#autism in the media

[finnthepaladin]

"Hey, what is your favourite romance trope?"

"It's boss x secretary. Especially in kdramas, cdramas and thai dramas."

"Oh, wow, how patriotic of you. Do you also believe in the American Dream and that once you'll be a hard worker, you'll be compensated through a great work place, a great romantic life and later on become a stay-at-home-parent?"

"Oh, no. I'm just autistic and relate to the heavily implied autistic boss with his

-PTSD and/or childhood trauma

-perfectionism

-needs food prepared and his house/office cleaned in the "right way" and can easily get offended/compulsive if that is not done (to the point of fireing employees right on the spot)

-forming a sort of romantic relationship and/or friendship with people who respect and/or care to keep the "cleanliness"/compulsive sorting of things the way he wants them (the secretary)

-often shows affection through gift giving

-often times doesn't like being touched/needs his personal space

-is disliked even by people close to him/he has worked with all his life

-unable to read emotions or social cues

-easily deceived/doesn't spot lies easily

-shows almost no emotion or has problems finding the right way to express them

-no friends/troublesome relationship with family members

-see his partner more as "cute" than as "sexy" (especially in kdrama, cdrama), implying a bigger romantic than sexual interest in the person

-seems mature but has "childish" personality traits or values

-is seen as narcistic

-known to be gifted/intelligent from a young age and seeing other kids as immature/hard to understand/too emotional and has problems connecting with them, which leads them to spend more time with adults from a young age

#kdrama #cdrama #thaidrama #boss x secretary #she was pretty #a business proposal #whats wrong with secretary kim #my dear lady #implied autism #autism in the media #the masked woman #cutie pie the series #thai bl #poor x rich #drama #romcom #romance trope #it also works for almost any poor x rich storyline #boys over flowers #f4 #unfortunately hana yori dango is a toxic representation of that #hana yori dango #the secret life of my secretary #w: two worlds #my boss's special request #office romance #married to my boss

[clearingmyheadspace]

“Well, Dougie Seeger’s [non-verbal] autistic. He didn’t care. His heart wasn’t broken.” - Dr. Temperance Brennan on Bones

Bullshit.

First, I know this was on the air in 2009, and at the time Asperger’s was still an acceptable diagnosis (or “high functioning autism), but that doesn’t make the statement any less inappropriately stereotypical or hurtful.

Side note: Dr. Asperger was a Nazi and a eugenicist. The diagnosis was removed from the DSM-5 and is no longer used. Some people (ie mostly white males who were the predominant group to get this diagnosis) do still call themselves “Aspis” but they are perpetuating the ableist and harmful Nazi supremacist ideals the diagnosis was born from. It is largely shunned by the autistic community.

The truth is that many autistic people feel very deeply. Overwhelmingly so… which can lead to autistic meltdowns and burnout. The reason it’s called a spectrum disorder is because it’s a variation of traits that are experienced and expressed in a myriad of ways.

Also, this notion that non-verbal autistic people can’t express themselves is major bullshit. They may express themselves in a way others can’t understand. They may have different ways to communicate other than through language.

I know it’s just a show and I know it aired a long time ago but these are the very harmful stereotypes and media portrayals that have left me unable to get a formal diagnosis as an adults, and left others without the supports that they need even if they do have a formal diagnosis.

I can’t stand Sean from “The Good Doctor” for the same reason. The stereotypes and naivety he portrays are the actual worst because it perpetuates the stigma that autistic people are clueless about social norms and emotionless drones. We are absolutely capable of learning social norms. We absolutely feel just like allistic (non-autistic) people

The more I learn about myself and my autism, the angrier these types of things make me.

#autism #adult autism #autistic adult #audhd #late diagnosed autism #self diagnosed autism #self diagnosis is valie #autism in the media #autistic people have feelings too #autistic stereotypes

[benrybenrybenry-chr]

being into sherlock holmes is so stupid like. yeah here's my blorbo, you don't know him. you think you do, but unless you've systematically fallen in love with him through the personal writings of his retired army doctor best friend you really don't. yeah. he's one of the most popular and well known characters in the world. I have interacted with at least 60% of the current fans. hey do you think he associates the sounds of waterfalls with death? do you think he'll ever get over that? I won't. good talk

#sherlock holmes #acd canon #acd holmes #acd sherlock holmes #like idk bro something abt it is so surreal to me #it also just feels so stupid to say when ur talking to people who dont. get it #they think of him like an icon more than a beloved book character #like he isnt a character to them hes a representation of detective media #so it seems silly to them #yk that I care that much #its interesting #to me at least #those books mean way more to me than they probably should #its probably the autism

[gnomeantics]

i was watching the new quinton reviews video and this computer immediately stuck out to me because ??? so i stuck it into MS paint and i've discovered that the computers of mid-late icarly are on a whole other level & i want whatever this OS has going on. it is a gender to me

