How do I tell them about my autism?

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I wouldn't trust students to tell that I'm autistic, but how can I tell the teachers about it?

PS: I'm in high school.

do u see a doctor about it? if so theyll happily write you a letter, they know how to explain it to an NT than we would too

just say it while talking to ur teacher about w/e work. be like "its hard cuz im autistic" or w/e. and if u r, wouldnt they already know by seeing u every day and knowing the signs??

Here's the essence of what I usually say.

"I have Aspergers Syndrome, a relatively mild austistic spectrum disorder. This can lead to problems with understanding subtext and unspoken elements of conversation, and can make working in very large groups uncomfortable at times. It also covers sensory issues which mean I can find some things like light or background noise distracting or aggravating, when other people aren't bothered by them.

Also, it can impede my ability to learn something through instructions alone—I have found that trying out the task practically, and having someone whom I can check my progress with in the early stages of learning, is more effective."

I've had good experiences with simply saying this (altered for your specific issues, of course) openly and non-defensively.

Just so you know, here's how my school is like:

The students at my school are just usually dumb, immature gangster kids (even the special ed kids) and they often don't always notice me because they always too busy focusing on themselves.

I don't ever think my school doesn't know how to treat someone with autism because the staff are sometimes the same as the students.

I am in both special ed and mainstream classes, but it's total hell instead!

Both the students and teachers don't always notice me when I usually feeling sad about those things I said above and when I have trouble with stuff.

Me and my mom is trying to find a different high school for me to go to next year.

And nobody cares.

High school sucks.

Good for you that your parents are trying to find a better one for you.

Do you have an IEP? Ask your parents to get one for you if you don't already.

Does the school know you are autistic? (Are you AS?)

If not, they need to know. It sounds like you need a change in school. It will help though, if you document your concerns. Maybe you can write down the negative things that happen, or if you can't write, get a little recorder that you can say them into when you get a chance to be "discrete". Taping conversations can be a tricky legal issue, I would just give a personal account after the fact, then try to catch people "in the act". Unless it is "really bad and borders on a "legal offence".

If you can't get into a different school, have you thought about correspondance? What sort of support could you get with that or Homeschooling? Maybe not for all your classes, but you may find that being in only 1/2 days is more tolerable, and then you can do the subjects you don't need as much help or support with, or find difficult due to environment at home!

Maybe even with a change of schools, that would be better anyway!

do you have an ISP at your school? if you do all your teachers should know about your autism

individual service plan

ISP = Internet Service Provider. Not relevant.

IEP = Individual Education Plan

If you have an IEP, all your teachers should already know you're autistic.