You have some very good points, and what you're saying makes sense. (As you know) my son has aspergers, so I myself don't really belong on this forum, but I'm trying to both learn how to understand what my son goes through with this, AND I am trying to find ways to raise awareness to my own community so that our teachers will begin to be better equipped as to how reach and teach children like him. The point I'm getting at is maybe, just MAYBE instead of just making a stand for yourself, you could one day be a voice for Many like yourself. Even from your room, on your computer, you could write a book about it. Who knows, it could be a best seller! You're very good at expressing yourself through writing! You could write about anything! Or you could be a public speaker, or an artist. You have gifts and talents that norms don't and truth be told are probably jealous of, so they put others down to make themselves feel superior. But they don't have the power to limit your potential. Only you can do that. Or hey!.... Maybe you could teach Science to autistic children! You could be born to greatness and not even realize your purpose. Just because our lives don't always work out the way we planned, doesn't mean there's not a plan for our lives!