I would really like women's opinion on this news clip

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A lot of that clip does seem far too familiar... I remember at the beginning of secondary school before I got diagnosed never being able to find a group who would let me join them for group work in science. I used to hide in the corner of the classroom and hope that my teacher wouldn't notice that I wasn't doing the experiment.

This happened to me as well. Whenever there were assignments where we had to work in pairs or groups, no one wanted to work with me, so I never did the assignments. It didn't happen in just science class though - it could be any class where we had to have partners. Didn't matter - nobody wanted to have anything to do with me. Can't blame them though; I had virtually no social skills in my junior high years.

I usually just did the experiment myself, unless the teacher forced me to join a group. Since I'd be doing all of the work in a group setting while everyone else talked anyway, I never minded going solo.

I relate a lot to this. And also that I commanded other kids to do what I wanted. Sometimes this worked and I was often disliked because of being a dictator. If I was tested, I think it wouldnt only have something to do with pleasing the adults who where testing me, but also that I wouldnt admit I was having problems because it was embarrassing, so I would have tried to convince them that I was "the way I wanted to be".

Actually this is why I have major issues with the "group" schoolwork model. It should always be "you can pair up, or you can do it on your own". It is one of the major flaws in the current educational model. They need to take into consideration kids who cannot socially connect but can work well on their own. Basically things are "group optional". It is one of those things that most educational professionals do not consider, it is a perspective they rarely understand. While some kids do learn better in groups, some are held back by groups or feel alienated by the groups. Every "group" project needs an individual option for kids who work better alone or do not excel in group learning environments. You can't force invidual only learners to work in groups, or group learners to accept people who do not work well in groups. You have to accomidate both.

Very interesting. more bossy then me, but a lot of her reminds me of little me. not sure, i can't really put my finger on it.

That was me in Gym class. In other classes no one would listen to me, and I never did anything in a group, because they wouldn't let me.