I've had to go talk to professors about my asthma a few times. I'd suggest that you go to them in their office hours and ask for an appointment to speak with them privately, and then let them know that you have Asperger's. Give them a brief description of what it is, what limitations (if any) you experience, and how you're trying to cope with them. Try to stay away from medical lingo (I'm horrible for that - I'll say something like "asthma is a pulmonary disorder involving atopic inflammation of the bronchi" and then realize that a layperson probably has no idea what I just said, PhD in Chemistry or no), and instead aim for an explanation that someone with no familiarity with your disorder can understand (in my case, "Asthma is a disorder that makes a person's lungs inflammed, which makes it hard to breathe sometimes.") Ask that they help you in dealing with it. Professors, in my experience, get a lot of people trying to milk very minor things into carte blanche to brush off the course, so consider offering suggestions for
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