#autism month

[mangedog]

this autism month, Say No to Autism Speaks, Say Yes to Autism FREAKS

#dogpost #autism awareness month #autism month

[thetisming]

every month is autism month if youre autistic

#does this make sense #is this funny #dont kill me #autism month #autism acceptence month #actually autistic #autism #april

[persephonaae]

#here have this one also #elden ring #autism #autism month #autism acceptance #elden ring memes #autistic #actually autistic #fromsoftware #fromsoft

[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!

#fred jones #manny rivera #shigeo kageyama #norma khan #monster high #scooby doo mystery incorporated #el tigre #mob psycho 100 #rise donatello #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #dead end paranormal park #my art #autism month #holy shit the amount of tags for 6 characters #i think i may have done the symbol a little bit wrong? #i kinda went with what i remembered so i probably got something wrong with the colors #hopefully its acceptable #twyla Boogeyman

[cherrybombfangirl]

I see Autistic/ADHD Lloyd headcanons all the time, but none for his parents which is weird because both ADHD and Autism are genetic. So lets fix that, and during Autism Awareness month no less, yay, #RedInstead bitches!

Autistic Garmadon and ADHD Misako Headcanons (for Autism Month!)

Misako hate is not welcome, we don't do that here, you will be blocked. Autistic Misako headcanons are welcome, I love you if you have that headcanon :). I'm autistic and adhd, so a lot of these will be based on my experience, and I'll try to keep it mostly fluff headcanons, featuring a little bit of Lloyd's autism and adhd <3

Autistic Garmadon

He and Lloyd share a lot of the same autistic traits

Like how if you distrupt the routine or there's a change in established plans both of them will start getting anxious and irritated

You don't distrupt the routine! Stick to the schedule damn it-

Or how both of them CANNOT stand bright lights, never turn on the overhead light, lamps and low lights only. and only predictable/controlled loud noises like music is ok, other loud noises bad

Also they both auditory stim ALL the time. Same song on repeat for days until the new favorite comes along, and they have the same taste in music (rock and punk), so while working on stuff or training one on one they'll blast the same song on repeat

Also both of them are hyperempathetic and get emotional very easily. Hence why they're a lot more emotional and open around each other

Also the Pathological Demand Avoidance is VERY STRONG with both of them. tell them to do something and they'll immediately dread and despite that thing and that thing is the last thing they want to do. (i.e. *is about to go do the dishes* "Hey can you do the dishes?" ... "I was about to. Even wanted to. Now I hate them and that's the last thing I want to do. Thanks for that. Fuck you.")

Both of them also have a very hard time unmasking (for different but similar reasons of how their childhood was), and get exhausted and burnt out fast. Luckily being around each other helps them unmask a bit easier

Garmadon loves Mac-n-Cheese, he'd eat just that for the rest of his life if he could. But only Misako's recipe, all other Mac-n-Cheese tastes WRONG (Lloyd also loves Mac-n-Cheese, but only his mom's recipe)

Sometimes he straight up forgets to talk. Like, he doesn't need to, he doesn't like talking to people, and he just... forgets that he has the ability to talk. So sometimes he might go a while without talking, thinking nothing of it. Then he'll vocal stim or use his voice and shock himself a little because oh shit i forgot i have a voice-

He hid it for a while because he thought it was embarrassing, but he has a huge special interest in sharks, and he is the number one shark defender, he could talk about them for hours (his favorite species is the Lemon Shark and Cookiecutter Shark <3).

^After he starts unmasking a bit he starting being a bit more open about it as well, and that year for his birthday Misako gets him a shark onsie. He just about melts, immediately puts it on, and wears it almost every night. (She thinks its adorable)

For a really long time, he thought the things he was experiencing were a side effect of being part dragon/oni, but then Wu told him "I don't experience any of that, sorry." and then he thought it was a side effect of the venom, but then after the Final Battle it was gone AND HE WAS STILL EXPERIENCING ALL THESE TRAITS, so he couldn't figure out wtf was wrong with him

^Misako was like "Idk sounds normal to me *shrug*" (She has ADHD, of course it sounds normal to her XD)

Lloyd knew he was autistic and adhd for a while because of the other ninja, who were also varying neurodivergencies. When he told his parents about it, they both didn't think anything of it because they didn't know it was genetic yet.

Then Garmadon found out it was genetic and was like "No... me? No way... I'm just an anxious introvert, there's no way."

