Hello I'm shelby I'm 16 and high functioning autism. I also suffer from depression anxiety gentic lung Diease alpha 1. Here's my story
In school as a girl I always had teachers treat me like I couldn't do my own work they'd try todo it for me . Which really aggreavatited me. Kids in school would treat me like I didn't know what they were talking about like I was dumb .
I showed the teachers I could do my own work even started on advanced courses 4th-5th-6th grade. I made friends who really didn't treat me different. By 7th grade it was over for me. I got bullies by students and a teacher. She'd pull me aside in class cause I was "fat and stupid " or call my mom a bitch " in front of the whole class. To make a point I was diffent I didn't belong in her class. I came home with bruised ribs from her students former friends of mime. By the end of 8th grade I stopped going to school did online. I didn't want to be around anything like that again. Does autism really make me that different that everyone thinks they can walk over me. I had enough in 10th grade I'm still terrified to go into our high school over the years before. It isn't fair what happened. Just because I am different. I realized that but what can I do? Let me tell you what I did. I do my online School I can't wait to do culinary yes my autism still affects me BUT I have friends who treat me equal my family doesn't mind it ( except maybe my sensory on food I'm picky xD) but I moved on and Learned AUTISM DOES NOT DEFINE YOU , YOU DEFINE YOURSELF. Beacuse no body's perfect but who wants to be when you can be yourself !
Yukon, OK
