#neurodiverse characters

[troythecatfish]

As an Autistic person, I found this scene relatable AF

[loganofthenorth]

Having brain rot about some characters I made awhile back that I want to write a romance story with, so I made them in Picrew

^picrew link if y'all are interested. Highly recommend it

Anywho. This is Cassandra. She is an Autistic bi questioning Demisexual girl with a huge special interest in flowers. She is French/Canadian and was raised to speak both. She speaks French by default at home and English by default in Public. Her mother and Aunts run a music store together and she helps out with it. She is going to College to get a degree in Business so she can open her own flower shop one day. She also enjoys art, music, animals, fashion, nature, and exploring.

This is Dalilah, your average tired college student that deals with ADHD, Social Anxiety, and random spurs of depression. She lives off of Monster Energy drinks, music, and adrenaline. Her passion is a band she has with her friends, and she's taking marketing so that she can A: Get a job in marketing for the sake of paying bills and B: so she can advertise for the band. She's a lesbian and falls hard for Cassandra shortly after meeting her. However between her social anxiety and Cassandra's difficulties with socializing and picking up on subtle cues, it is difficult for her to do anything about it.

I love these characters so much and I also have other characters in this story but I should be sleeping right now so I'll info dump about them another day

[tuttle-did-it]

I love these too, specifically because aside from Spock and Bones, generally all of the Star Trek characters on TOS and TNG got along very well and had little to no personal conflicts. The closest you could count was Reg Barclay, who was clearly neurodiverse and annoyed everyone. That little side plot aside, nearly all of the characters got along nearly all of the time. I don't know about you, but life has never worked that way for me-- especially considering they're all cishets, and nearly all of them white.

I LOVE that Julian is an acquired taste. I love that they let entire seasons go by where people are like 'okay but Julian makes me crazy.' I love it. I love that Julian doesn't have to change being himself, and that everyone just learns to accept and like him on these terms.

love the ds9 episodes where julian and someone who doesnt like him very much go on a mission together and get into some life threatening situation and almost die together and then they come back as good friends. becoming ride or die with julian bashir speed run

[fictionophile]

"Some Choose Darkness" by Charlie Donlea - Book Review @KensingtonBooks #SomeChooseDarkness @CharlieDonlea #BookReview

For those readers who enjoy reading about neurodiverse characters, this novel will appeal as it has not one, but two such characters. Rory Moore is a quirky woman who dislikes direct eye contact, has an uncanny ability to remember what she has read, and works as a forensic reconstructionist who investigates cold murder cases in conjunction with the Chicago Police Department. She has passed the…

[holley4734]

Books with Neurodiverse Characters TBR : Top 5 Tuesday

@_TeamBlogger @MeeghanReads @BloggersHut #neurodiversecharacters #bookblog #booktwt #BookTwitter #AutismAwarenessMonth

[thepunktheory]

Top 5 Tuesday: books with neurodiverse characters

Hey, guys!It’s Tuesday, which means it’s time for a bookish favorites post. Top 5 Tuesday is hosted by Meeghan over on Meeghan Reads and is quite simple: check out the topic and write a post with your picks. Today we are tackling books that feature neurodiverse characters. I have quite a few on my tbr, so let’s take a look at the blurps together and decide which one of them I should read…

[venlo]

you can't tell me I'm wrong

[noriartz]

Normalize stimming! How do you stim? I pinch my hands like a crab when im excited~

[sprinkleofquirk]

E x a c t l y 😂 the first time I watched “Rookies” and saw Echo I was like “Okay, good, so he’s me” and then they went and made TBB and I was like hey wait a minute-

Reposting but with the original collage that I made and would have posted if I wasn’t such a scaredy-pants

“buT hE’S A clonE He Can’T Be aUTiStIc THeY hAVe THE sAmE PerFEcT geNes sO He’S NORmal”

Shut up. Echo’s the OG 😇

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Link to original post ->

https://www.tumblr.com/sprinkleofquirk/746705019921940480/in-honor-of-autism-acceptance-month-i-present-to

[prismolovessideblogs]

you can headcanon any character as autistic bc what if theyre just really good at masking

[nevereclipse]

i want casual, everyday autism in shows. i want autistic characters who need sensory symmetry, who casually mimic anyone's touch on one side of their bodies on the other (or who have friends who do it for them). i want a friend with flashcards or signals for when their friend loses speech. i want people on video calls and body doubling when they do jobs. i want people having conversations without eye contact. i want excited stimming. i want to see someone getting really excited about the tiniest thing thats related to a safefood or a special interest. i want casual, everyday autism.

