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I was born with Asperger Syndrome and a mild hearing loss. I think I started at a mainstream primary school but for some reason it didn't work out so I went to the local special school. The first teacher I had was horrible and kept punishing me for things I couldn't help doing. There was also a lot of bullying in the taxi as they took a very mixed bunch. Some were just there because they had challanging behavior. It was sort of like a dumping ground that way. However the other teachers were ok and their was less bullying later on.
I really enjoyed it in later years. However my dad pulled me out after finding that I would not be taking exams in that school. He didn't think much of the standard of education either.
So I went to a hearing High school. Thats when I first got hearing aids. The bullying was very bad. I was unhappy and wanted to go back to the special school. Eventually the bullying was so bad in the 3rd year that I had to leave.
I went to another mainstream school with a partial hearing unit. It was very oral. No sign language permitted. The educational standards were not as high as the first high school as it was a big inner city school. The PHU wasn't too much help. They just provided hearing equipments and that was where I was sent if the teachers had any problems with me.
It was nice to mix with other deaf kids though as in the first high school I was the only deaf there. The level of bullying was nothing compaired to my first high school.
I would have liked to go to a signing deaf school right from the start even if I only had a minor hearing loss, or a school for those with Asperger syndrome who would introduce me to sign language.
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