I do not own Harry Potter, I am just having fun with the characters
AN I am going to make some of the characters in the Wizarding world ignorant, Autism/Asperger's deniers, and so forth. I also want some characters to make huge mistakes as well.
I am going to let Nicole have some constant good things like an aunt, uncle, and cousin who cares. Also, she is friendly with the other kids in her Judo class but not friends . She just feels like she does not connect in with anyone and basically like she was born on the wrong planet.
I am going to give Nicole OCD which also will feed into her behavior which will affect her constant need for consistent routines. It is common for people with Asperger's to carry a dual diagnosis from what my therapist has explained to me over the years. I will give Nicole my OCD. I will try to keep my explanations simple so everyone can understand. The last thing I want is this to look like a research paper. If you want to learn more about the topic of Asperger's a.k.a. Autism Spectrum Disorder, please go to
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Replies were coming in for kids who would be attending Hogwarts and something surprised Minerva "What is Asperger's Syndrome?"
Severus was in the office when he heard this, so a new student might have Asperger's, interesting. He had a student with Asperger's and they all should remember him, James Martin. He graduated three years ago from Ravenclaw house but his mild and you barely noticed his. His Asperger's was a weak form of it. He was surprised to hear of a new student having it and the student must come from a muggles home because it is so rare among witches and wizards. That was when he saw the name "Nicole Potter?" The last person who he would expect would be Lily's child.
"Albus, remember James Martin? He had it but the staff seemed to shove his mild Asperger's to the side since he did act mostly like everyone else but struggled immensely during the first year. He just could not take the change of routine well and to make it worse, he closed himself off from classmates with his lack of people skills. We nearly ran him out of the school with not understanding this. Lily's daughter will not be like the other kids, her personality and even basic mannerisms will be different."
Albus showed his ignorance first "She will be like her parents and be Gryffindor. She needs to come here and do what it expected of her, what her parents expect of her. We treated Mr. Martin like a normal student and yes, we nearly ran him out of the school, but he came back."
Severus groaned "Nicole was raised outside of the Wizarding world like you wanted but she will not be fitting into your molds Albus. Secondly, she will not be super outgoing like her parents. Now, I hardly doubt she will be in Gryffindor. I think she will most likely go to Ravenclaw."
Making a mistake with James Martin was a real mistake because Asperger's is real and you do need to take a different approach with them sometimes.
That was when Minerva decided to stand against Albus because she knew he just did not understand the concept of something like Autism or Asperger's. "Albus; Severus, my self, and Pomfrey will meet up with the Dursley family to discuss Nicole. I will tell them that you have fallen ill and cannot attend. She should be here because most likely her accidental magic has been causing chaos. Your attitude will not sell the school to her aunt and uncle.
She is not going to be like James and Lily because she is not. Nicole, from what her file has read is she is far ahead of her peers academically and has a gift for chemistry. Nicole is going to have problems with bullies and she will be viewed as a freak here.
Now we need to address the bullying problem because it goes on in all years and in all houses. It has gotten out of hand is the main reason why the children leave. We need to go beyond detention and loss of house points. We start denying them privileges, suspensions, and at worst case scenario, we expel them but all staff needs to be on board with this one or else it will fail."
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Petunia was waiting for a reply about the meeting because she did not want to say anything to Nicole that she did not have all of the facts. She knew enough about the Wizarding world, but with Nicole you need to have the hard facts or else she will not understand. That is one part of her Asperger's, everything to her is either black and white.
At school, she can do the math and sciences at a level of a genius. She even turned Dudley in a fan of doing more math and science. However, anything that involved creative writing or art class, she was awful at.
Nicole thrived in jijitsu class with Dudley. Here she was taught how to deal with bullies without violence and everything else. Nicole and Dudley were studying to take their black belt tests which meant extra practice at home.
The other perk about Nicole being in martial arts is she learned how to control stress which had dramatically reduced the amount of meltdowns or in her case panic attacks.
P.S. Don't worry, Petunia will get her meeting and Nicole is not going to be happy.