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I'm Benji, I'm nineteen, and I'm... here. I like books, films, animals, punk culture and lots of different music.. and plenty of other things.

I did think about waiting until after my assessment to join up, but decided to just do so now. My assessment is at the end of this month (been waiting since May, and had a lot of problems obtaining one. Let's hope I get the dx otherwise I'll feel like a right plonker - worse than that it'll be back to square one.

On a more serious note I did spend my teens feeling very inadequate and not understanding why I wasn't like everyone else. The first time autism was mentioned was after watching the documentary on the Rain Man DVD. I was about fifteen, or sixteen. My then-boyfriend looked at me and said something along the lines of, "You're autistic!" After that he'd call me autistic as a joke, but then I read a question page in a newspaper (I'm an obsessive reader) and someone described their daughter to the agony aunt, who responded with Asperger's. I researched it for a while and had a lot of doubts before finally becoming convinced that this is what made me different to the people around me.

My uni psychiatrist saw me and said that he felt Asperger's was very likely, but as I was already awaiting a referral to a specialist he could not intervene and refer me (and I think that he could not diagnose me as he felt he knew too little for it to be a valid dx).

I just managed to shrink this webpage, without knowing how I did it. Maybe I should try to fix it...

Hi, welcome to Wrong Planet; where it's the right planet for Aspies.

Thanks.

Just incase anyone cares, I did manage to fix my shrunken screen.

Welcome to WP.

I hope your assessment goes well. Let us know how it went if you feel you want to

Kaleido

Enjoy WP!

Welcome,

This is the place to discover who you are.

Welcome to WrongPlanet, Benji.

I'm into pretty much the same things that you're into.

I was diagnosed at a fairly young age. I remember my mum saying that she was going to phone the "Doctor". I thought that she hated me and wanted to have me locked up. That was just after I've had a terrible Nightmare and I couldn't put my feelings into words. She kept on yelling at me, thinking that it would help me to get the words out. It only made me cry hardeer, because I needed affection and all I was receiving were those harsh words.

Twenty seven years later, I'm an unemployed Punk Rocker who feels that she's been cheated by her North American peers and Society in general. The bright side is that kids with AS have a better chance of a productive future, because their parents understand a lot more about our condition and how to deal with their offspring who do have AS, and that they/we need affection like regular kids/people.

If you're going to be unemployed then there's nothing better then to be an unemployed punk rocker!

Actually I'd love that, I hate my job. I'm not sure if I'm joking there...

And you can't beat a mohawk - lovely shaved sides to rub for comfort, but enough hair to stop you looking like Britney Spears gone mad (actually I thought her shaving her head was awesome).

Hi, Benji!

Welcome to Wrongplanet!

I hope you enjoy posting here!

Hi Benji, nice to see you here.

Hi, Benji!

I've seen you on other boards. Welcome to WP. It's quite an active group. I hope you find your place here.

Yes, I thought it was awesome when Brittney shaved her head--she's got a great skull for it.

You thinking of getting a mohawk, Rebel?

Again, Hi!

Metta, Rjaye.

^^^ Cheers and hello!

^^ Hey, nice to 'see' a familiar 'face'.

^ Hello. What other boards? Your name doesn't seem familiar. Britney does have a nice shaped head, haha.

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