#autistic penelope garcia

[0o-junebug-o0]

Hotch and Garcia’s friendship is so special to me. She makes him smile more than pretty much anyone else. And they’re like opposite flavors of autistic

[thatsadfem]

Why is Penelope Garcia so underrated in the cm fandom??

Like when I post about Garcia, their posts are like 10-15 likes, only a few have a high amount, but I post 4 pictures of prentiss, and it's my best performing post lmao.

Like are you guys so gay for Emily Prentiss that you like foam at the mouth every time you see any post about her . BE GAY FOR GARCIA, SHE IS SUCH A ICON OMFG

Like she is so gorgeous, and sweet and loving and like the perfect gf. she has such an iconic style, and she is so relatable and likeable

IDK, maybe y'all just arent really into bigger gals, your loss lol (by the way this is not a prentiss hate post, she's also a gorgeous icon)

[wereoz]

i know in my heart penelope garcia loves stimming with slime, ESPECIALLY the ones with charms and beads, and spencer reid is a tangle man through and through

[weirdlybeans]

My favorite autistic trio <3

[insane-thoughts-oftheday]

I wish there were more fics about platonic or fraternal relationships for some characters... like it's obvious to me that Spencer Reid and Garcia are brothers and autistic (they are so cute in their interactions in the series)!! the fandom could explore this field more

[chueesy]

when i say penelope garcia is autistic and they look at me like i’ve got 2 heads and 20 fingers as if her office doesn’t look like THIS

[birdiebats]

My Disney Plus expired before I could finish Criminal Minds 🥲

[0o-junebug-o0]

Bro the first gif is so autistic of Reid and Garcia. Reid’s handshake, the way Garcia is standing (I stand like that lmao)

Bring it, pretty boy. I’ll be waitin’ for you. I’ll be there.

[boywonderloverr]

spencer reid always wearing his watch on top of his sleeve so it's not touching his skin. i know what you are (autistic)

[0o-junebug-o0]

My criminal minds neurodivergency headcanons:

[thatsadfem]

Derek Morgan headcannons

Possibly bicurious (he LOVES women, but acts a bit too gay to be fully heterosexual)

He sends Ellie Spicer letters every few months checking in on her, and when she graduates, he plans on attending the ceremony

His desk slowly begins to become covered in Garcia's toys, figits and figurines. When people come into his office they ask if he has a daughter and hes just like "yeah her name is Penny, she just turned 31 and she works next door"

Neurodivergent expert, as he consistently helps out Spencer and Penelope during meltdowns

Almost dated Elle, but when he saw how Spencer looked at her, he decided he would let him have her (my spencelle heart)

HUGE sports card collection that he keeps in organised cases

Second-best hugger ever, only below Garcia and her mum hugs

[wereoz]

welcome back spencer reid & penelope garcia

[mismatchsocks]

spencer reid autistic. penelope garcia autistic. aaron hotchner autistic. jason gideon autistic.

source? trust me.

[reidobsessed]

[0o-junebug-o0]

Like Garcia is so explicitly autistic coded (though probably unintentionally) in some ways even more so than Reid (though he is definitely autistic). People just never consider autism in women. And Gideon and Hotch are both extremely high masking individuals (bc of when they grew up and also probably don’t realize they’re autistic) and no one thinks about you autistic traits still come through to an extent even with masking. And how by masking some traits become more pronounced unintentionally.

I like to think that for Hotch, he struggles with facial expressions and tone. Which is why his face is always so neutral and his voice can seem monotone if you’re not used to it. And in my mind part of that is because that’s what’s natural to him and part of it is because he’s masking less socially acceptable expressions and tones of voice (though I definitely don’t think he’d be very expressive if he wasn’t masking).

And Gideon with his birds. That is a special interest right there. He’s like those old men who have a room dedicated to a collection or something and everything thinks it’s just a quirk of theirs when it’s just undiagnosed autism.

People never really consider autism and how it can manifest outside of the stereotypical boy/man who is either a lower support needs savant/genius of some sort (like reid) or higher support needs and intellectually disabled (****having high support needs does not mean someone has an intellectually disability people just believe that it does which is why I phrased it like that****)

This is coming from someone who is low support needs, non-masking, raised/socialized as female, and was diagnosed as an adult due to my own instigation.

