I was diagnosed with Aspergers at the age of 3. Going through school at first was okay because everyone was so accepting of me. But going into middle school, I started having some issues with peers bullying me and Aspergers made it hard for me. I didn't know how to deal with my problems and the worst part was I kind of was a bully to some girls because I felt like I thought it was okay to do it. But after middle school I realized that it wasn't right and I started to be nicer to them and since then we've been able to get along well. My freshmen year was by far the worst school experience for me ever. Starting that year I had no issues with anyone, but after the first month or so it was war at school between me and certain girls. Almost every day there would be a verbal fight between us over things I struggled with. They called me horrible names that I don't want to repeat to everyone. Life was horrible for me and my speech teacher would tell me how to handle things, but I thought I could solve it on my own. Well I couldn't so the following year they put me in social applications which worked after a while. At first I had issues with a couple of girls and some junior flipping me off constantly, but I listened to my teacher and I dealt with it the right way,sure enough it went away. Ever since then I've been able to have a good school experience. Now I have one more year left and hopefully everything turns out well.

Nathan
Fond du Lac, WI