[putting my hand up]
This is something I have talked about before. I was considered good at school, but not one person considered that that had any impact on anything else. So my social isolation because I had nothing in common with the other children, or the trouble I unwittingly caused by saying things I knew were true that others didn't want to deal with or the fights I got into over injustices, these had nothing to do with my brain, so they were personality flaws. I recall getting an award (for citizenship) in which the introduction included that I was nonconformist. That became fodder for fights later with my mother screaming she would make me conform
I recently found out my school wanted to skip me ahead but my parents wouldn't let it.
That sounds really negative towards them, and I suppose that is a stage I am still going through - the being angry at someone else rather than blaming myself, although I am completely aware that they were absolutely doing the best they could and the conventional wisdom they were receiving was really no help for a child like me!
The fact that all this happened is really a strong motivator to do differently with my own children. Now if I could only figure out 'differently how?'