(edit: october 22, 11:04am - "nonverbal" -> "nonspeaking") (edit: october 24, 9:44pm - "nonspeaking" -> "loses speech")

[godlesshasideas]

Write more characters with physical disabilities. Write more characters with mental disabilities. Write characters with neurodivergence (more than one specific type too). Write characters with mobility aids. Write characters who have good and bad health days. Write characters who are chronically in pain, but don't express it every second. Write characters who were born with a disability. Write characters who developed one. Write characters who have adapted to the world around them because the world won't adapt for them. Write about their strengths and weaknesses due to their disability. Write about accessibility. Write about inaccessibility. Make it realistic.

Don't make the disability magically disappear or be cured (or at least be mindful of how you write that). Don't make it their entire personality but also don't skip over it. Don't use stereotypes (and that's not just with disabilities). Don't make the character actively hate their disability; they're allowed to be upset but most people with disabilities have learned to accept it as part of their life and accept it as part of their identity.

[temporaerthaervaerk]

I just realised that all the media I adore has some level of autistic/neurodivergent coding and it's been that way since I was a child.

And like, oftentimes their different way of perceiving and being in the world is the driving force of the story/and or a crucial element in it.

There’s the canon example of the entire Camp Halfblood (ADHD), where the ADHD is literally what keeps the characters alive.

There's Dean Winchester (ADHD) whose hyperfixations are typically masculine (as well as geeky) and who never sits still, with the added bonus of Castiel (Autism), who Dean just... accepts, in a way I rarely see.

Then there’s the infamous Will Graham (Autism) whose hyperempathy is litterally the focal point of the entire narrative.

We have Haru from Free! (Autism), whose special interest (swimming) is the motivating factor for several other characters.

Reki and Langa from Sk8 the infinity (Autism), who share a special interest and grow a special bond because of it.

There's Sai from Hikaru No Go (Autism), who trancedented time and space to play Go (special interest) and whose special interest sets the story into motion.

We have any version of Sherlock Holmes (AuDHD), who's brilliance I attribute to a mixture of hyperfixations and special interest in crime solving. His conflicts with society and disregard of social norms are a central theme as well.

There's Anne with an E (Autism), who loves words and stories and speaks before she thinks (where all major problems arise due to her lack of understanding for social norms)

We have Pat and Pran from Bad Buddy (ADHD + Autism), like I dunno, I just really felt that vibe.

There's Beth Harmon from Queen's Gambit (Autism) with her special interest in Chess.

And like, the list goes on: Daryl Dixon, Jon Snow, Kotaro from Kotaro Lives Alone, Will Treaty from the Ranger's apprentice, Hal from the same author, Katniss Everdeen, Si-eun from Weak Hero Class 1, etc.

Don't get me wrong I've consumed plenty of stories without characters coded this way, but all the stories that truly resonated with me? Neurodivergent, all of them.

It's probably because the focus on social norms/hierarchy always seemed foreign to me. Eg. I like Skam but it's like a view into a completely foreign world where people function differently.

[mooonbae]

[ my favorite neurodivergent coded characters 14/♾️ ]

[fictionophile]

Top Five Tuesday: 5 books with neurodivergent characters #Top5Tuesday #TuesdayBookBlog @MeeghanReads #TopFiveTuesday

Top 5 Tuesday is a weekly meme created by Bionic Bookworm, now hosted by Meeghan Reads. If you’re interested in participating, check out their blog to get the details and the prompts for each week! This week, we’re picking out books that have neurodivergent characters in recognition of Autism Awareness/Acceptance Month. So, with no further ado, here are my choices: (as I usually do, I’ve linked…

[autismcultureis]

autism culture is trying to isolate yourself because you're getting overstimulated but people keep coming in to talk to you and then get mad when you lash out. like omg im TRYING to "calm down" just give me a minute

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