#autism acceptance characters

[primeministerofantarctica]

Autistic Headcanons: Milo Murphy (Milo Murphy's Law)

"You know what they say: Sticks and stones can damage your vital organs, so always wear body armor!"

[sournote2014]

I want to be able to do everything!

Kunibert from the East German kindergarteners’ series ‘Brummkreisel’ I’m sure about.

[azuremist]

Okay, the fact that autism week / autism acceptance month has BARELY started, and we have not one, but TWO canonically autistic characters calling themselves autistic on-screen???? THIS IS SO FUCKING AWESOME LIKE????

[gods-favorite-autistic]

Happy lesbian visibility week and autism acceptance month to Ayda Aguefort by the way

[nemmet]

🩵🌻 another year, another happy (belated) autism acceptance month to my favourite autistic character!! he’s off in search of his next niche hyperfixation :)

[ilovetvtoons]

It's amazing that Marcy is possibly the first canon autistic cartoon character to be diagnosed by 3 well trained professionals from the real world.

[imagining-in-the-margins]

Autistic Spencer Reid

Happy Autism Acceptance Month, everyone! By request, my wonderful friends and I have taken on the daunting task of documenting the reasons why Spencer Reid is considered Autistic. Big thank you to you @spencer-reids-adventures and @foxy-eva specifically for their help. We hope everyone enjoys! This is not an exhaustive list.

Stimming/Self-Stimulatory behavior, including rocking/spinning in his chair, twiddling with his fingers, gripping sheets, bouncing his legs, biting his lip/tongue, rubbing his eyes, spinning pens, pacing (e.g., S6E12 "Corazon")

Averse to touch, dislikes hugs (S7E13 "Snake Eyes" & S11E11 "Entropy")

Explains multiple attempts at masking, including "being more conversational," (S2E19 "Ashes and Dust"), scripting conversation (S15E4 "Saturdays"), saying what people want to hear (S6E20 "Hanley Waters")

Verbosity - Difficulty recognizing when he's talking too much/speaking at inappropriate times (e.g., S1E16 "The Tribe" & S10E16 "Lockdown")

Began studying behavioral science to understand behavior that made him frustrated/confused (S11E22 "The Storm")

Averse to hosting/hanging out in his space; didn't invite his friends to his apartment for over 15 years (S15E9 "Face Off")

The only team member capable of proficient communication with other Autistic people (S6E16 "Coda" & S11E22 "The Storm")

He is referred to as Autistic by multiple characters, including a literal profiler, and does not deny or question it (S1E5 "Broken Mirror" & S8E3 "Through the Looking Glass")

Lack of social awareness, such as focusing on a convention while at a workplace shooter crime scene (S7E3 "Dorado Falls")

Various special interests, like Doctor Who (S6E16 "Coda" & S7E23 "Hit")

Literal thinking, such as focusing on scientific accuracy of a star-based fable (S5E13 "Risky Business")

Difficulty recognizing common phrases, such as the "sitting in a tree" song (S3E14 "Damaged") or jokes (S7E9 "Self-Fulfilling Prophecy" & S1E8 "Natural Born Killer")

Makes inappropriate references, such as to Derek's playboy behavior (S1E18 "Somebody's Watching") and Rossi's age (S7E13 "Snake Eyes")

Coordination/Spatial deficits (S1E17 "A Real Rain" & S8E6 "The Apprenticeship")

Hyperfocuses on a task to the point he doesn't notice his surroundings (S5E20 "A Thousand Words")

Unusual/hyper-specific pedantic language (S3E6 "Remembrance of Things Past")

Resistance to change, manifested as a luddite dislike of technology (S6E7 "Middle Man" & S8E4 "God Complex") and struggling with Gideon's death (S10E14 "Hero Worship")

He receives (apparent disability) accommodations to be in the field (S6E10 "What Happens At Home...")

