What should I do?

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I go to high school in Sweden and I like my school alot and I have friends.
I got diagnosed with AS when I was thirteen and all the doctors say that my problems with depression come from that. I have not been depressed for almost two years and now I am so again and now I am failing school.
I like my teatchers but they do not understand my problems with is strange beacose they are pre-school teachers teatcing my class about diagnoses like mine.
My doc said that *normal* high school maybe is to much for me to handle and he wants me to go to another school here in sweden for others with similar problems as I.
If I go i get help with learning how to live alone and get the break that I need from reality.
I was wondering if someone has gone to school with other AS kids and how it is like? When you go see schools they only show their best qualityes (sorry for the spelling) but I want to know what it's really like, both the positives and negitives.

Depression goes with the aspie territory...

I posted a series of blogs on it a while back.

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4

I'm not sure that aspies necessarily get along with other aspies in real life social situations. Sure they're nice but I'm not sure if we don't irritate the living daylights out of eachother.

I'd also be wary of going to a "special school" since they tend to be remedial in nature and may limit your post-academia job prospects.

Be careful.

thank you for the advice, I'll think about what you said.

I don't know about special schools; I went to public school which was stressful, but I think it helped me to better deal with NT people. It might be good for you to meet other Aspies, though, it may help with the depression. Is it possible you could try the school, and then switch back if you find it's too remedial? Or maybe you could sign up for after-school activities like band/sports/clubs with the Aspie school, but keep attending your regular school?

There were no special schools or programs when I needed them...and as stressful as high school was, it made me a stronger
person forcing me to endure the challenges of the real world. My nephew, now age 20, has been receiving special services for
Asperger's Syndrome since he was three years old, his mom constantly "irons" out the wrinkles in his life to de-stress it and he
has great difficulty when life becomes too challenging. Parents don't live forever...and those with Asperger's Syndrome who survive best are the ones who attempt to deal with social issues and life challenges head-on, even if it may take longer to achieve one's goals and one has to fall down many times. Each time you fall, you simply get back up and try again.

I would hate the alternative and living in an environment where people made all my life's decisions...