Okay, so I just heard about this, but apparently it's been a thing for about a year: Legoland is working on having all its parks certified as Autism Friendly Centers by the end of March this year! And they are doing it SO WELL. In addition to quiet rooms and sensory areas, every single area/ride/activity/whatever, will come with a chart like this:
It outlines EXACTLY how the thing functions and gives details on how it impacts each of the five main senses. There's a big digital guide, and then signs within the parks themselves. Just. GAH. I love this so much. Good job Legoland.
I know we always talk about legoland in a super comedic way but. pennys backstory is genuinely horrifying. you realize that right. she’s stripped away from her family and only community she’s ever known at the ripe age of 13 and blames herself for it. she is transferred to a completely new town and highschool where everyone knows everyone and hates the slightest hints of weirdness. she’s labeled a crazy mentally ill feminist social outcast. she’s wrongly put on lithium causing a massive depressive and suicidal spiral. shes relentlessly physically and verbally bullied for years. she’s the sole caretaker of her neurodivergent brother who’s only 2 years younger than her. all the while she’s treated like SHES the problem. put some respect on my girls name
POV your sister is trying to convince you that she died in a rollercoaster accident and came back to life (she’s going to be kicked out of catholic school)
Wooooooooooooo! Now THIS was a labor of love lol. So basically these family arrangements are based on my “Everyone Lives” Nurse Karnak AU.
1. Noel and his mom (she works very hard as a CNA) just happy to still have each other
2. After the accident Mischa’s adoptive parents won’t take him back. When he’s released from the hospital he ends up couch surfing for a while until he’s able to find his own place. Although the other kids’ families are happy to have him stay with them, he fears overstaying his welcome and always eventually leaves, very early in the morning. Still misses his mother terribly every day
3. Ok so this one is fun, canon be damned, Ricky has two moms and an older sister because honestly he deserves that kinda love. All 14 of their cats are rescues, some of them having disabilities and some being senior cats or sick kittens and he named them all (I didn’t really have the time to draw all 14 but there’s a bunch pictured here)
4. Ocean and her parents never got along and she decides to split when things come to a head and she can’t take it anymore. The Blackwood family takes her in and for the first time she feels a sense of normalcy in her home life. Connie has a whole new kind of love and appreciation for her family. Both find renewed happiness. Connie’s baby brother is also an excellent source of serotonin
5. Karnak adopts the Lambs when Penny’s situation threatens to separate her and Ezra. Virgil is along for the ride and sort of takes up the role of “fun uncle,” will often bend the rules and say “just don’t tell Karnak” lmao