Would you have liked school if everyone had aspergers?

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I went to an AS college, and it was hell. Half of them were horrible people, and bullied the more affected ones, and one would push me everytime I was in his way. There was a fight there, and one of the guys who was expelled for the fight, force-kissed this aspie girl. The other guy would bully people and kept taking the piss out of my mum for being fat. Another guy there who I thought was my friend, threatened to hit me. Two girls laughed at me when I panicked, and one of them got pregnant there. The other used to bully the vulnerable too.

All the students were allowed to make up the rules of living there, including staying up late and bothering me. The staff blamed the bullying on the AS and did sod all about it.

I realise this isn't the same as school, but it totally changed my view of aspies. I think a big risk would be that to cut funds - they'd only send the worst cases to a school or college specifically for aspies.

When I think about it, no. I feel bad about this, but I really can't tolerate spending time with serious aspies for too long. I've hung out with a couple aspies who would ramble about their special interests for half an hour while I wait for them to stop talking. And then, almost without realizing it, I do the exact same thing to them. To the point they actually ask me to shut up. A lot of aspies aren't exactly like this, and I know some who are pretty cool, but until I can be patient with the ones like this- the ones like me-, I would rather not spend a lot of time with other aspies.

All I need is quietness. Mainstream school is too loud!

OH GOD YES!
I'm still in school and I have changed school 3 times. The first was from one mainstream to another at 9 yrs. Then over to a private fancy school at 12 yrs and a depression I got there was the reason I got diagnosed in the first place! Then at 13 yrs to a smaller less academic school. I swear every time it gets worse and worse! And since my current school is a living hell I wish I got move over to an Aspie school, but since I live in the small country of Denmark, such thing doesn't exist.

Actually, no.

The problem with hanging out around other aspies is that they're just as antisocial (not in the clinical sense) as I am. For the most part. Some are better, some are worse. But working in groups with them? NO. I would NOT want to work in a group with someone like me. I can't speak for everyone else, but I am pretty bitchy. And when you ask that question, I ask myself...do I really want to talk to someone like me?

I wouldn't want to go to an aspie school, as much as i hated school it shaped me up into the person i am today and taught me how to function in the real world.

You would think an all aspie school would be some sort of utopia, but I can tell you right now it isn't.

Yes, if I been in classes with other Aspie kids at my maturity and academic level and if I had gotten vocational training from the 7th grade instead of school.

It's so unjust but all the BS that I went through in mainstream schooling was a necessity in order for me to function the way I do currently at higher levels in education etc.

We had something called the H.A.P. program at my high school. Basically, they took the Mentally Gifted Mind group and changed it to High Academic Potential. We were kids who tested high on IQ tests. They took us out of school for "enrichment studies." We often just went to the public library.

After 3 months of this we figured out that they were just getting us out of the classroom so the other kids could catch up. They should have been helping us get into college.

Several of the kids in the program were probably Aspie. Some were friends, some I disliked.

I think just knowing about Asperger's and maybe a few clues about social behaviors could have made the whole thing a LOT easier. I don't think I would want to go to an all Aspie school.

Re: Would you have liked school if everyone had aspergers?

Yes! Wouldn't it be great if everyone had autism...
(NTs won't understand this statement either)

Re: Would you have liked school if everyone had aspergers?

Wait, would NTs still be in charge at this school? Hmph.