Have you ever had a friend see you go to a special class

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Has anyone ever had a friend see you go in to your special needs class? I know I once did it was very embarrassing.

Unfortunately when I had to go to the SNC in primary school they had it setup bad... You basically couldn't go there without everyone knowing you did, and the teachers from there even came to classes sometimes just for me...

Those were incredibly bad times... And the worst part was that I usually resented the teachers there because of it which made going there fairly pointless.


I usually just made up some excuse like I was bad at X class. Which is usually far less embarrassing and way less of a hassle then explaining the reality.

I ended up going to a special school due to the bullying I went through in a mainstream one. People treat me like s**t for it.

Everyone in my class knew I went and I was never embarrassed about it. There were a couple of other kids that went there too who were also in my class. Luckily I was never bullied for that.

I saw the special needs teacher twice a week at school and nobody cared. I have a full-time support worker in university and the other students have never given me trouble with it, not even in practicals.

Most of my friends saw me going to speech therapy at the school, if you count that. It didn't change anyone's opinion of me.

Same with me.

In 7th grade there was an extra core class that everybody had to take. I turned out to be in the one that had to do with writing. The only people in the writing class were in special ed. Even other people who you would not have known that they were in special ed, appeared "normal". We all appreciated being singled out in this way. Everybody else wondered why the hell I was there since I was also in the gifted program.

In high school, my friends knew I would go into resource, one did as well, but nobody cared.

No. I wasn't in special classes.

If you count advanced class as special needs (it works, higher lever education is a special need, as in not normal) Then yes, otherwise no

According to the other kids I was "ret*d" for needing special ed PE classes, and a nerd for being in some gifted programs. If you're gonna make fun of me, at least try to be consistent.

I was forced to go to special classes until last year. I really didn't need them at all, but my mom was convinced that I was disabled and she thought she already knew everything she needed to know about being autistic. I finally set her straight in my Freshman year, and after that first term, I never set foot in that classroom ever again.

As for being embarrassed about it, I was more embarrassed about people thinking I'm dumb because of my mother's first reaction to me being diagnosed. Now she knows that it doesn't do anything extreme except affect my ability to socialize (and affect my hearing and light sensitivities).

[quote="MakaylaTheAspie"]I was forced to go to special classes until last year. I really didn't need them at all, but my mom was convinced that I was disabled and she thought she already knew everything she needed to know about being autistic. I finally set her straight in my Freshman year, and after that first term, I never set foot in that classroom ever again.

As for being embarrassed about it, I was more embarrassed about people thinking I'm dumb because of my mother's first reaction to me being diagnosed. Now she knows that it doesn't do anything extreme except affect my ability to socialize (and affect my hearing and light sensitivities).[/quote]

Sounds like your mom is reasonable. My mom thinks she knows everything and if you know something that is not the same as what she knows even if it is right you are wrong. Her dad was a jerk like that so I know were she got it from. My mom just learned about Aspergers when I was diagnosed. My dad left her so I am the only aspie in the house but of course she knows everything about it. I have been in special classes for my entire life. Even in special schools. In the past 3 years I have been in 5 or 6 different schools. Hmmm CHANGE. It doesn't go over well. this year (my freshmen) I was mainstreamed in math. The kids were always teasing me about my spelling and I hated it in there. Though I only had to leave the room twice because of near meltdowns. (the buzzing light and the kids whispering during tests) Though I got really embarrassed on Thursdays when I would go for consoling. In February I got pulled and yet again had to make change ut now I am home schooled so there may be no more teasing but since it is online and I have to read everything I can't focus and am usually cheating the questions and getting the answers (-_-). I remember the first day I was mainstreamed I was so happy (crap) I flapped my hands and rocked so many times that day the teacher (who didn't know I was an aspie) asked "are you okay?" I was so embarrassed that I didn't know what to do. I panicked and just said yes. Everyone made fun of me for that like saying "a little faster and you can reach the roof" " do you feel that breeze" and some others I don't remember. Glad your doing well