#koushiro hyperfocusing ON SPECIAL Interests

[dominicsorel]

Digimon Autistic Masterlist

ALLISTIC PEOPLE DO NOT TOUCH THIS POST

Note: This is not complete. I am hoping with the combined efforts of others it will be finished but there is absolutely no pressure to do anything. I will happily add anything you guys see in a character. Send me an ask or reply to this post. 

I want this to act as a very simple but helpful guide for what to look out for when watching each season and, if any of you would like to post examples that prove these theories be it in text, caps, or gif form, then that means this did its job.

Above anything, this is for Autism Acceptance Month and, to celebrate, I wanted to explain why each Digimon character ranging from Adventure to Tamers is autistic in my eyes. I apologize for the lack of visual examples. I’m a list person.

TAICHI YAGAMI - impulsivity, one track mind, strong sense of justice, shutdown, blunt, retreats into own world

YAMATO ISHIDA - difficulty processing emotions, irritability, sensory issues, aversion to touch, stimming, shutdown, likes to make plans

MIMI TACHIKAWA  - blunt, odd food tastes, meltdown, shutdown, hyper empathy, sensory issues, lack of volume control, special interest: cute things

SORA TAKENOUCHI - hyposensitivity to pain, sensory issues, shutdown, one track mind, hyper empathy

KOUSHIRO IZUMI - special interest: computer and learning in general, infodumping, difficulty in social situations, declarative memory, monotone

JYOU KIDO - one track mind, poor motor skills, follows rules rigorously, resistant to change, b/w morality, likes to make plans

TAKERU TAKAISHI - blunt, strong sense of justice, meltdown, hyper empathy, one track mind, special interest: writing

HIKARI YAGAMI - delayed speech, semi nonverbal, hyper empathy, resistant to change, sensory issues, stimming, monotone

DAISUKE MOTOMIYA - lack of volume control, blunt, impulsivity, difficulty focusing, difficulty understanding social cues, hyper empathy

MIYAKO INOUE - blunt, b/w morality, impulsivity, lack of volume control, difficulty picking up social cues, infodumping

IORI HIDA - avoiding eye contact, routines, strong sense of justice, follows rules rigorously, hyperfocuses, blunt, difficulty with lying, b/w morality, flat affect

KEN ICHIJOUJI - impulsivity, avoiding eye contact, blunt, declarative memory, sensory issues

TAKATO MATSUDA - special interest: digimon, impulsivity, hyper empathy, meltdown, shutdown, b/w morality, one track mind

LEE JIANLIANG - strong sense of justice, hyper empathy, difficulty with lying, routines, b/w morality

RUKI MAKINO - sensory issues, difficulty processing emotions, flat affect, blunt, irritability, aversion to touch

JURI KATOU - stimming, shutdown, echolalia, impulsivity, sensory issues

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[adventure-hearts]

Can I say as a diagnosed autistic w/major sensory issues I'm actually kind of surprised people are taking Yamato to be autistic? (Not that it matters much since we all relate differently?) but I always found Koushiro to be MUCH more likely to be on the autistic spectrum because of his high interest in computing and everything related to knowledge. Iirc it was actually a pretty big theory back in the day (when people theorized about disabilities the kids could have had) that Koushiro is autistic!

(Adding to the last ask - Considering his issues, I would personally think Yamato to be much more AVP or even BPD! “Stimming” isn’t just related to autism; it can happen with those too, as a result of high anxiety. Actually, it’d be really interesting to see Yamato characterized with either condition, I think? I just also always saw Yamato’s interest in music as a general hobby more than an intensely hyperfocused ‘special interest’ like what I have but maybe that’s just me?)

Well, I just realised I made a mistake by reblogging that post, since my non-English-speaking brain didn’t realize what stimming actually means and I had no idea it was connected to autism (Hey, it was late at night! It happens!). I just assumed the post was about Yamato – a musician – practicing his bass skills when he’s nervous. Hence why I topped it with a joke about bass players (whose unfair status as the “losers” of rock&roll is only surpassed by drummers). 

I’m just going on the record to say I’m generally very uncomfortable with people diagnosing fictional characters with autism or serious mental illnesses when there’s nothing in canon to suggest it, because I’m always afraid as it coming across as trivializing or fetichizing serious issues. I mean, everyone can do what they like, it’s just not something I want to do, ever.

So I have no opinion about this matter. At all. 

#asks