#disabled saiki

[hero-nerd]

Autistic Saiki headcanon from an autistic

Although it’s not really a headcanon because it does happen in canon

Saikis telepathy is a form of AAC

AAC is augmentative and alternative communication which is communication other than talking

This can include communication cards, devices like tablets with text to speech programs, or body language and gestures

And, if you ask me, telepathically beaming your thoughts directly into others heads fits under that category

We also see him use other forms of AAC in the show, mainly gesturing or facial expressions, instead of talking. It can be seemingly simple things, like when he points at a menu item rather than asking for it aloud

I think it would be cool to see him use other forms of AAC especially in times when he is unable to use his telepathy

Like imagine Kusuke doing his whole big reveal of the device he made that makes him immune to Kusuo’s telepathy and has his whole what are you going to do now attitude

And Kusuo just holds up a hand in the gesture of “one moment please” before going into his pocket or bag and pulling out a small tablet

Kusuke having to stand there semi awkwardly as he waits for Kusuo to get it turned on, opens the program, and types in his message

Then looks directly as Kusuke as he hits the enter button and the text to speech feature reads out: Bitch

And then sibling bickering continues as usual

[oceanwithouthermoon]

thinking about disabled saiki again.. him using his wheelchair at school on a bad day for his powers has me like

[transmasccofee]

really hes an icon

[skitskatstudios]

Guess who got a new cane!!! To celebrate, I have given Kaidou a cane. :)

[skippersthecat]

So, due to Saiki's manipulation, humans are stronger and more resilient than they otherwise would be. Saiki says that in his world, small people can defeat much larger opponents in physical combat, so it's not like this rule only applies to already strong characters. Kurumi is small and thin and can still effortlessly throw a table. Despite everyone's strength being multiplied, Kaidou is still incredibly weak. He can hardly throw a ball two feet and his punches feel like tickles. Would Kaidou have been even weaker if it weren't for Saiki's manipulation? His lack of stength is already significant by real world standards. Was Kaidou supposed to have chronic asthenia and/or a condition that causes weakness?

[skys-archive]

Fun little thought I had for my fellow saiki k lovers and disabled friends! Though this is probably a very small audience, the vast majority of a lot of fandom is not disabled nor cares much/thinks about disabled people. Either way, here it is anyway.

So, okay, hear me out, saiki can't control all his powers, right? Psychometry, reading thoughts, seeing into people's muscle and bones, his strength. So, as part of his power he's able to contort his body in really strange ways. (See: episode 3, he dislocates all of his joints to avoid being stabbed - disabled folks I bet you know where this is going)

You know who else can move their body in strange ways and often dislocates their joints? That's right, people with hypermobile ehlers-danlos syndrome. Now I'm not saying saiki has hEDS, considering he has a supernatural reason for being able to. But like, think of the possibilities.

Saiki not being able to completely control his ability to dislocate joints, saiki using mobility aids to help keep himself from dislocating, maybe forearm crutches. (Maybe like he did with unnatural hair, making disability seen as more normal so he still doesn't have attention drawn to him)

And when he doesn't have the repressors? Much worse, just like all his other powers.

Idk just a little thought that I thought was a fun idea. I already think his story is an allegory for disability in a way. (physical and mental) He lives differently than everyone around him, and unaided its honestly really bad for him. He's learned how to live with it after years of living with it, but he still has issues. Aids break, new things happen, you have new situations. It actually reminds me a lot of autism, the idea that autistic people have "superpowers" (which I personally hate) but in reality it often makes life a lot harder without the appropriate accommodations.

Anyway hope this was interesting

[fluffydice]

Under the lens of being partially disabled physically, as in struggling to stand for more than 10 minutes or getting pain from walking after sitting too long…if my parents guilt-tripped me to participate in a sporting event—something they KNOW I would struggle to participate in—and then I caught their asses making home videos of each other to the point where a camera dies? There would be no bound to my rage.

[gr3at-s4ge]

hey this might be far fetched but has anyone else taken saiki's powers being displayed as more of a burden than the blessing many would think it to be as an unintentional metaphor for disabled people having to deal with peoole saying "your disability is you superpower!!!" when in reality it's a hassle to deal with and arguably makes your life hell??

[ciderjacks]

the hos

[bugscreating]

Guys, what if Kusuo was deaf without his powers?

Like I know a popular head canon is his vocal cords never developed properly because he never used them, so without his powers he’s mute. But what if he was born deaf but his ability to read minds made up for it. Because our brains process a lot of things we don’t need to and obviously the process sounds even if we aren’t paying attention to them. So what if Kusuo has only ever heard sounds through other people’s minds

He would never notice when around people and when he’s ‘alone’ he still hears people’s thoughts. He would never be in a situation to notice. Maybe while in the ocean or space, but sound doesn’t travel through the vacuum of space and if he’s underwater he might not be thinking about hearing the flow of water or sea creatures calling to each other

So if he lost his powers he would immediately lose eight percent of what he based his sense of self on, he wouldn’t be able to verbally talk. And sound would be completely gone

[oceanwithouthermoon]

need more future in-law interactions between saikis parents and kuboyasus parents.. imagine them meeting for the first time at like a school event and yasus mom goes up to kurumi and kuniharu and is like "your kid the one mine wont stop flirting with?"

i think mama yasu would see how kusuo interacts with kurumi and immediately be like "yeah, this is the one for my son."

we know that aren canonically puts A LOT of respect on his parents.. so i think it's safe to assume that thats the standard in their home.. i want to say its contradictory that despite being raised a murderous delinquent, he was also raised so traditionally, with all the "respect women, respect your elders, respect your parents," etc. but i dont think its contradictory at all, i think its pretty commonplace actually? but yeah, anyway.. kurumi is super ditzy and is always just barely almost getting herself hurt but kusuo is always putting his hand on table corners before she bonks her head, pulling her to his side right before she bumps into things, catching things she drops before they break, etc..

this is a topic i should also touch on without the context of a ship actually.. i just think it would be cute for the others to see how sweet kurumi and kusuo are, and also how SIMILAR they are..

[transmasccofee]

im not ok i will never be normal about this guy again happy disability month

[crookedlyinnernightmare]

[skitskatstudios]

Saiki wheelchair except it doesn’t have handles because [Nobody push me. Keep your filthy hands off my wheelchair.]

[skys-archive]

I love the disastrous life of saiki k so much its so incredibly important to me

I don't really feel like talking about it right now, though I'm sure I will at some point. Overall it's just a lot of fun but also the messages are really important to me. I love the representation of how important friendship is and the idea of growing fond of people without reallyrealizing, and how there isnt really much of a real romantic subplot. The queercoding (coding, guys, not baiting. There is a difference.) especially of saiki as aroace. Overall the plot is a really good for really any disability. Of course everyone gets the autism coding from saiki, but because it really works for disability in general. And I love how the ending is accepting this disability and deciding you'd rather love with it instead of being "fixed".

Theres so much more about this show/manga I love and I'm sure I'll talk about it at some point but these are just a few surface level things. It really is wonderful.