Introverted, difficulty sharing emotions, even with his closest friends (S10E13 "Nelson's Sparrow")

Heavily bullied as a child (S3E16 "Elephant's Memory")

Difficulty making friends (S2E1 "The Fisher King Part 2")

Trouble with eye contact, which persists throughout the series

His mother is schizophrenic, which has a strong genetic link to Autism

Dislikes small talk (S8E3 “Through the Looking Glass”)

Enjoys memorizing lists (S7E11, “True Genius”)

Savant skills - eidetic memory and hyperlexia

Matthew Gray Gubler has also explained that, regardless of the canonical confirmation, he views and portrayed Spencer Reid as Autistic. Specifically, he stated:

"He's an eccentric genius, with hints of schizophrenia and minor autism, Asperger's syndrome. Reid is 24, 25 years old with three Ph.D.'s and one can't usually achieve that without some form of autism." (Note: Asperger's is an outdated term with Nazi origins, which is now referred to as a part of "Autism Spectrum Disorder" by most countries)

DISCLAIMER: I am Autistic, as diagnosed when I was a toddler. These thoughts are my own and shared for fun. If you disagree, please make your own post about it rather than posting them here. This was a labor of love for fans like me and those who love Autistic people and the characters like us. Thank you for respecting and understanding my boundaries!

Looking for more to read? Check out my Autistic headcanon posts for Penelope and Hotch!

Thank you everyone! 🌈♾️❤️

[nwarrior777]

having shut downs for two days in a row, decided to feel my feeling through jpegs

so yeah here is Astarion struggling after being captured (and saved) from cazador or smth, everything i knew is still random cutscenes with him recomended by youtube, but i love him anyway

(why is he fat - because)

[loxli]

It’s Autism acceptance month again! So here’s a Chu Wanning with his lovely red haitang and golden willow vine

[saintarmand]

assad saying armand is truly after acceptance 🥺💕

so true... acceptance is certainly something he's never really found... i am once again clocking in at the woobifying armand factory to say BABYGIRL I SEE YOU I UNDERSTAND YOU I ACCEPT YOU YOU ARE JUST LIKE ME FOR REAL

[a-little-ray-of-fantasy]

April has come to an end, so to properly celebrate the ending of Autism Acceptance Month, I made a collage of 25 fictional favorites of mine that I've headcanoned as autistic.

BTW the only exception is Barnaby who is officially confirmed as autistic, therefore they're at the centre of the collage. ^^

So, yeah! Keep on spreading the love, everyone!

[primeministerofantarctica]

Autistic Headcanon: Marvin the Martian (Looney Tunes)

"Where's the kaboom? There was supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom!"

[autball]

That's right kids! Always be true to yourself - unless your true self is considered a "disorder."

[Image description: A 4 panel cartoon by Autball.

1: A happy flappy character (orange to red gradient) with the words “Just Be You" arcing above them, on a faded red background with a dark red frame.

2: Many child-sized figures, of various rainbow colors, sitting on bleachers. A blue adult figure stands in front of them saying, “Remember kids: Just be YOU. You are all wonderfully unique, and your true friends will accept you for who you are.”

3: The same adult figure stands in front of a different section of the bleachers with eight neurodivergent children of various colors sitting together. One has an AAC device, another is in a wheelchair. The adult points to them and says, “…except for you guys. We’re actually gonna need you to NOT be yourselves as much as possible if you wanna be accepted."

4: Close up of blue adult figure who says, “Don’t worry. We have lots of ways to help you with that!” He holds up a list that reads: Intervention Plan; ABA; PBS; Social Skills Group; Whole Body Listening: Clip Charts: Points Systems; Behavior Goals.]

[rayhantochtli]

This past 2nd of April was Autism day internationally, and April as a whole is Autism Acceptance month :D

So here are some canon autistic characters to celebrate!

Characters: Twyla Boogeyman, Fred Jones, Manny Rivera, "Mob" Shigeo Kageyama, Donatello and Norma Khan!

[anteomnia]

reid being treated like the baby of the bau in season 1 is so funny to me, he’s supposed to be the smartest mfer there but they act like he can’t even figure out how to “think outside the box”

[nemmet]

🌻💙 happy autism month to this wonderful silly guy, and all his boundless enthusiasm for what he loves!!!