My logic and confusion

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My logic is the following:

People in my school criticized my behavior. When someone in my neighborhood that is NT wants to be my friend, I consider it illogical because if someone in my school (every one in my school is special ed) hates my behavior, how is this possible that someone that doesn't have special needs (who has better behavior than people in my school) wants to be my friend. I suspect the NT person that wants to be my friend and try pushing him away to avoid confusion. I want things to make sense for me. Right now I only want to be friends with people on the Autism Spectrum. I was very confused that someone with High Functioning Autism on my Birthright Israel trip criticized my behavior leading to more confusion. I'm now thinking of behaving worse to switch my disorder from High Functioning Autism to Moderate Functioning Autism. What alternative is there for me to keep my logic.

"Everybody hates my behavior" may be an overgeneralization, which is a logical fallacy. I know from experience: it's super easy to make cognitive errors when feeling down on myself or upset about something.

Is it possible that this potential friend is starting with different premises than you? Anyway, friendship is about common interests, experiences, or just enjoying other people's company.

Does it do any harm to try this person's friendship out? You can still be skeptical and look out for red flags without shunning this person.