#im neurotypical i swear

[padfoot0216]

TK Strand is Autistic. (I have evidence I just thought I would start with that. Straight to the point you know)

I would also like to say this is written by an autistic person who has done hours of research in autism. So I kind of know what I’m talking about I think.

Special Interest (there isn’t a lot for this one but there is some soo)

So the first example is from season 2 episode 2. Mateo is talking about his new tattoo and mentions TK’s tattoo. He says “You’re the one with the beetle in your arm.” to TK. TK responds with, “It’s not a beetle it’s a honey bee.” And then without and prompting says l, “Did you know honey bees pollinate a third of our food supply?” I know that by itself it’s not exactly great evidence. Combined with everything else I will speak about it fits. Like the only prompting he had for this random bee fact was Mateo bringing up the tattoo.

Monotone Voice/Flat Face

Every single episode. It’s especially noticeable when he’s working. He has very little facial expression and his voice stays flat. I was going to try and find a scene that I could link here but it’s really difficult to find a scene that’s not just him and Carlos or him just passed out, and I feel like using a clip of him being passed out wouldn’t really prove my point, but if you compare his facial expressions and voice to there during very intense events you’ll notice it. Such as Season 3 Episode 11. The whole capital building is shut down and everyone on the team has at least a little bit of worry on their faces, but TK looks so unbothered. Like this is completely normal. He is obviously worried but it doesn’t really show. The only time he really has expression is around Carlos. I know there are definitely some other exceptions, but a majority of the time this applies.

Stimming (There is so much evidence for this)

TK stims in literally every episode. I’m not going to put every example because that would take literally hours and although I do have time for that I don’t want to. So we’ll start with season 1 episode 4 when TK goes to chemo with his dad. Now this one could just be him being anxious but I have more I swear. Just watch the first 12 seconds of the clip. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uHp4ME6v7MA. Okay another example or I could say examples is him just messing with his hands. At all times. He never stops. If you watch him during the show you’ll notice this. I would put examples but once again way too many. The next one that comes to mind is TK during season 3 episode 19 when they hold the intervention for Nancy and Mateo towards the end of the episode. If you watch him throughout the entire scene you’ll see it but the part I’m talks about is between 46 seconds and 48 seconds of the clip I’m about to give the link to. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_7rtPmn99i8. The last one I’m going to mention despite there being so much more is TK during season 4 episode 8. Once again if you watch you’ll see him stimming throughout it, but the particular scene I’m talking about is when he fires his dad. The more he gets upset the more you see it. It is literally just this whole scene. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ILcATWsXrsM

Being Upset By Change

I only have two examples of this but I think they fit pretty well. The first one also comes from season 3 episode 17. He is having the conversation about catan with Nancy, and seems very hesitant about changing from catan. To be fair they all were but he could t even begin to understand why she would want to change it. It all starts when Nancy says, “We’re both over Catan.” TK at this point gets really confused because who wouldn’t want to play the same game every time they have a game night because he certainly would. He responds with “Over Catan? But that’s like our national pastime Nance.” Later in this conversation Nancy says, “I think it’d be good for all of us to change things up. Spice of life.” The way TK responds once again shows how uncomfortable he is with the change. Replying with “Catan is spicy” after she left. The second example is from season 2 episode 6 when TK finds out he’s going to have a little brother. This might just be me but it seems a little out of character for TK to be jealous of having a sibling. It might be a bit if a stretch but if I’m right it could easily be attributed to that.

Sensory Issues

Okay so I can only think of a couple examples of this but will start with this one . The never ending collection of hoodies. He obviously is very attached to his hoodies. To the point where in his coma dream his mom (his subconscious) says “so many innocent hoodies lost their lives that day.” We also often see him wearing his hoodies after a particularly stressful day, but he wears them all the time. Like he has an endless supply. Where does he store all of them? The second example I have is a little better. It’s from season 3 episode 3. At the beginning of the coma dream TK is hearing a beeping noise and he doesn’t exactly know what it is but he has a very strong reaction to the noise. The specific part I’m talking about is at 1:20 seconds of the video that I’m going to put a link to. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B7uSxmVt6XE

Bad at Telling Hunger

Another very common autistic trait is not being able to tell when they are hungry, thirsty, etc. I can only find two examples of TK with showing this trait and that is in season 3 episode 13. TK says “I think I’m going to skip dinner tonight. I’m not really hungry.” Carlos responds with, “You always say that and end up eating at 2 am.” Based off of Carlos comment this has happened multiple times. Another example is in this same episode more towards the beginning. Carlos asks TK if he wants to change before they ate and TK responds with the fact that he already ate, leading Carlos to say he can’t survive on donuts alone. In this case TK had actually already eaten. But it is also implied that this has also happened before.

