Can anyone relate to my story?

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So this is my nutshell story - I'm now 23, and over this last year I got the Aspie diagnosis. I've relatively come to terms with this, though the night is young - I'm still me after all, diagnosis doesn't change me.

College has been rough both times, this go I'm one of 6 male / 55 female art school students and I'm a complete outcast; that's enough misery for a while. High school was the usual negative experience for a mildly autistic teen, early school was pree good

My biggest concern now is how do I handle an already severely strained relationship with my closed-minded, yapping extrovert family? Thanks to being perceived as completely slow I know a few things they don't expect me to; Strong evidence says they knew of this well before I did and chose not to discuss things with me, or even get me help - And lied to me saying it's not budget-friendly. I became the scapegoat for other problems, nothing was done about siblings exploiting me... All that aside, now that we have a name for it all nothing is being said! They're pretending it's all fine, everyone's refusing to speak and I don't have the energy to take this on myself, even enough love for them to let it slide, suffice to say I moved away and ceased contact to stymie becoming a danger to myself over some of their b.s. - I'm pissed :\

Could anyone offer some insight about putting the pieces together?

I know what you're goin through dude. I always knew I was different and my mom always knew I had aspergers, but I didn't receive any help other than the few useless special ed courses at school. I also have three older siblings who enjoyed torturing me and exploiting my social differences for there own amusement. If I had known if I had a clue what was going on then it may have been better than it is now, and even to this day after figuring out why I was such an outcast my family continues to ignore or put off the issue. It's hard and all you can really do is toughen up, you have to remember that others will appear to be doing so much better even though you are frequently brought down and are climbing back up a crumbling mountain, and you just have to shrug off what makes them "better" and focus on what makes you more magnificent than those who are given everything to them. I don't know if life will get better or worse from this point on, but if you stay strong willed and strong heated there is a better chance you will enter the world happier than most who have wasted there lives will.