@pathfinder@Susan60@filmfreak75@BernieDoesIt@glen@Tooden@actuallyautistic yup! After a couple meltdowns (intentionally provoked by a "well meaning" teacher) I was slated for "trade school" (which was the 70s term for reform school)... instead of going all the way to grad studies.
I can't imagine how worse it would've been had they had any inkling I was otherwise "special".