Bad At Metaphors/Subtext

I can think of at least 2 examples for this one. The they are both in season 3 episode 17. The first one is once again related to catan. When Nancy says that her and Mateo are both over it. It’s pretty obvious that she is speaking of something other than Catan. I know he didn’t know they were together but she was implying something with the way she said it. TK wasn’t picking up on that at all. He was just confused as to why she wouldn’t want to play Catan. The second example is later in the episode when Nancy and Mateo say they are going to get coffee. Everyone in the room is confused but you can tell they are talking about something else and are going to let them leave. TK on the other hand says they have coffee there. Not even thinking about the fact that they might be talking about something else.

Literally His whole conversation with Iris

Honestly I have no way to describe this but TKs who conversation with Iris in season 4 episode 2. When he goes to talk to her at her job. The whole thing is just I don’t know how to describe it. I can’t find a clip but the conversation is just two neurodivergents talking to each other except both of them are confused.

Going Non verbal

I have no actual confirmation that he goes non verbal but I do have a couple of examples that could be taken that way. The first on being how his mom says he shuts down. When the paramedic team gets kidnapped Carlos goes to Gwen and Owen’s house looking for him and she says something along the lines of “I knew we should watch him when he shuts down like this” Tk is usually pretty talkative but during a particularly stressful situation he is weirdly quiet. Such as in season 4 episode 9 when marjan is missing. Everyone else is asking questions and expressing their worries and he is just sitting there completely quiet. This happens multiple time throughout the series and I don’t feel like showing them all so you’ll just have to watch to figure it out, but trust me it happens.

I could probably have found more examples but I think this is more than enough information to prove my point. Anyway…

[sharky-the-idiot]

there is no fucking way people actually roll their eyes like ⬆️⬇️ that. that has to be a lie. NO WAY. THERE'S NO WAY. we should all do it like 🔁 because THAT MAKES SENSE. Call it an eye flick if you're just looking up and down.

[kaylendog]

me when i try and perform everyday, normal tasks

Trying

[d00dle-buggy]

i need. A funny little tail that I can wag and thump against my bed rapidly so I can stop shaking my legs and rocking so much while still expelling emotion and I also need a little purr so I can let people know I am still so happy to be there even though I am quiet

[pikhachu]

sighh late night extra bc i got pissed off and what i feel she feels

[moonlit-nihility]

my silly is back!!!🫶🫶🫶🩵🩵(she did nothing wrong)

[james-preble]

my rewrite of eah is being done in the least productive way possible because im taking detailed notes on the entire storyline of the franchise so i can probably figure out how to rearrange it to my liking and what i think is Bad and Good

also ive been using @athena-xox 's timeline and its a LIFESAVER its actually miraculous and im so glad it exists

[bartycrawtchjr]

i feel like telling people i’m a barty/sirius kinnie automatically outs my audhd diagnosis 🤣🤣🤣🤣🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[saltlickmp3]

doing none of this i am now mixing my composition i got my friend to lay piano on today 👍

i realllllyyyyyyyyyyyyy wanna rewatch world enough & time teh doctor falls but if i do that i have to use my computer but if i pick an ep from teh first half of s10 then i can use my dvds. but. world enough & time the doctor falls.....

[sharky-the-idiot]

me when I send my friend something and they go "didn't you already send me that" (i forgot i sent it to them already)

[she-who-fights-and-writes]

Does anyone else suffer from “im not full but im tired of eating this” disease??? Like you’re enjoying a good meal and youre not quite satisfied but your mouth gets bored and suddenly taking bites and chewing becomes a personal hell

[iolite-flames]

Animated music video in my head yesterday made me so emotional I almost started crying in the car and i scared my dad trying to explain that I wasn’t crazy ffs neurodivergence is not for the weak

[jackatt14]

when Michael Jackson possibly being autistic makes u rlly happy and now it's all I'll think abt

[paranoidgemsbok]

I DO! since like late last year :)

the pod business is booming im sold outta o. asellus mardi gras, a. vulgare albinos, and c. murina glaciers!  my a. klugii colony is currently recovering from a crash so they’re out of commission till they’re back up.  hopefully within a couple months ill have p. scaber whiteouts and panda kings, and probably after that some a. vulgare magic potions :)

[decalcomanique]

having bpd moments is so embarrassing

[zeawesomebirdie]

Okay there should be a cookbook that talks about how to cook fruits (+ vegetables) that have come out of the freezer. I shouldn't have to go through a bunch of pages of google just to find out how the fuck I'm supposed to process applesauce out of frozen apples. I shouldn't have to rely on ablebodied people who have never had to freeze their food before they could use it just so that I can make fucking applesauce.

And I swear on the fucking Force if I have to write it myself I will.