u/Particular_Job_4023

(I don't celebrate my birthday, so I go by year. This year, I am 17, but I only legally turn 17 in September.)

I am planning to try to get 100% on all my GED tests, which sounds pretty hard to do.

I am pretty smart (I'd like to believe), and the reason I decided to get a GED is that I'm disabled and struggle to go to a mainstream school, and I failed 10th grade. I wasn't able to write any of my end-of-year exams because I was extremly sick.

I finished my GED course in >2 months, so I have now until September to octoder to study for my exams.

Whats your best study method? How realistic is it to aim for 100%, would that even matter?

So I am in the process of getting a huge disability aid, which will defiently show the general public I have an invisible disability and that I need to park in a disabled parking spot.

How do I go about getting one of those cards? Is it hard to get one? I have done some research, but I prefer to learn from others' experiences.

I live in the northern suburbs, but we drive all over the Cape and surrounding cities.

Help is greatly appreciated!

So I have struggled on and off with anorexia nersova and bulimia for a couple of years now, contradictory i know.

But recently, I have not been able to finish any food, no matter the portion size; I just suddenly get disgusted and nauseated and end up only taking a couple of bites.

I have been wasting food, I hate wasting food, I can't do my boy Sanji like that.

I seriously have no clue what is happening, i dont see my doctor for 2 weeks, any advice or insight?

I 17f am pretty annoyed at my family for expecting me to be ready and leave to go take ID photos without even telling me.

I asked why my dad was getting ready and noticed my mother and brother getting ready to go somewhere aswell.

My parents then got really annoyed and angry at me for not being ready and being "difficult"

I am now waiting with my father in the living room and he is pissed off, not to mention my brother knew ahead of time and he is still getting ready like half an hour before we are apparently supposes to go.

I still don't even know where we are going or what time we are supposed to leave/be there by.

Worst part I am autistic, the only one in my immediate family, and I am trying to suppress a meltdown now, and going to a big busy mall (there are a few places to get ids, all of them being in malls) and I am probably going to get overstimulated. Because of this I might end up having a meltdown today or have a panic attack worrying abt the meltdown bc that happens.

They didn't tell me I was going with or even that they were going somewhere at all, there wasn't even anything on the calander on the fridge.

AITAH for being upset abt this?

I 17f am getting a service dog, they are being trained by an org.

My uncle and aunt (40s-50s) live an hour away from our house, and they have 2 female ridgebacks (S and R), and I love them to death, but they are huge and love to play really rough.

I am still in the early stages, so my dog will either be a golden, a lab, or a GSD. The org will match a dog with me at the middle/end point of training, so i dont get 100% say on what breed.

I do not want my Service dog to be bullied by S + R, or to accidentally be injured by them, because these dogs were bred to hunt and defend from Lions. They are sweethearts, but accidents can happen.

I can't exactly leave my dog at home since big events like Christmas or birthdays are where I need my doggo the most, and I would have to go without them for 5-7 hours.

I haven't spoken to anybody abt this fear, i dont think they have even realized this yet, but I am too worried to ask. My aunt and uncle are very chill, so they might keep the dogs seperated but I am not too sure, and my parents are not as chill and see my soon-to-be dog and me as a bit of a burden, so they might just tell me to suck up and leave them at home.

WIBTAH to stay home entirely, even if it causes family drama

edit: A little bit of clarification and added info
I am not scared of asking; I am scared of staying home and not going because of the immense amount of family drama it will cause. My entire family is pretty immature, they are a bit sexist aswell and dont fully support my diagnoses (mainly the people above 70). So me staying home bc of my dog will make a lot of people mad, and I will probably not be getting any Christmas presents if i dont go to Christmas.

I also dont live in the US, so the ADA is not applicable here.

I am 17, and all the adults are over 50

So over easter, we had a braai, I baked a cake, and my father and grandparents brought me some easter goodies, some gummies, and chocolate.

During the braai on Saturday, all the adults got really drunk (I dont and never will drink), and of course, we were eating all the sweets and chocolate. My mother decided she was going to bed early, and she took my entire jar of sweets, and i didnt notice until the next day.

So in the morning I saw my jar of sweets on the table, so without thinking much of it, I took it and went to my room to munch and watch some yt while I recovered from the previous night.

My mother came in with a rage, insulting me for eating my own sweets, commenting on my weight, and complaining abt how I took the jar.

To me, this is not that big of a deal, i wouldnve shared today if she had asked. I shared yesterday that the sweets were already stated as mine.

I feel bad now, i dont think im the AH, but she is hungover and upset, and I did take it without asking, and I said sorry a few times, but I feel I should actually go give it back and say sorry properly. I dont even want to eat any of it anymore. I do not know what to do.

So I 17f met this girl 17f online begining of last year, but we only started actually talking this year in late january, she is the sweetest person ever i tell you.

Since we are online, it is much easier for me to mask as I am just typing, and people would never know if I had a meltdown or went non-verbal and such.

So for a little while I had been very soft launching the fact that I am an diagnoised msn autisitc person, small hints here and there, small mentions and such. And then one day, somehow we started having a genuine conversation about it, her asking questions, me answering them.

And then at the end of the convo/halfway through, she told me she signed up for a course about ASD to learn more about it and how to be more accommodating. Guys, that is literally the sweetest, most thoughtful thing someone has ever done for me in my life. Mind you, we have a 10 hr time zone difference, as to where we live, and it is very unlikely we would ever meet irl, maybe in the next 5-10 years.

We also dont call, we only type, but we do know each other's faces and real names and stuff like that, and guys, she is so FRICKIN SWEET. And every time I think abt it or get an update i just get so happy.