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  1. DesertRose

    Friends in primary school

    When you were first starting school, did you choose people you wanted to be friends with, or attempt to be, that met certain criteria? For instance, I would only seek out those who had been to my home, or knew our family. I also seemed to be drawn to those who appeared to be friendless. It was...
  2. windowall

    Anyone studying/working in maths/science who used to struggle in school?

    I want to go to school for maths/sciences but struggled in school growing up. Did anyone here overcome learning difficulties and was able to enter this field? I would love to hear your experience. I have low confidence from failing in school growing up but my goal is to learn skills to be...
  3. As sweet as-pie

    Work experience

    Hi all, I'm at college and work experience is compulsary. It's in june for a week. I've been emailing places for ages now. 40 in total. I finally found a placement but I need to go in for a DBS check on tuesday and I don't think I can. I'm "high functioning" but theres like nothing I can do...
  4. Jorg

    Dismissing a bad lab partner from university

    Hello! As many of you may recall or not, I'm an electronic engineering student, I'm a very "strict" or at least I try to be responsable with my work even if I may not understand WTH is about. For years I've been struggling with lab/project parters, lack of interest from them, lack of "good"...
  5. D

    Struggling With College/School

    So I have only recently begun to suspect that I am on the spectrum(since around late November). I have talked to a psychiatrist(who brought it up in the first place), my uncle who is a professor at a medical school, as well as my cousin who is diagnosed with aspergers. All of them agree that I...
  6. Ameriblush

    Falling asleep in class...

    I notice that whenever I sit down for a long enough period, I fall asleep. That sounds pretty basic, but I'm in class, and after sitting down for only 20 mins, I'm so out of it that I have narrowly avoided falling out of my seat and scaring the daylights out of myself on several occasions...
  7. J

    Stressed. Which job do I take?!

    Hey y'all. Fellow aspie here. I planning on attending college this spring full-time but I need to make money while I'm there to pay for rent and stuff. I live with my brother and sister but I still need to work 30-40 hours per week at just above minimum wage just to meet the minimum...
  8. Todd Gilbey

    Did you have a 1-2-1 classroom assistant when you were at school?

    First thread on here, looks like an awesome place to air your thoughts to here goes; did any of you have a "helper" when you were at school? I'm interested to hear how it made you feel and how it shaped you as an adult? I had an assistant up until I was 16-years-old. In one way it was great...
  9. Sabrina

    Hugo, un amigo con Asperger's 2017-08-10

    In six minutes this cartoon video explains Asperger's in kids. It has been view more than a million times. En seis minutos este video animado explica el Síndrome de Asperger's en niños. Ha sido visto más de un millón de veces.
  10. Z

    Autism (and other special needs) a novelty

    This may be a weird post does anyone else feel like they are sometimes treated like a novelty for being autistic. For example when I started secoundry school people would always want to sit with me and"help" me but then get board when they relised I won't a puppet. I don't know some people...
  11. Cinnamon115

    I'm going to the UK in May! Any suggestions on what to do?

    I'm going on a trip for a class to the UK in May. I will be going to Grantham, Edinburgh, London, and Leicester. I'm also hoping to go to Wales for a day, though it may not happen. Here's my question: Does anyone have some good suggestions of what to do while I'm there? I've always wanted to go...
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  12. Caelix3

    Autism diagnosis discussion at meeting

    So at a meeting at my school, they were discussing if it was right to put Autism down as one of my diagnosis. One thing that got me mad is two of them said I couldn't have Autism because I'm very smart. Which I felt like was an insult to other people with Autism. Like they were saying autistic...
  13. A

    Does anybody else have behavioural issues?

    I was wondering if there are any other 'naughty' aspies? I was kicked out of school and college.
  14. Allicat

    Learning how to ask/accept help

    Hi folks: Long story short, my 12 year old is having a hard time in school. Bright kid, good at concrete concepts (like math), not so good at stuff which requires inferencing (like figuring out why stuff happened in a story). With assistance he can work things out, but he absolutely refuses to...
  15. Sigga Lena

    Can't work and have a problem staying at Uni!

    Hi :) So I've had a few jobs over the past years, but haven't been able to stay in any of them due to extreme anxiety. Now a similar thing is happening, except now, it's school. This is my first semester at a university, and I can no longer attend classes. I just stay at home feeling miserable...
  16. SalanaEiyungAisis

    How can I stop daydreaming in class?

    Today, during my first class of the day, I began fussing over the fact that I was too shy to talk to someone and it carried on into my next course, making me unable to hear and concentrate. I was so frustrated I went into a bathroom down the hall and cried. It was the second time since being...
  17. Ste83ph

    How to cope with disruptive peers in school lessons

    Hi all, I work with teenagers with Aspergers. I come on here from time to time for advice from you guys. So, I'm working with a guy (I'll call him Tim), he's doing his GCSEs, he's pretty independent and has good friends. The difficulty he's having is with coping with school peers who disrupt...
  18. Cinnamon115

    Any Elementary school teachers here?

    I'm currently in college studying to be a teacher. I'm not sure what I want to teach, but I have it narrowed down between special education and kindergarten. I'm not sure which one is best for me. I'm an aspie, but that has never been a problem with me when I'm working with kids. I'm not sure if...
  19. U

    Friends

    Past the 4th year of life, I had a friend. But turned him down on my doorstep as he pleaded entrance. For I had *lent* his items, hid them in a bush, faked stumbling upon them. What a shock to reveal them. I kept my distance in embarrassment. Don't remember why I did this. Against my desire, the...
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