Hi,

I'm curently taking Broadcasting-TV, Lately however i've been experiencing some problems for example one my profesors was reading my report i handed into him and he said i can't make any sense what your saying in your report.

The next thing to happen to me is three of my professors, and the program cordinator called me in to meet with them since there conerned about

a)my group participation and what my group members said in there peer evaluations.

b)the fact that nobody wants to be in the studio when i'm around.

It was at that moment i reveled to them that i has been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome.

The problem is they where saying this is just the begining and there will be more group work to come, as 80% of the program is group or teamwork related.

when it comes to productions my profesors are conerned that when its my turn to take the role of director nobody is going to work with me and everybody will leave.

An its up to me whether or not i should countinue in this program.

They where sugesting that karren, my special support teacher make the class more awer of this conditon, in the hope of the class

will better understand, but like i was saying "its up to me" and the class has already gained the reputaion of being the noiseist class among the three classes.

and its sorta a hard program to get into as sugested by the cordinator, they only accept 72 applicants a year.

should i countinue or should i change programs??? I like the program, but as for team work i'm not to sure if it will work or not.

Do scriptwriting instead. It gives you complete creative control over what you do and if you do it right you can add the camera directions into it too.

I visit a forum called the Aspie Hangout. It's restricted to adults with the syndrome and you may be able to find some suggestions there.

http://forums.delphiforums.com/aspies/start

You have to request access to the whole forum and special access even after that, to certain folders (I'd wait a bit before visiting them, controversial stuff, I chose not to access them). You don't even have to have a formal diagnosis; I'm self-diagnosed. Good luck.

Hi,
As a student with an autism spectrum disorder, I feel your frustration. What if you did a write-up about how AS impacts you and share it with your teachers? They need to understand, regardless of whether you remain in the program. I'm upset they were so condesending. That makes me sick. I had a teacher ask me why I was in the class if participation wasn't my strong point. This still makes me mad. Maybe you'd like broadcast journalism or a more writing-intensive program? Hang in there. You have a good approach.