Okay, so first off, I'm Autistic. Very, very high-functioning, but Autistic nonetheless. Needless to say, I don't have many friends. It never really hit me until this year, and when it did it felt like a hole opened in my chest. I feel so empty.
But what I'm going to talk about today is one of my friends. He's also Autistic. He's lower functioning than I am- not by a lot but enough to for people to notice. Everyone hates him. When I say that I'm his only friend, I'm not exaggerating. I am LITERALLY his only friend. And because of this, he follows me everywhere. One time I went to the robotics room during lunch to help my team, and he legit got MAD at me. I also went to go see my science teacher to make up an assignment and I walk back into the hall and he's THERE. This kid legit tracked me down because I left for 20 minutes. And because everyone avoids him, everyone avoids me by extension. It drives me crazy. I mean, we have a lot in common but he's just really weird. He also gets physical, which is even worse. But I signed up for this, and I have no way out. I feel bad for him too, his mom died last year, although they didn't really have a relationship. And because I'm the only person in the school who's not a jerk, I get penalized. Making friends is hard as it is, but he makes everything so much worse. I don't know what to do. I can hardly talk to people, let alone tell this kid to buzz off.
But what I'm going to talk about today is one of my friends. He's also Autistic. He's lower functioning than I am- not by a lot but enough to for people to notice. Everyone hates him. When I say that I'm his only friend, I'm not exaggerating. I am LITERALLY his only friend. And because of this, he follows me everywhere. One time I went to the robotics room during lunch to help my team, and he legit got MAD at me. I also went to go see my science teacher to make up an assignment and I walk back into the hall and he's THERE. This kid legit tracked me down because I left for 20 minutes. And because everyone avoids him, everyone avoids me by extension. It drives me crazy. I mean, we have a lot in common but he's just really weird. He also gets physical, which is even worse. But I signed up for this, and I have no way out. I feel bad for him too, his mom died last year, although they didn't really have a relationship. And because I'm the only person in the school who's not a jerk, I get penalized. Making friends is hard as it is, but he makes everything so much worse. I don't know what to do. I can hardly talk to people, let alone tell this kid to buzz off.
