Should I just get over with it and tell my classmates?!

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I will be getting a lot of rotations and practicals involving my small (in university terms) class. I might be mixed up with people I feel comfortable with and others whom I don't really know at all.

Will it be a good idea to give them a heads up that I sometimes relapse and do inappropriate things eg being insensitive, overly blunt, not reading body language etc.
because, you know, not because I'm an as*hole, but because I don't understand those things?

Gah...

They might take it as you using it as an excuse. I only would in the case of an apology.

That's what I was afraid of as well. The people I got along with didn't give a s**t when I told them. Hell, one actually told me that she had suspicions but felt it was rude to ask.

But with the others... I'm conflicted.

I wouldn't tell them you have Asperger's/Autism, unless the subject is broached in an objective matter. I would just apologize if someone gets offended. I would state things in general terms: something like "Sometimes, I'm insensitive when I don't mean to be."

I think you should tell them. That's what I did when some people at my table were kind of laughing at me. When I told them that I had Asperger's, they actually got kind of interested about what it was. Now, they don't laugh at me or others in the classroom who have or might have it. It all turned out for the best.

I'm glad it worked out for you, too.

In my day, If I would have mentioned I had something like Asperger's, everybody would have started running to get their "cootie shots."

That would have exacerbated the bullying, teasing, etc. that I was experiencing.