Im writing a little kids book about children with Aspergers

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Hi I'm writing a little kids book about children with Aspergers and I am titling it "What children with Aspergers want you to know"

This is your chance to tell kids what you want them to know about the way you think, feel , sense etc. What message would you like me to relay?

There needs to be more books about children who are different for elementary inclusive education classrooms.

All I can remember from grade school was being totally lost and overwhelmed all the time. Everybody thought I was stupid because I could not talk well nor could I follow along in any group activities. I would even run the wrong way around the circle playing "duck duck goose"

The only thing I would want to let any other children know is that I am a visual learner and all the oral learning was beyond me. I am not stupid - I just have a horrible time verbally communicating. From a young age I could write stories that were as descriptive as any picture. Also would let them know the more they bullied me the more I was locked inside myself.

May I respectfully suggest a different title? This almost sounds like you might want to tell the reader off. Many adults might not be inclined to read it to them.
Maybe "Just Because I'm Different" or "The Good Thing About Me" or "Brains Brains, Different Brains" or "The Little Duck in the Chicken Coop" or maybe the opposite - focus on what is the same - such as "I Like Kittens Too" or "My Favourite Game" - something that will get the kids to connect with the child that feels like an outsider.
Obviously I don't know the kind of story you want to do, I am just trying to suggest a different flavour for your title.
What age group are you targeting?

My daughter's 7. Some of her frustrations come from people not understanding that things that upset her don't necessarily upset other people. And she's easily distracted, often by things which other people don't even notice or care about. When she has a complaint about something, that complaint is legitimate. If nothing can be done about it, then that's fine, but please take her seriously and try your best to see it from her point of view. She might be dramatic and stress might cause her to stop communicating altogether, but she doesn't usually lie. The fact that she hasn't completed her work doesn't mean she hasn't been trying or that she's lazy. Maybe something's on her mind or she had a bad sleep last night, as is often the case, and is just really tired. Why don't you ask her if something's up, instead of criticising her? She really wants to do well in school and likes praise.

I'm sorry, I am confused. Who criticized your daughter? You mean on this thread??

No, not in this thread. It's an idea for the OP's book about things that someone with Aspergers might want people to know. I should probably have written, 'Why don't you ask me if something's up, instead of criticising me?' so that it would sound like my daughter's words. In her case, there's a current issue and the people criticising her are her teachers.

Oh, I am sorry to hear that. What you said about your daughter reminded me of myself. I have always been oversensitive. I could get very depressed about the tiniest thing some clod would say. It was a very hard journey to teach myself to handle it. I am now 45, and quite strong, and use my sensitivity to my benefit, but it really felt like I would self-destruct at times.
Now my 11yo son is oversensitive, and I get very frustrated with him at times. But we are very close. It is very difficult to teach him to separate the bad behaviour of others from his self esteem.
I wish your child the best.

We like strangling kittens and our souls are made of Jello. We are actually aliens from Neptune. We don't sleep. We need to plug ourselves in at night though.