Then he takes like ten different online assessment tests, and is like "Yeah, i knew it, i knew i wasn't autistic, those questions were worded dumb anyway. No I don't have a problem with socks, you see I have a system-"

And then Lloyd (who connected the dots once he found out autism was genetic) was like, "Dad... Dad... that- that is autistic... having a system for socks to avoid having problems with socks, avoiding places with loud noises and bright lights, and prefering to be by yourself or in silence is very autistic..."

Garmadon: "WHAT"

They figured out how to unmask and fuction as their authentic selves together and it's awesome

ADHD Misako

Similarly, she and Lloyd share a lot of ADHD traits

Like fidgeting, A LOT, always needing extra stimulation and needing to fidget. Usually with nail biting or lip chewing, until they learn less self destructive stims

They also hyperfixate in the same way. Both of them will get lost in the hyperfixation for hours, forgetting to eat, drink or sleep. until they try to stand up or someone reminds them. (Lloyd hyperfixates on comics the same way she hyperfixates on archeology)

Both of them have the worst sense of time and object perception. ("Oh yeah that project will only take fifteen minutes" *takes four hours*) (*losing track of important items and forgetting to eat ro drink water all the time*)

Rejection sensitive dysphoria is very strong for both of them, constantly worrying about annoying other people and being a burden, so they're people pleasers a lot and the slightest whiff of rejection sends them into a self hate spiral that can last for days or weeks (It took a very long time for her to get out of the self hate spiral after her and Lloyd meeting for the first time and him blowing up at her, which she thought she deserved for her huge mistake that she deeply regretted. Eventually they talked and Lloyd came to her and said she shouldn't hate herself forever, he wanted her to be his mom, and she could make up for it now. She still gets into that spiral sometimes.)

Also both of them zone out a lot. Sometimes many thoughts. Sometimes zero thoughts. Staring into space (they love car rides for this reason)

Both of them can be very all or nothing in a lot of things. No social interaction or all the social interaction. Doesn't talk at all or can't shut up. Constantly overshooting it.

Also due to the lack of object perception, both of them are kind of terrible at driving. They can't tell how far away the signs are until they're right in front of it, and are always taking turns that are way too big. Over or underestimating distance a lot. (Garmadon is a pretty terrible driver too, he gets overwhelmed easily). (Also Kai and Nya can confirm that teaching Lloyd to drive was a nightmare, Zane had to do it)

Always hyperfixating on something archeology/history related, she's a huge nerd and cycles through ten different topics (she was a weird kid that liked the morbid stuff in history). Usually dinosaurs, she's secretly obsessed with dinosaurs and hyperfixates on them all over again every other week. A lot of the time Garmadon has to remind her to eat or sleep because she'll be lost in hyperfixation for several hours.

Also has a lot of anxiety and has a hard time sitting still, always has to be moving or fidgeting with something in her hands

Similar to Garmadon, she didn't think anything of it when Lloyd told her he had ADHD, and when she found out it was genetic she thought, "No, it couldn't be me, I just have anxiety..."

She was in denial about it for a while, until Lloyd talked to her with Kai and Jay (Also ADHDers).

Kai asked, "Your teachers sent a lot of notes home about you being 'a pleasure to have in class' weren't you?"

Misako: "How the fuck did you know?"

Kai: "That was me before I had to drop out. I was the perfect little teacher's pet. So was Nya."

Misako sat there for a minute having a crisis because everything made sense now but also like no way, really?

She and Garmadon love talking about prehistoric sharks like the Megladon because that's where their interests intersect

^he also gets her dinosaur encyclopedias every year for her birthday and she loves it (they have diagrams of skeletons and fossils and stuff)

#ninjago #ninjago headcanons #ninjago garmadon #ninjago misako #misako hate not welcome #autistic garmadon #adhd misako #neurodivergent ninjago #neurodivergent #garmadon headcanons #garmadon family #misako montgomery garmadon #lloyd garmadon #sensei garmadon #autism awareness month #autism month #autism #adhd #lego ninjago #ninjago hcs #red instead #actually autistic #(WHY ISNT THERE AN AUTISTIC GARMADON TAG THIS IS AN OUTRAGE) #(THERE ISNT AN ADHD MISAKO TAG EITHER THIS IS A CRIME)

[wickjump]

multiverse where the bad sanses and star sanses are autistic, but none of them know the others are. they each think they’re the only one with autism and try to blend in with everyone else, simultaneously without noticing everyone else in the room also has very autistic behaviors. thank you that will be all

#i’m autistic #yayayayya #bad sanses #star sanses #hits them with the autism beam #autism month

[moonlycot]

Happy autism month!

