HEY, Want to meet?

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I am planning on being in Thousand Oaks, California U.S.A., and maybe San Diego this
coming friday to the following thursday. I am basically going to visit my mother,
father, and a close friend. I was wondering if anyone would want to meet for lunch or dinner, or
some other event. I would LOVE to create a little get together. If we get enough people, we might get a banquet hall at a nice restaurant and all the people should now how autistics can be, so it should be comfortable for everyone!

There is a chance I may be back in Fort Wayne Indiana after that. I will also likely be
in the waltham and/or boston areas of MA!

So, HOW ABOUT IT? Does anyone want to meet?

Steve

Last edited by SteveK on 21 Dec 2006, 7:56 am, edited 1 time in total.

So 15 year-olds can't come?

Frankly, I don't care if you are 5. I guess it is just because I am older, and don't want to feel like the odd one out, and there is the deal with minors. I guess that it is ok if a parent comes, or something.

Does that mean you will be in southern california next week? It IS a very long drive and planes are likely expensive. I DO happen to know that a couple days ago they DID have space on planes from "frisco", because the airlines offered me a 2 stop trip, with the last trip from "frisco" to LA. I didn't reserve my flight until tuesday, because I had to find out what my employers plans were.

Steve

I echoe that sentiment. But, aren't you a bit far away Star? I'm like 45 minutes away...

Gee, WHY couldn't this have happened SO much earlier, etc... It seems like everyone is around 15! HEY, don't get me wrong! 15 is a GOOD age. It is probably square between where you have figured out what you want to be, how to get there, etc.... You can also pretty much act like a kid or an adult, or even osscillate! You MIGHT even be able to borrow the car and go off on your own, etc.... It is a NICE age! I wouldn't mind being that age again myself. I hope you can enjoy it for all its worth! In a few years, some of your parents may get a LOT more demanding, etc....

My problem is that I'm quite a bit older, and some might not understand, etc....

HEY, if I could, I'D become fifteen, and probably say nobody over 20! Oh well.

Age is such an arbitrary thing anyway. You two may actually look older, and be better able to protect yourselves, etc... than some 20 year olds I have known. I saw both of your pictures, and am certainly not saying you don't look nice, etc.... I have just seen some 20+ year olds that could pass as 14 in just about every way. I'm a bad judge of age, but I have known others that have said the same.

And MENTALLY, I'm sure you would BOTH be smarter than they were.

Again, I didn't mean it as an insult. You both seem nice, etc.... I was just trying to do the CYA thing(please excuse my language).

BTW I finally thought this through. AS didn't officially exist in the US until 12 years ago. THAT means that the oldest people diagnosed at the earliest age would be about 14! It ALSO means that the oldest age of ones that didn't privately seek any kind of diagnosis is perhaps 28! NO WONDER why so many people cluster around those age groups! Figures! And to think that this was first described about a decade before **I** was born!

Steve

There's lots of people in their 30's and 40's and older who are now being diagnosed with Aspergers. We've somehow had to muddle along all this time.

Pandora,

YEAH, I KNOW. I'm one of them. 8-( Heck, you have people like one who wondered about quirks she has, and she can just come here and SURPRISE, it isn't so unusual after all. She can see things that aren't great and come here and get help, or comfort knowing other things compensate. ANOTHER comes here asking about disbelief, about sensory issues etc... and ALSO gets help.

I wish I had such help earlier.

Steve

Yes, I'm another one. I was diagnosed about 3 months ago and I'm 42. One day I just got tired of wondering why I'm so different, why life is such a struggle when I was trying so hard, why I'm so stupid when I know I'm smart, why the social problems, relationship problems, why do I want to be alone, why am I alone all the time and never lonely, why am I so obsessed about certain things or people..it goes on and on..

I just got tired of all the whys and finally went to a Psychologist who specializes in diagnosing Neurological disorders. I am so glad I found out though. Life has actually improved since then and I understand myself and my life more because of it.

God, does this souind like my experiences and feelings about it or what????? I'm 32.



Sounds like me...I first heard of AS from a technophobic friend who asked me to do some research on AS on the Net, and when I did it was like Hey! This could explain so much about me!" A lot of it-an awful lot of it-seemed to fit and the feeling of "I'm not alone! there are others who are like this who know how I feel!" was dizzying. In the best scientific tradition, I then looked for signs that I WASN'T possibly AS, but the more I read, the more I found stuff I identified with (ESPECIALLY in the forums here! There is so much other websites like the NAS one miss out or just DON'T mention!)

I went to my GP in May, got my first appointment with a psychiatrist with experience of diagnosing autistic spectrum disorders in July and was officially diagnosed in August.

ACK! I've gone off at a tangent (and so have a few othrs of the original question. I'd love to but I'm in Britain and poor, so no can do...

JulieArticuno

Yeah, I have the SAME problem. Lack of time/money. Maybe I should have said I would be willing to compromise a bit on location. 8-( Oh well, I am back in indiana trying to give my now hurt leg time to heal. With luck, and assuming my leg heals enough, I will be in MA in about 1 week.

Hey, I didn't meet anyone, so don't feel left out.

As for the diagnosis. I DID find enough symptoms in the right categories in wikipedia to JUST say I fit. After looking here, I found I fit more symptoms, etc... Good thing too, because I otherwise wouldn't have known.

As for the stupid smart thing, there are EXTREME variances known as IDIOT SAVANTS! BTW this apparantly only happens with autistics, so now they are called autistic savants. Anyway, because of that they have several IQs. I have said for at least 25 years that I am STUPID socially. BTW AS people can't be called idiot savants, because they don't test as idiots anywhere else. The diagnosis says it is only ok to test as an idiot socially. They only say it nicer.

Steve