(Don’t forget to listen to people with higher support needs when it comes to autism and the perception of autism (they experience the effects of autism’s perception more than I do))

It kind of annoys me that Garcia, Gideon, and Hotch could all be argued to have autistic traits but most people laser focused on Reid being The Autistic One.

[cumulo-stratus]

BAU autism headcannons

(GIF NOT MINE)

(male reader)

CW: possible swearing, mentions of meltdowns and overstimulation, lemme know if theres anything else!

A/N: sry i havent rly posted in a while, i started a school recently and its been a rly big change for me so ive just been emotionally/mentally exhausted like all the time, but i dont wanna abandon u guys so i decided i would get something up, even if its not super good, thanks for y’all’s understanding <3

i think both JJ and Emily would become sort of mothers to reader

(not that they werent already mothers to the rest of the team but reader especially)

like JJ would totally have a motherly instinct for readers needs (like a sort of spider sense)

like if your ever nervous about something being too much or being overwhelming, jj would kinds know this and either make arrangements for accommodations or make sure you know you dont have to go if you want to.

and like she definitely wold put herself in charge of keeping your safe foods stashed on the jet and at the office

emily is more of a mother in a protective way than jj is

like this girl will not hesitate at all to go off on someone for maybe being disrespected to about stimming your chair while thinking

or like if you dont want to shake a police officers hand when your being introduced, and you get dirty/weird looks for it, or anyone comments on it? BOOM this girl will stare at them with so much animosity they’ll be scared of her shes so hot oml

anyways i thinks he team would be super accepting of you, especially if you joined after reid like they would already have some experience with autism

and like if you weren’t ent comfortable telling anyone other than hotch(i feel like it would be like a in ur file thing idk how the government works tho) spencer would defo be able to tell and confront u privately abt it (our respectful king <3)

and if you are comfortable telling the team, everyone would be respectful

i think like rossi/gideon would be a little clueless but like trying their hardest

like rossi would have no idea what stimming is but understands that like you move in certain ways or make certain noises when ur excited

and like with all his money he wouldnt hesitate to spoil u with any fidget toy u need/want or like a rly nice weighted blanket (its insane how expensive those things are)

and like gideon despite his profound understanding of others (hope yall got that ;)) he wouldn’ t get why sometimes you dont feel like/cant talk but totally respects it

omg garcia is our autism ally QUEEN im telling you

always has a big basket of fidgets/stim toys sitting on her desk and when your having a rough day shell leave you a little goodie in a brightly colored and decorated bag

i firmly believe that she is the queen at finding brands with clothes that not only fits your style perfectly but is also sensory friendly

i think she would definitely say that if she never ended up working in the FBI she wouldve started a clothing shop for sensory friendly clothing/accessories

spencer would totallllyyyy be your best friend when it comes to being under-stimulated

he will totally info dump on you and vice-versa

spencer (like penlope) would totally recommend clothing brands that are sensory friendly, but sock brands in particular

and everyone makes fun of you for nerding out over everything

also spencer would definitely get in the habit of grabbing your hands in his when you start to pick a t your nails and cuticles

like he didnt even realize what he was doing the first time but now he does it without thinking about it and for the team its normal

“hey,” and he would gently grab your hands to stop you from picking at them

“sorry..”

”youve nothing to be sorry for” (with that little reid smile oml rf[osifjgturhv)

and i also firmly believe that morgan is the best people to go to if your having a meltdown

he would stop you from harmfully stimming

“hey sugar, unclench those pretty little hands for me. there we go… good job kid.” he would have the softest smile and voice

and when he takes your hands to stop you from hitting yourself his grip is rly firm but gentle

but hotch is the best to go to for when your overstimulated

like he would make sure you know his office is always a quiet place you can go to with out questions

and he would secretly have a stash of like stimm toys in his office that he stole from garcia

his couch is always open to you, especially like late at night if you are really tired his fatherly instincts will kick in and force you to come to his office for a break

he would would hand you and blanket and a stim toy

”sit. sleep”

thats all he would say in his cute little stern but actually caring voice <3