I do fine in a mainstream school

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By what people say, it seems like ALL aspies do better in special schools. I would feel uncomfortable going to a special school and do just fine in a standard school. Is there anyone else here who goes/went to a mainstream school and did fine?

Those of us who were first diagnosed as adults - especially middle-aged adults - would very likely have gone to a regular high school. I certainly did.

I do okay. I could certainly do better. I am torn between two choices: social life, academic life. One, the other, or half of both. I am going to choose academic now. I believe I have learned enough social skills to last me the rest of my life.

I'm fine in my mainstream school. I do get support though since I have a statement, but I don't need a special school.

I would have chose, going at a "free skool".

No really a special school, not really a mainstream school either

I'm still in a mainstream school, I'm doing alright I guess but the noise level really irritates me so I nest inside of the library whenever I can
I'm looking forward to leaving next year x)

Wish I'd been homeschooled or at least gone to a Steiner school or something. My parents knew I sometimes got into trouble at school, but I was consistently top of my class so my dad just laughed. I had a great motivation for learning when I was little, but I had to channel it into the school's curriculum (and my primary school wasn't even restrictive compared to other schools in the area- it was very arty, liberal, emphasis on being creative, very small too), and as I got older, the classes got more restrictive and discouraged initiative, original thinking and geared the kids towards this uniform, safe way of working. In secondary school I shut down again at one point ('shut down' is my own little word) and my marks just plunged down. I didn't do fine in a mainstream school. In the end, I felt caged and all the 'harmless bullying' really wore me down. But I'm too mild an Aspie to be in a special school- there wouldn't have been any thought of it even when I was being most abnormal.

I go to a mainstream school (although I haven't been officialy diagnosed with autism by a doctor)- other than some minor issues, I do okay. I've certainly learnt more about society through experience than I ever could if I were in a 'special school', but I suppose it differs with the individual

I went to a mainstream school and was mostly okay (not diagnosed until college). I think one issue with special schools is you don't see how NTs interact much, and when you graduate and go to college or work there are no/few aspies and that can be a hard transition.

In order to go to a specail school here you have to have an intellectual disability so I would never have qualified anyway. Sure we have schools for kids with behaviour problems as well, but my problems are totally different from them.

I went to four different schools. The first and third were horrid, the third in particular had bullying to levels I will not right about, and did actually have police involvement and the like. The final school was the best. It was an elite private girls school, and while I was never accepted, I was simply ignored and believe me that was totally heaven for me, especially considering what I had had before that. The first three were public schools. I also coped better in the girls school because it was so strict that it was simply quiter and so I did not have as much noise and the like to contend with.

I would never have coped for a second in a steiner school, it is way to artistically oriented for me, and too casual. I needed the uniforms, rigid control and guidelines, knowing exactly what was expected of me at any given second. While on the whole I don't agree with that type of education, the fact is I thrived on it purely because I was on the spectrum. My parents did not tell the private school about my diagnosis, too scared it would be used against me or them or something like that, ashamed of it, etc, etc.

School is something I survived, although I really did not mind the final few years, but I did need some support and none was provided, so I was not able to show my true potential.

I went to a special school from 5th to 11th grade. I'm actually doing better and am happier in public school. But I suspect this is one of those things that depend on the person and the school.

I go to a mainstream school and I do okay at the moment although a lot of the time it wasn't so great.

I was diagnosed with Autism when I was very young.. I'm 15 now and I wasn't allowed to go to my local high school as they wouldn't accpet a child with problems like me so now I go to a different which has a Autism unit and just a afew room of computers, desks and lots of nice people who come to my lessons and sit with me and stuff, it's called Cariculum support [I'm wiriting this there now!]
So this is good.

but I'm in year 10 and I'm thinking about college, My mum won't even let me apply to go to this clever college because the other one is better for kids like me.
Sometimes I'm offended, But sometimes I think.. Well It's help, I have alot of problems so I'll need it.
They do have courses for ""Kids like me"" But I'm taking a different, It's catering [If I pass my GCSE's] and I know it's going to be difficult but thats life I guess.

I've only ever gone to main-stream schools. I was really unhappy for my first few weeks of high school, so my Mom offered to send me to the local private school, but I said no. It was so ridiculously expensive that I didn't even consider going there, even though we could afford it. I'm glad I made that choice too, because now that my political beliefs have become more well developed I don't really approve of private schools, at least not ones like that--you get essentially the same education except they give you the right to be a snob (sorry if that offends anyone here in a private school--I'm not saying YOU'RE a snob, just that I see private schools as having a snobbish reputation).

Anyway, I'm doing fine now. But part of that is because I'm not in the actual mainstream classes--I take the IB program (like the AP program, but an entire course load of it plus requirements for community service etc.). It's like its own separate little community because you have the same people in all of your classes, and they're all really focused people. That's made a lot easier for me to make friends and I feel a lot more comfortable in the sort of community atmosphere that the classes all have.

I'm doing fine in a public school. Currently have a 3.9ish GPA. I'm taking Drafting II Architectural, Pre-Calculus, English III, and American History. My first two classes I actually rather enjoy, but English and History, not so much. It's just boring.