In 2011, I decided not to go back to college for a number of reasons after my first semester of merely three classes, but my communications teacher did play a part in me not continuing. I knew her, and she "knew" me. I worked with some special needs kids at the church (2009), one of which was HFA -- something I found coincidental and find a bit funny now, because we both got along so well.
I explained to her once about my Asperger's, and she acted as if I was making excuses. She loves communication, and I guess the problem with that and that class was that I was learning about neurotypical communication. It made me feel extremely singled out as an Aspie, and I dreaded that class so much because speeches were the worst, and learning the communication methods and rules was so hard. Everyone else understood, and I didn't. Another horrendous part was the accents. This was your average Texas, American speech. They were learning how not to sound Texan, and I have an American/Canadian/British/Australian accent -- all mixed -- because those are the kinds of shows I watched growing up. I also watch a lot of television and movies because I had a stutter as a kid and have a minimal one now, and somehow that helped me.
I also have Tourette Syndrome, and wow, that was hell. She would tell me I needed to "stop twitching", etc. during speeches and whatnot, or that I couldn't doodle, etc., and it was just awful.
All because I "don't act like [insert name of HFA child I worked with here]".