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<br />halls, thrown food at in the cafeteria, and had verbal insults all day long, yet she never gave <br />up. She had the strength that she needed to survive the school year, but I also knew a boy . <br />who considered himself gay, and he was just as open. He was discriminated against like <br />you wouldn't believe. He had a more difficult time in dealing with it. At one point during <br />the year, he told me and many of the other kids that did accept him that he was considering <br />suicide. We all tried to stop him and we got him help, but then the school year ended. <br />This year we haven't seen him at all, and there have been rumors of what happened to him, <br />but whether any of them are true, no one is completely sure. <br /> <br />Discrimination-Disability <br />I know that some people like to discriminate against people with learning disorders <br />because they make fun of me. I have Asperger's Syndrome, a form of autism. Because of <br />my autism, I have certain limits. People have noticed those limits, so they give me a hard <br />time by making fun of me. Last year, an 8th grader started calling me a "retard" on the bus. <br />A couple of time he kicked me and he also punched me. I know what it is like to be called <br />nasty names and to be hurt, because I have been discriminated against. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />(' <br />