In Wonder by R. J. Palacio, does August see himself as an ordinary kid or an extraordinary kid?

Auggie sees himself as an ordinary kid, albeit with an extraordinary face. And he'd dearly love to be accepted as such by society. The problem is that no one else is prepared to see past his facial disfigurements; people take one look at him and treat him like he's some kind of freak. If the other kids at school would only put aside their prejudices for five minutes, they'd see that Auggie's just like them.
Auggie sincerely hopes that they will. As he openly admits, he just wants to be like every other kid going to school; he wants to have lots of friends and hang out with them after school, just like everyone else does. But he's not allowed to be his everyday, ordinary self, because the other kids—at first—aren't prepared to give him a break.