#artists on tumblr #digital aritst #my art #art #artwork #digital art #digital illustration #digital artwork #digital drawing #oc art #furry #furry art #furry artist #autism #autism month #neurodivergent #furry dog #dinosaur #dinosaur plush

[hailaxyart]

#art #artist on tumblr #artists on tumblr #fanart #identity v #idv #identity 5 #identity v embalmer #autism #autism month #april #autism awareness #autism acceptance #neurodiverse #autism speaks

[tallertysupremacy]

I just wanted to say before this month draws to a close how important it is to me personally as an autistic person and to the autism community as a whole to have autistic characters in the media, not just for representation but to work towards acceptance and ending stereotypes. I am so grateful to have Ty Blackthorn as a canonical autistic character and to see how much the fandom embraces him and accepts him for who he is, and that he has a love interest like Kit Herondale who loves him exactly the way he is and would never try to change anything about him. I am grateful for Cassie for doing her best to have authentic autism representation in her books, and I can’t wait to see Ty as a main character in TWP ❤️❤️❤️

(As a side note, I’m always happy to offer advice/be a firsthand source for anyone writing autistic characters, tsc related or otherwise!)

#thanks everybody for being awesome I love y’all 😘 #I wanted to make this post in case I’m too busy with finals to say anything next week #the shadowhunter chronicles #tsc #cassandra clare #twp #the wicked powers #ty blackthorn #autism month #autism acceptance

[sillymints]

AUTISM MONTH!

WHO ELSE THINKS THIS LITTLE FOX BOY HAS AUTISM!?

#sonic the hedgehog #tails #sonic #tails the fox #ahhhhh #autism #actually autistic #autism month

[psychopacifist-rm]

Happy Autism Awareness/Acceptance Month!

I slowly getting rid of feeling that I must be ashamed of this part of myself and masking all the time.

Wish you all the same!

#personal #discussion #talking to audience #autism #autistic #autism month #autism awareness #autism acceptance #autistic adult #autism awareness month #actually autistic

[theautismgoblin]

HAPPY AITISM ACCEPTANCE MONTH EVERYONE!!

I am here with another Bill Cipher silly AU, meet TISM.

The Bill Cipher of the autism!!!

He's the protector of all kids neurodivergent, but he himself is autistic. He does get confused for Pride Bill quite a bit.

Uhh let's see what else, he feels like squishmallow, and he acts sometimes like a pulse pillow!

#art #bill cipher #gravity falls #gravity falls bill #autism #i love shading #autism acceptance #autism awareness #autism month

[the-autistic-casual]

it’s autism awareness/acceptance month!!

one thing i’ve seen people say these past few years is that we need autism acceptance, not autism awareness. and i very much understand where these statements come from!! often “autism awareness” is framed in an ableist light by allistic people. and of course that sours the term. i’m very weary about how “autism awareness” is framed myself. but i still think we need it.

“but people already know what autism is! we need acceptance now.” i find this statement confusing because yeah! it’s true, but it’s not fully understanding what awareness means here. and awareness and acceptance aren’t mutually exclusive, and they can happen simultaneously. people generally do know of autism, but awareness of what it really is, and how autistic people are really like, is astonishingly slim. i don’t think we can say we’re “past” awareness when the public perception of autism can still be so ableist and inaccurate. awareness means full awareness of what autism is, not just awareness of its existence. and it’s a key step to acceptance too.

apologies for the ramble! but yeah!! happy autism awareness/acceptance month!!

#autism #actually autistic #autism month #autism acceptance #autism awareness

[anthropomorphique]

#autism #polls #tumblr polls #autistic #actually autism #autistic adult #autism month

[aspiritdrawings]

HAPPY AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH!

Autistic character of the day (headcanon, dont come at me for this) |

Day 2:

Homura Akemi from puella magi Madoka Magica!!!

#artists on tumblr #minor artist #queer artist #digital artist #puella magi madoka magica #homura akemi #autism #autism headcanon #autism awareness #autism month #headcanon #moemura

[northern-punk-lad]

#autism #autism month