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Amy2010
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09 Apr 2010, 7:48 am

Hi everyone! My name is Amy, I'm 22 and I live in Hobart, Tasmania. I was diagnosed a couple of days ago with 'high functioning aspergers'. It is SUCH a relief! I'm surprised and delighted to discover how it is more common than i thought and there is so much support and info available. I really want to meet some other people around the same age as me and to find out about your experiences, how you cope with having aspergers and what sort of work you are able to do. I would be so happy if there was someone else on this site who also lived in Tassie who I could talk to, so please drop me a line if you do! xxx

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09 Apr 2010, 7:55 am

Welcome! nice to meet you.

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09 Apr 2010, 9:11 am

Tasmania...isn't that where the Tasmanian Devil was from? I love that cartoon character...

Nice meeting you!

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09 Apr 2010, 10:13 am

Welcome ! You're gorgeous.

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09 Apr 2010, 10:58 am

“Hello,” Amy, and welcome to the WP community.

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09 Apr 2010, 12:01 pm

Amy2010 wrote:

how you cope with having aspergers and what sort of work you are able to do.

Anything you set your mind to.

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09 Apr 2010, 1:05 pm

AspieForty wrote:

Amy2010 wrote:

how you cope with having aspergers and what sort of work you are able to do.

Anything you set your mind to.

Yeah, that's one of those 'blessing and a curse' aspects - if it's something you choose - something that interests you, you'll have no trouble becoming an expert at it. If it's something someone else insists that you do, that you really don't care about, you won't be able to force yourself to do it at gunpoint.

:shrug:

Here's hoping your personal interests are exceptionally lucrative! :thumright:

Is that you in your avatar? If it is, you strongly resemble the actress Emilie de Ravin from LOST. Of course, Aspies are supposed to have poor facial recognition skills, so I could be wildly mistaken. :roll:

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09 Apr 2010, 1:08 pm

Welcome to WP!

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09 Apr 2010, 3:23 pm

Welcome to Wrong Planet!

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09 Apr 2010, 4:00 pm

To WrongPlanet!! !

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09 Apr 2010, 6:04 pm

Welcome to WrongPlanet, and welcome to my time warp.

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09 Apr 2010, 8:26 pm

not from tazmania but if the female population is as attractive as you im sure as hell booking a flight

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09 Apr 2010, 8:52 pm

oh that will change when you meet me

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09 Apr 2010, 9:56 pm

Welcome to the right side of the wrong planet.

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12 Apr 2010, 5:03 am

Hello Amy, welcome, enjoy your stay on the Wrong Planet!

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