"College" in Quebec

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Hi all, its been a while since I posted here...
I've been having some real problems with school for the past few years. I graduated high school in 2005; here in Quebec, high school goes to grade 11 then you proceed to 'CEGEP' which is sort of an intermediary between high school and university. I've never been diagnosed with AS but I'm positive it describes my personality. I'm starting to think that maybe a diagnosis however would benefit me. I've had a long experience with CEGEP and its somewhat complicated, and I have gone through three program changes. I've gotten very good and very bad grades. These bad grades are not really a reflection on me but rather on the extreme anxiety I seem to get in some classes. I've found that on a few occasions I've stopped going to some classes halfway through, after the drop date. In my head I know its a mistake but I have literally been unable to walk into some classrooms. School counselors have expressed a lot of shock when I come in the next semester to sign a probation contract and they see 98 in Russian History next to a 31 in some easy option like humanities that should be easy ( and is easy...) I don't know what to do about it but my future prospects in university are looking dim if I cannot get my permanent record fixed. I feel that perhaps getting a diagnosis of AS or whatever else might be wrong with me will help and perhaps absolve me of these grades. I don't think its fair that I get penalized for my own neurological disorder for the rest of my life, I have been an honor roll student and have received many awards.. Any thoughts, anybody?

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The last time I've get in CEGEP there was some services for TED (Trouble Envahissant du Développement, a broad category with things like ADHD and autism.), as well as "Accueil et Intégration". But it was still not really adapted for me and I failed, again, and possibly for the last time as I don't intend to come back, it's way too much work for me. I also hated a lot this "analyse formel" thing in the obligatory french class.

Hi, I know what you mean. I tried CEGEP 4 times and got three authorized absences for medical reasons and they wouldn't give one to me this semester even though I had a doctor's note because they are mean. I am formally diagnosed with AS and the disability people at the school wouldn't help me except give me extra time on tests.

I really wonder if it would be worthwhile to get a diagnosis. I mean, if they're not even going to do anything for me, I'd rather just keep going through life faking NTism without a label, who knows what the long-term repercussions could be. I really want to leave Quebec. I feel this is the worst province an Aspie could live in. I find dealing with French people twice as difficult as English people. Additionally this province's government enacted a policy favoring French over English in workforce hiring practices. This further decreases the chance of success for an English Aspie IMO because not only am I part of a very hated minority by language but also of a misunderstood and also disenfranchised category of spectrum disorder folks; these two facts make it seem to me that I have no future here; but I can't finish school and raise the money to leave quickly enough. I really hate CEGEP its such a horrible waste