated for myself by making a video on You Tube. Well, that's all for this post. Hope someone reads it! 
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Zara
Master of Unlocking
Joined: Jun 24, 2007
Age: 27
Posts: 1430
Location: Deep Dungeon, VA
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| Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 11:44 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone around here like me? |
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| autistican_beauty wrote: | | Hmm...I see no one's posted anything in about 3 yrs! |
Really? I'm sure I posted something last week...
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autistican_beauty
Tufted Titmouse
Joined: Apr 21, 2008
Age: 29
Posts: 34
Location: Between a rock and a hard place
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| Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 8:38 pm Post subject: Making my way around WP |
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It wasn't until after my post that I saw the current posts. Good to know that this is still a current forum. If you connected with what you saw, PM me. I really want people who connect with the issues expressed. I haven't found anyone AS or NT who knows what it's like to have the sound-specific issues, phobias, select narrow interests.
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Happyhelen
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker
Joined: Apr 27, 2008
Posts: 50
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| Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 10:24 am Post subject: |
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I am female, aged 28. I was diagnosed with asperger syndrome when I was 4. I live in Bristol.
My hobbies include music, theatre, travelling and photography.
I would love to meet people with asperger syndrome of a simular age, female only who I would trust fully.
I like to talk but I am not very good at small talk, so it helps me if spending time with chatty people. |
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