By AdamTB - 21/07/2015 17:45 - United States

Today, I attended a new class at college. It was a class to help people with Asperger's adjust to college, which my parents pushed me into taking. It was incredibly condescending and insulting, and it felt like a class for preschoolers. My parents won't let me drop the class. FML
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AdamTB 26

Huh, surprised this got published. Anyway, a lot of the comments are about me just taking control and dropping it and that’s probably not going to change, so I’ll just comment the reason why I haven’t now. Due to my Asperger’s, my parents feel like I am not self-sufficient and I cannot make my own decisions. Naturally, this is completely false. However, due to college being ungodly expensive, I’m living with them until I can become financially stable. Now then, onto the problem. Dropping the class is a great idea in theory, but that’s not going to happen in practice. Trust me, if I could then I would. If I drop the class, my parents will definitely know. They will then proceed to, for lack of a better phrase, bitch me out for dropping it without consulting them (which I have done, and they refused to let me drop it). They are not abusive, but can be relentless and admittedly scary at times. I’d rather take a demeaning class than have to deal with them. Does that sound like a childish reason? If it does, I don’t blame you. I’ve always been constantly told that I’m mentally and emotionally a few years behind normal people. Sometimes, I don’t know whether to believe it or not. Regardless, my best option is to just move forward with the class no matter what happens. Also, this is probably going to be brought up so I’ll just talk about it now: no, I cannot move out. They will not let me as they do not believe I could survive by myself yet. Even if I were to just run away and move out, I still don’t have the finances to buy a even an apartment room and continue with college.

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jakers8424 18

You're an adult. Make your own decisions

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MrConcise 34

It's actually rather mature, honestly. You're doing the right thing, it doesn't cause you that much trouble and it makes your parents happy. Sometimes we just have to do things we don't want to for the sake of those who care about us.

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hotdamnlrock 14

For those of you who may be wondering what Asperger's is, it is a disorder that affects an adult or child's ability to socialize and/or communicate. Hope this was useful, although it might get lost in the comments.

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robthegray 3

I have aspergers too, but i'm a junior in highschool and my parents aren't like that, but one thing that I don't like is that the state requires a bus aide for all special ed kids regardless of wether or not they need it which is very demeaning.

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baebae15 5

That sucks. Why are your parents making you take this class? If you have Aspergers, then you are not alone. See, if you look at the scientific research, people with Aspergers are actually quite intelligent. There are many famous scientist, writers, lawyers, and so on that suffer from Aspergers.

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karmaweasel 14

If it helps Asperger's is out of the DSM-V now and officially reclassified as "high functioning autism". (The DSM-V is what psychiatrists and doctors in general go by for diagnosis of mental/psychological disorders). Only recently did they decide to toss out Asperger's and just go with autism (and specify high or low functioning). You should ask to drop on the grounds your entire class is now obsolete ;)

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guineagirl96 38

Actually, high functioning autism (HFA) is no longer in DSM either. DSM-V does not differentiate between different forms of autism and Asperger's. There is one single diagnosis, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). They don't specify whether it is Asperger's, Autism, or one of the other what used to be PDD (pervasive developmental disorders). As a result, there is no difference between high, low, and medium functioning autism from a diagnosis standpoint and they no longer specify. It was not a good move IMO.

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karmaweasel 14

I'd agree with that... they need to overhaul quite of bit of that section IMHO. And I *really* wish they would add SPD (Sensory Processing Disorder). I have that to a severe degree yet it isn't listed as it's own disorder (I think possibly as a symptom of ASD). I am probably on the ASD spectrum but the SPD is more an issue than anything else. It's so much fun being told what you have doesn't "technically" exist.

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AwkwardKarma 18

You're not a kid anymore. You can make your own decisions. Your parents can't tell you what to do

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fantasyworld 37

You are an adult who can make his own decisions.

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TheAspieDork 27

I feel you, buddy. I have a very mild case myself, and some of the social skills groups that I've been in have made me feel out of place, like I'm in limbo between neurotypicals and other people on the spectrum. I'd suggest getting support from an individual counselor, if that would help you.

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InsanityShard 23

Jesus christ I hate when people do that, especially since Aspergers is not quite the same as Autism- it almost only affects social skills. I'm Autistic, and I absolutely hate being treated like I'm very young or stupid.

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Catto-Golden 23

I understand, Op, I have the same thing and I'm babied all the time, they don't even try to teach me how to be an adult and I'm seventeen

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