Autism and Middle School

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I have autism. My cousin also has autism. He's 6 almost 7 years old. He's starting middle school soon. Should I worry about him going? What if he's unable to make friends? Is he going to get bullied?

I had no friends and got bullied relentlessly, although I didn't know I was Autistic at that point. People just picked on me because I was shy and didn't say much. It was also obvious that I found the work hard so I was easy picking for them.

Maybe you could set measures up, tell the staff to keep a watch on him so he's not bullied or alone. He might find it easy to make friends, I didn't but everyone is different. I hope it will work out at middle school for him.

My only saving grace was that I got decent grades in school, particularly in English and any subject requiring a lot of reading and study. I was a strange girl who was interested in world cultures. (In middle school, Greece and Japan were my main countries of interest. In high school, when I started learning Spanish, I did extensive study about Spain and Argentina). I was the oddball student who liked diagramming sentences and conjugating verbs. Socially, however, I was pretty much a loser. That is changing now. I may never accomplish anything great or even live a completely independent life, but I am working on the independence part. At 54, I don't know how many more improvements I can make.

Sounds like some sort of genius. Starting middle school at age 7?

A person has to always be there for a person who is bullied.

I was never bullied for it, but my undiagnosed autism made middle school hellish. Mostly because I was having full blown meltdowns all the time and it was terrible.