Abused Because of Asperger's?

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I know that this is a heavy subject for some people to respond to. But answering a question in a different thread triggered some bad memories. My Mom, sadly, seemed to hate me for whatever reason since before memory. She would only yell at me, and my Father, I suppose, but not my older brothers. She found fault with everything I tried, even if my performance was objectively superior to my (average) brothers. With an unstable foundation at home, I had a strike against me in the outer world. Growing up, I felt totally alone in the world. My family all seemed to run on a different frequency; they were ok to each other, mostly, but Ice-cold to me.

The Outside world was more of the same. I was an immigrant in a bad inner city (Baltimore) whose clothing was second-hand, and whose voice was typically Robo-Aspie. I wore THICK glasses, and my hygiene was admittedly not always the best. For whatever reason, nobody wanted to bond with me

People stared at me, laughed at me, sometimes attacked me. Then I'd go home to either ice-cold treatment, or red-hot (angry Mom; more physical abuse). I felt like God Herself hated me some days. That I was born to suffer and be treated like sh_t. I felt that I was at best tolerated, but that I was a cosmic fluke. A mistake, as my Mom helpfully put it.

Can anyone else relate to any of this? If not, I suppose I am alone again on that Island.

I have always wondered if my father was more abusive to me because I had Aspergers or maybe he was just a fxxked up person. When I look back I realized he saw me more of a nuisance and felt ashamed of me. He didn't rationalize that my genes were from him. I too had a monotone voice.