For example, teachers wonder if the autistic child will disrupt the class to the point where it's very hard for them to teach the other students. ... This means that the person with autism is likely to be disabled for life. ... They would most likely disrupt the class a lot and make it hard for the other students to concentrate. ... So if they were to go to a school just for other disabled children it would harm them more then help them, because autistic children pick up habits very easily, whether they"re good habits or bad ones. ... They are so intelligent it would be a disaster if ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Andrew (names changed for privacy) is a student in Mrs. ... Pope tries to engage every student in the different lessons, but not every student fully understands why Andrew always asks about animals. ... Some students wrote very negatively about having ASD and felt that they had a 'bad brain', were mentally disabled, or retarded. ... These students have a negative analysis of who they are and the difference that they have from other students. ... Parents and teachers would argue the importance of students being around other students with normal brain functioning. ...

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• Grade Level: High School