#quinton reviews #icarly #this is what happens when girls have autism and microsoft paint #i love how it's supposed to be a mac but they just went Well fuck that #got really worried i'd said the wrong version of windows media player for a minute but it's alright it is 11 #i was zoomed in on the image so i scrolled over to look at the windows key (see if there was one and if so what style/era) and i just see #this fucking . pear. i have to say i admire that dedication #to making the world's most glorious operating system... with a rainbow pear windows key #i want to know what happens if you press it #does this baby have windows + tab aero peek #hall of fame #1k #gnomeantics original 🌟

[emo-batboy]

A Wild Battinson (Social Media AU)

Part 32 (Masterlist)

(Part 33)

GREAT NEWS I have recovered from The Sickness 🎉🎉🎉

@bruciemilf fuck it, we ball

#battinson #bruce wayne #BRUCE WAYNE IS BARBIE #he just doesn’t blink cuz of those contact lenses #and autism #batman #the batman 2022 #the batman #batman 2022 #battinson needs a hug #dc universe #gotham #soft bruce wayne #gothamite #only in gotham #social media au #social media #dick grayson #dc #batfam #batfamily #gotham city #batdad #babygirl bruce wayne #give battinson a child 2k23 #poor bruce

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

The Media is Obsessed with Autism Diagnosis Being a Trend But the reality is that it Saved my Life and the Lives of Many Like Me...

Neurodivergent_lou

#autism #actually autistic #autism awareness month #autism acceptence month #autism and the media #autism/ADHD is not a trend #neurodivergence #neurodiversity #actually neurodivergent #feel free to share/reblog #neurodivergent_lou (Facebook)

[magnetothemagnificent]

The fact that the only autistic characters in media usually only work in jobs related to their special interests is yet another extension of the harmful idea Hans Asperger and the like introduced that autistic people are only worthy if they can work. Autistic characters in media are like "this character's special interest is forensics, so they work in crime scene investigation" or "this character's special interest is medicine so they work in medicine" when in real life most autistic people's jobs have nothing to do with their special interest. It's just not realistic. It's just this idea that autistic people and their interests are only valuable if they can successfully contribute to capitalism........I hate it.

#actually autistic #autism in media #ableism #autism

[soullessjack]

not only should any autistic character who’s ever been infantilized by their fanbase kill and maim more people, but they should also fuck as nasty as possible too. as a treat

#revising a dead post that you guys liked (about autistic characters killing people) #cal.txt #autism #autistic representation #autistic characters #autism posting #fandoms #blorbo tag #jack kline #supernatural #entrapta #spop #I don’t go to SheRa and never will but I feel so deeply for how Entrapta was treated #a whole 30 some year old woman and y’all are doing That? absolutely foul #autistic coding #autistic coded character #fandom ableism #ableism in media #you cannot claim to be an ally of autistic people or disabled ppl in general while viewing us as undesirable or childlike end sentence. #either you see us as complete autonomous adult human beings or you don’t #and if your blorbo is autistic and you want them carnally do NOT be afraid to speak about it #do not let ableism win. post about how badly you wanna do things to them. it’s a free country and you’re literally correct #fandom tag #jack spn #jack supernatural #jack kline winchester #jack winchester #spn fandom #supernatural fandom #castiel

[stillflight]

Biologist Annihilation and Laios Dungeonmeshi most specialest characters ever for being realistic depictions of having a special interest in biology as an autistic person thank you. Sometimes you really are so intense about organism mechanics that it makes you transspecies. Less ''this is my one well-known animal I know first-page-of-Google fun facts about'' bio freak representation and more ''I love this ecosystem I'm part of it now'' bio freak representation

#autism #swift enjoys media #dungeon meshi #annihilation

[kingofpeacows]

A lot of the time when people bring up Bart Allen as being super autistic coded, they're bringing it up in conjuction with the rest of YJ (which, yes, I love autistic friendship) but sometimes I just wanna talk about Bart Allen.

I wanna talk about the kid who doesn't understand he's getting bullied and managed to be friends with everyone because of it. I wanna talk about the kid who is so bad at holding a conversation everyone thinks he's some sort of brooding asshole. I wanna talk about the kid who KNOWS that the older, more popular kids talk to him and dare him to do stupid stuff because "of course Bart will do it" and does it anyway because he likes making people laugh. I wanna talk about the kid who knows he's doing something wrong socially but he doesn't know what and wants nothing more than to fix it. I wanna talk about the kid who knows he's different but still thinks the rest of the world is the problem. I wanna talk about the kid who's so smart and so brave but everyone only sees him as some mess-up idiot. I wanna talk about the emotional kid who got bullied for being robotic and unemotional because allistic people can't grasp what his world looks like. I wanna talk about the kid who wouldn't know sarcasm from truth. I wanna talk about the kid who's low-empathy but does everything he can to be compassionate. I wanna talk about the kid who's surrounded by people, but still feels so alone because no one else understands his world.

