I get mocked for being autistic. what should I do

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Hi all, I'm new to the forum and so far I've been feeling "at home" speaking with people here on this forum.

I have Asperger diagnosed by a psychiatrist and a psychologist and at the moment in my early adulthood.

I have different issues apart from Asperger (social anxiety, ADHD) and it happened to me 2 years ago that I suffered from a psychotic event where I lost myself and I was found (luckily) by the police who brought me home. (they called my parents and they came to pick me up, around 100 km ,60-70 miles idk from my home.)

The problem about this history obviously is that, living in a country where everyone knows everything about everyone's else like Italy, people passed the word around and I get mocked in everyday life for being "the crazy guy, autistic" and everytime I try to say something to someone in my city (which is very small, 30,000 inhabitans) they don't take me seriously and this causes me to get depressed.

At the moment after that particular occasion I am still living at home with my parents attending university, but I feel offended and I don't feel like I have any particular reason to live here.

What should I do? what would you do in my position? knowing your reputation is forever gone and feeling so down that you don't have any willingness to even try and build a life.

I feel like this today, I feel isolated and without hope for a better future.

I'm considering finishing my university studies and relocating abroad, to build a new life.

That sounds horrible. Do they act like this to every autistic person they know? Or do they simply don't know any?
Living abroad sounds like a good plan. The world is very big, surely you can find somewhere where people are less ignorant and you can fit in. Also since you will be a foreigner there maybe they will interpret any different behavior as cultural difference.
If i were you i think i would focus on my studies and plan for the future. You definitely don't have to spend your life at that awful place.

This is a difficult situation because the more you are teased/bullied, the more you respond with your behavior and by isolating, and so it goes. Focusing on your studies is a great idea. So is finishing your classes and getting out to see the world. I know it can seem terribly important to have friends, but many of us don't have friends, or very few, and still have good lives.

Tell them to shove it.

I wish I had the opportunity to study abroad.

I'd also ask the counselor for ideas/input on these things if you haven't already.
Assertiveness before aggression is, I think, a better path. I'm not an expert in dealing with bullies though. Sorry you've had to deal with all that.