But.........
In fact I need to be positive, so I guess I'll try and make some friends, except when I joined my junior school I could actually make friends by seeing whos game looked the most fun seven year olds are lame and that's how I made my friends, but now people don't play, people chat, and most people know others so they'll be hanging around them....
Aren't you 11? Why are you hanging out with 7-year-olds?
Anyway, plenty of people your age play video games. But people around your age - especially girls (I'm assuming you're a girl?) - are just starting to truly develop their social skills by talking. You need to join conversations and get to know people that way, and then you can find out who plays what games. My guess is it'll mostly be the guys, who you should also get to know by talking to them. But I do think that guys in middle school haven't really figured out what to do when a girl talks to them - especially a gamer girl. So that might be harder.
My advice is that you need to stop judging people by the games they play and talk to them first. You'll figure out who the gamers are; don't worry. But talk to people. It's an important skill to have.
I am going to High school next month...I think on September 6th. Most people would be really nervous, but since I've gone over to the high school for a art program a couple times I'm not petrified. But I'm nervous, mainly for this reason:
I really don't know how I will tell the older student's that I have a disability...I have no trouble talking about my Autism online, but in real life it takes me a couple days to tell someone. It's a risky thing to do in high school, you risk being called stupid...or worse. (You all probably know what word I'm talking about) even though I'm not that at ALL. If I were that I wouldn't be even typing this. I really don't know what I'll do if I make a new friend and I try to tell them...any suggestions? Please be honest with your answer.
In all honesty, Pikachu, you're starting your Freshman year of high school, and everyone in your grade is just coming out of middle school. You're going to meet a lot of stupid people who don't understand your Autism, and who will make fun of you for it. That's the blunt truth. It's going to happen. But you will also meet a lot of
nice people who, after you tell them, will still accept you and want to be your friend. Please don't get discouraged by the jerks in high school. I'm sure you're very nice and you'll find plenty of really good friends. One of my close friends has a younger brother who is Autistic, and he had many friends in high school. He's in college now and I hear that he has a posse of girls who want to date him because he's really popular. No joke.
My advice to you is basically to get to know people - you're smart; you know who's a nice person and who's a jerk - and just be honest with the nice people about your autism. The nice people will still love you and accept you.