"Other health impairment."

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Was anyone placed under this label in school? What about even when you were diagnosed with autism?

I was placed under this label in 6th grade and 8th grade and up. My mom said it was for areas I needed help in. But I hate this label because there is nothing wrong with my health. I'm healthy and I don't like my learning style being called a health impairment or my social skills. If they called it like "other disability" I would be fine with it. But I do not have any medical issues.

Does anyone else hate this label?

Not had that personally but if I am remembering correctly, Christian Stewart-Ferrer mentioned something about how trying to train autistics to fit in "normal" society is not an ideal option.

I think it is like trying to change the autistic person to fit in which is just going to be inherently awkward and forced, rather than creating an environment for one to thrive in.

Maybe akin to forcing a left-handed person to write right-handed.

I think a possible solution to this would be something like homeschooling, but with a few more people. It could be like some sort of specialized school.

I think the "one size fits all" public schooling model is just inherently prone to dysfunction. You know you'll always have a proportion of students that thrive in that, but also a sizable proportion that just doesn't get their needs met, "disabled" or otherwise.

I just could not focus on school-work due to socializing issues (also the concurrent multi-subject aspect failed me because i like to focus on just one subject intensely rather than doing multiple subjects at the same time).

I don't see how creating a type of hybrid school between homeschooling and the large public or private school would be that difficult, though you might have government screwing it up somehow.