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Ok. This is what happened.
Recently I started school and in a full class I told my teacher "I want more time for my tests 'cs I have autism." Well. That won't be a problem, I've handed in all the right papers and everything. But she was utterly surprised for I just said "I've got autism" in a full classroom.
Saying most autists would be too shy to say such stuff. But I'm not 'just' doing secondary school, I am doing it on a school where all the people come that somehow haven't got the chance for the regular secondary school. So we are all a bunch of misfits that have all missed the boat some way or an other.
Is it strange to say 'this is my condition' in a full classroom of understanding (adult) people? Am I too bold?
What would you have done in such situation?

I normally wait until the end of class to ask my teachers for more time on tests. I don't tell them I have autism (I don't tell a lot of people outside of my family), but I do let them know that I have a learning disability.

I've always had a problem with disclosing too much information. I guess I just don't know what things are supposed to be embarrassing. I don't naturally feel embarrassed about things people say that I should be embarrassed about (like being naked). I've just tried to to memorize the "embarrassing" things that make others around me uncomfortable. The other "embarrassing" things don't matter to me because the legitimately don't embarrass me.

Well, I have the problem with disclosing too much information, so saying "I have Asperger's" to a room filled with people is not a problem for me at all. My college has a certain place to go to give teachers instructions for students with disabilities, and I'm thinking about going there next semester. I've found that I do much better on a test when I'm by myself than in a room filled with people.

Hasn't really ever been a prob for me. Have another guy in my class with Asperger's, and he doesn't really like to talk about it. A teacher once asked in class if anyone had, I saw on his face he didn't want to, so I just blurted out I have PDD-NOS (prolly asperger's, was too young when I got diagnosed). Not really a prob for me, but I can see why some people have probs with it.

Somehow it is sad when people can't really can't say it.
For years I went to a weekly group therapy, well more like a tea party and chatting about your (autistic) life, but it had therapists, and the health insurance payed.

Anyhow, one day I saw a class member as the new face in our group. I was like, "nice to see you here" and to myself something like (ah, so his disorder is autism as well) but I think he was quite upset he saw a face of someone he knew. He never came back. Too bad.

in my school they had a special system for people with "special needs". teachers will know if you need more time. i always hated that. i'm an A student. the reason i didnt do well in class was because i was having personal issues.

i never had an issue telling people i had aspergers. i told my college psychology class during my presentation about it.

I tend to be kinda antisocial at social gatherings it makes me feel depressed

Being antisocial on social gatherings? I can recognize that. So how do you deal with it?
Do you try to avoid being considered anti social by having one on one conversations or anything like that?

The secondary school teachers are usually trained for that, but not the professors, and certainly not student TAs.

Wow, in your schools the teachers are all so open! When I once told my sport teacher that I couldn't participate in certain sports (like basketball, soccer etc.), because I have Asperger's and it's too difficult for me when there are many people running all disorganized around, he just thought I invented that. He even called my psychologist because he thought I faked the attestation ...

I actually don't have a problem to tell people about it, but until now I haven't met even one person who had known what Asperger's is or that it exists before I told him. So I don't see any sense in telling people, because they don't understand anyway.

Regarding tests ... I guess I'm quite lucky because I'm unsally faster than everyone else, so the time never is a problem for me. I'm not good in oral exams though, there I always pretend to be just shy. ^^°

My aspergers hasn't hindered my educational life. In fact it helped me to focus on the stuff I was interested in. Although Math is the subject I but heads with >.> Anyway I'm like Lirina not to fond on giving oral presentations. Getting up in front of a room full of people scares the hell out of me...yet I participated in poetry slam I don't know how that works out.

Home life and social life outside of school is where my aspergers got a hold of me real bad. I didn't get my license until I was 21 and even then I only got it because I got a car. I didn't see a need for it at the time and was content with staying at home and watching anime and reading manga. Now I can't imagine how I'd live life without it. I hate relying on people like that now. I have the freedom to go wherever now, but I prefer to stay at home and be a 'hermit' so to speak.