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"We don't have a disease," said Jack, echoing the opinion of the other 15 boys at the experimental Aspie school here in the Catskills. "So we can't be 'cured.' This is just the way we are."

From behind his GameBoy, Justin Mulvaney, another 10th grader, objected to the program's description of people "suffering" from (fundamentalism, non-Christianity, homosexuality, heterosexuality, being a liberal in a blue state, being a conservative in a blue state, being a conservative in a red state, being a liberal in a blue state, Asperger's syndrome, etc.) or the form of {fundamentalism, non-Christianity, homosexuality, heterosexuality, being a liberal in a blue state, being a conservative in a blue state, beinga conservative in a red state, being a liberal in a blue state, Asperger's syndrome, etc.) he has.

"People don't suffer from {fundamentalism, homosexuality, heterosexuality, being a liberal in a blue state, being a conservative in a blue state, beinga conservative in a red state, being a liberal in a blue state, Asperger's syndrome, etc.) "Justin said. "They suffer because they're depressed from being left out and beat up all the time."

That, at least, was what happened to these students at mainstream schools before they found refuge here.

But unlike many programs for autistics, this school's program does not try to expunge the odd social behaviors that often make life so difficult for them. Its unconventional aim is to teach students that it is O.K. to act like they have {fundamentalism, homosexuality, heterosexuality, being a liberal in a blue state, being a conservative in a blue state, beinga conservative in a red state, being a liberal in a blue state, Asperger's syndrome, etc.) and also how to get by in a world where it is not