Sometimes I just wanna talk about Bart Allen.

#yes the rest of yj can be autistic but that doesnt erase the isolating feeling of autism #its a spectrum disorder for a reason #bart allen #dc #dc comics #dceu #headcanon #autistic headcanon #autistic coded #bart allen impulse #impulse #yj98 #young justice #young justice comics #young just us #hes so autistic #hes so important to me #read mark waids impulse and everything he does is so linked to the autistic experience #need people to be real bart fans and not just yj show fans or know him through other media /lh

[mental-ch-illness]

it’s all best buddies until the autistic person has a special interest that isn’t a highly relatable media series

#autism #actually autistic #neurodivergent #asd #god forbid we enjoy things that aren’t consumable media #anyone can reblog! #this fits a lot of nds

[black-rose-writings]

My mom, after spending an extended weekend with my dad's old college classmates and their families: It's so weird that all of these very weird, intelligent and structured men who got their masters in engineering in the late 1980s have sons that are all autistic and daughters who all have mood disorders.

Me: Yeah, very weird. Why could that be?

#autism #depression #something tells me the daughters are also autistic #I mean I know I am #our brothers just got diagnosed in elementary school and got help and accomodations #while we were labeled gifted and got no help at all #just more responsibilities and pressure #until we burned out at the ripe old age of 16 #and were now feeling as failures and disappointments to our parents on top of everything else #while also being the first generation to grow up with social media #idk that may just be me

[lesbiangiratina]

Theyre so cute wtf.

#parasocial relationship with this old gg manga artist and their autism beast ass testament #from ggx dna media comics… artist is ​人参so. #they did some 4koma stuff too… consistently cute testaments #not scans btw. filtered phone images lol #the kat goes meow #gg #testament tag

[slimi-kaito]

Ok, so I know Nimona's gender fluid and the whole shape shifting thing is a queer allegory.

BUT. (Don't worry)

I also think it’s an allegory of neurodivergency and disability! And I wanna talk about it:

To me, the « I wouldn't die die but I sure wouldn't be living » discussion feels very reminiscent of autistic stimming and masking, masking being explained here as the constant state of « that second before you sneeze ».

With that in mind, Nimona and Ballister's discussion in the train hits a lot closer to home for ND and disabled people in general because Ballister says « it would be easier for you » which isn’t actually true and shows how a lot of the world views disability. For people your disability is completely fine until they see it, they say they are disability allies but will shame you if you start stimming etc…

I think Nimona’s reaction to what Ballister said also shows that she is used to that kind of rethoric, she tries to lead him to the true answer « normal? » you’re normal for people if they can’t see your disability, « easier for who? » easier for him, easier for society because if they don’t see it they can ignore it. At the end of that conversation he doesn’t understand though and even think he is a hero for it « a lot of people aren’t as accepting as me » except what he does is actually the bare minimum, treating disabled people like actual people is the bare minimum whether you can see their disability or not!

At the end, Ballister understands that he was in the wrong and goes on to actually see Nimona as a person, as who she is « I see you ». And theoretically/utopically it’s the same for the kingdom’s people BUT it took the literal sacrifice of Nimona’s life for them to start treating her like a person which again should be the BARE MINIMUM. I think it is especially sad that it’s the way our society works as well, disabled people, queer people etc… shouldn’t have to earn the right to be treated as a person.

Thanks for reading all that, byeeee!

#nimona #start treating disabled people as people or I’m gonna get mad >:( #nimona netflix #nimona movie #nimona spoilers #disabled #disability #neurodivergencies #neuro divergent #autism #masking #autistic masking #queer #lgbt #lgbtqiaap+ #media analysis #nimona ballister #ballister blackheart #ballister boldheart

[dontron-9000]

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14 hours to go! Our boy is in the lead, but Kris could still catch up!

HOLD. THE. LINE.

#autism swag summit #autismswagsummit2023 #rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #unpause rise of the tmnt #rise donnie #rottmnt donnie #rottmnt donatello #rise donatello #ourplest boy!!! #the tbh creature of all time #good autism rep #nobody has more swag than donnie #rise of the tmnt #autism #autism in media #refreshing to have good rep #autismswagsummit #vote donnie for best autism creature #sorry for all the reblogs #autismsummit2023 #autism swag summit 2023 #dontron 9000 art #hoodiefox art #my art

[trashandwriting]

Part of why autistic representation in media is so bad is that, especially when the character is a kid, none of the parents and grandparents show any sign of neurodivergence in the slightest, when in reality, this is very different. It's always that 'The odd one out'-trope, the 'black sheep' of the family, it's presented almost as if autism just randomly 'infected' the family and I hate that. And then the movie ends with 'Oh but we love the child anyway'. YES Veronica you BETTER DO? Wtf? Trash

#adult autism #autism #autistic #actually autistic #autistic media representation #autism in media #autistic things #autistic adult