Having myself been diagnosed with Asperger's at 15, naturally, I was interested in this post. Seems to have become more an argument about what autism is than a thread offering advice to a worried teenager. I think most people have missed the point.
Keron, I would advise you to talk to your school or college as soon as possible if you think you have a learning disability of some sort, as some kind of learning support may well be helpful even without a diagnosis.
In relation to the rest of the post, I find it slightly annoying, even a little offensive when autism or ASD's are confused with mental illnesses, but I realise that not everyone has any knowledge of autism or AS at all, and it is up to those of us that do to educate those who don't.
Also I found some of the links quite interesting, so thank you for those.
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