How can I make people treat me normally?

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I usually make myself act shy and compliant. This works in classrooms, but it doesn't work in real relationships. It's even starting to fail in the classroom because the teacher is starting to pay more attention to me. I really hate that because it destroys my shy and compliant act. I bet if I wasn't in special ed I would get left alone by the teachers.
I often cringe when I see myself come out of my shell because I know how immature and ridiculous I'm acting. And I often notice that other people think the same thing.

Well try to act maturely then. If you know how immature and ridiculous you're acting, you also know how to not act immature and ridiculous.

I kind of know how to act maturely, but I have ADHD. My ADHD often makes me say immature stuff. I can only contain my ADHD if I make myself shy. Even when I do that, stuff can leak out.

Unless you are a baby adolf hitler, you really cannot make people do anything they do not want to do. It is acceptable to be a little immature, at a young age. I do not know how old you are, but I'm 42, and still a little immature some of the time. If you are younger than that it might be o.k..

Unless people around you are nitpicky nutfreaks, I would try to be as natural as possible. My nephew has ADHD. Not so sure they are right about that, given the circumstances of my sister in law, and brother. Words come to mind other than sister, and brother. However, I am sure your teachers are aware of your condition, and they in turn should act accordingly.

Graduate from high school. Move to a new city. No one will know you were in special ed unless you tell them.

I know that I can't control people. I can try my best to control my behavior so they won't have undesirable reactions to my behavior. I know that acting immature will make people treat me like I'm younger. Since I don't want to be treated I'm younger I try my best not to act immature.

I don't know what my teachers know about me. No one knows that I have ADHD because that is a self diagnosis. I think ADHD is the most accurate description for the way I think and act. I know that my school case manager is aware of my inaccurate autism diagnosis.

I also know that my case manager is in touch with my other teachers. I hope my other teachers don't know about my autism diagnosis. If they did that would explain their behavior. There's this one teacher who used to treat me quite normally, now he pays way too much attention to me.

In my experience the more that people know about me the less they understand me. My music teacher doesn't seem to have much problems understanding me and as far as I know she doesn't know about my autism diagnosis.

I hope it's that simple. I think people treat me like this because of my behavior. Even if they don't know that I was in special ed they still might sense my immaturity.

I remember the maturity speeches. By looking around and understanding people, I still don't know what they are talking about. If you feel that way, and want to change for them, it is best to try to fit in. That can be difficult because people are nutz! I got it down pretty well. I had good mentors. They were nutz!! !