Farkle Minkus was one of the smartest kids in his class. He made straight A's and his education was every important to him. He always tells his friends that he wants to grow up and own "Minkus International", and have his own "Farkle Nation".
But there was one thing that he never told anyone. He often wondered if he had Asperger's Syndrome. Farkle's parents were proud of their son's achievements in life, but they often worried about Farkle dealt with social interactions. He had his own group of friends, Riley Matthews, Maya Hart, and Lucas Friar. He knew that he was different because he had trouble interacting with some of his classmates. He was once bullied by Billy Ross because Billy was jealous of Farkle. Even though Farkle knew he was different, he made better grades than Billy. It was hard for Billy to understand why Farkle was different, but someway he still made better grades than him.
Farkle was very picky about the clothes he wore. He couldn't stand certian materials because they didn't feel right against his skin. The only materials that he could wear was cotton, fittness fleece, or jeans material. He usually wore Jeans, a turtleneck, or tee shirts. Colors played a big part too. He liked to wear pale colors, but he could wear shade of blue, grey, yellow, or green. But he hated maroon, white, brown and purple.
The one thing that he hated about school was P.E. He could hit, kick, throw, or a catch a ball. So he was always the last one chosen, because he would cause his team to loose. Then everyone that played on his team, were mad at him for the rest of the only time that he wasn't chosen last was if Maya, Riley, or Lucas were chosen as a team captian. If that happened they chose him first. And it didn't matter to them if they won or last. They just enjoyed having Farkle on their team.
Foods had to feel right in his mouth, or he couldn't eat them. The taste and texture played a big part. He only ate pizza (with light sauce), spagehtti (with light sauce), corn dogs, chicken nuggets, sausage, eggs, biscuts, grilled cheese sandwiches. The only sweets that he would eat woud be chocolate cake or white cake with white icing, cookies, and cherry pies. He'd eat almost any fruit, and he could stand veggitables. But, he liked fruits better.
He got along good with most of his teachers. He favorite teacher was Cory Matthews. Cory was Riley's father. Even though he was good friends with Riley, Cory treated everyone the same. He did give Farkle some time in class where he could talk in class. They called that "Farkle time", during that time Farkle could go up and contribute something to Cory's lesson. Everyone was interested in what Farkle had to say. But there were some teachers he didn't like becuase they didn't understand him and made fun of him for being different. They thought that he was just werid and wasn't trying in class. Those teachers didn't seem to want to see the good in Farkle.
After Farkle's Parents talked they decided that it was time to find out what they could do to help their son. If there was something wrong with him, they wanted it to easier for him. So they decided that they'd have him tested to see if he had Asperger's or not.
