#neurodiverse headcannons

[quietlyimplode]

I blew Nat is autistic (based on basically everything she does in the winter soldier and black widow)

Could be cool to see the team learning not to disrupt her pre/post mission routines and then subtly doing things in the future to support her.

Hey Anon, thanks for your ask. I am not an autistic adult and am not so comfortable in writing as one.

There is this wonderful fic Of Spectrum and Spoons, which may be up your alley and interest you if you are looking for a portrayal of Natasha with autism.

I have however written some headcannons - up to you whether or not you take them on as autistic traits, trauma or some other neurodiversity. <3

Natasha has safe foods - everyone knows what they are and Tony makes sure the tower is well stocked with them

There’s one suit that Natasha likes over the other four she has. Clint thinks they look identical but when he asks her, she can tell him the differences.

Natasha’s does well with scripted social communication - it’s mandatory in her line of work so if she can pretend to be someone else and play a role it’s easier. When she’s not, and it’s just her, the demands go down and she prefers to communicate on her own terms.

Often she will walk out of the kitchen when there’s too many people in there

She likes hiding in the vents with Clint. It’s quiet and enclosed and dark

Natasha likes dim lighting

Certain smells will send her into hiding - Steve knows this when he made fish soup. She avoided the kitchen for days, even though everyone else couldn’t smell it, she could. until Clint burnt something and it cleared the smell out.

Natasha finds ways of regulating herself. Most Clint knows, but when she first started at shield he didn’t know that Fury recognised her need for water and the sea; and after hard missions he’d send her on a low ball missions to the beach. It was unspoken and she never thanked him for it.

Steve enjoys slow music, he learnt about tempos reducing heart rates after panic attacks from Natasha

The idea for a lullaby or a grounding rhyme for Bruce came from Natasha. Clint has a similar set of phrasing to help her when she’s dissociating. Only Clint knows these, but Tony has some words that help too.

Natasha loves soft things. She never had any in childhood and enjoys a secret stash of soft items

Clint knows that Natasha will do ballet to regulate herself, but it doesn’t stop him worrying

Clint and Natasha will do puzzles together, Natasha isn’t so good at them but is patient at finding a piece and sticks with it long after Clint has fallen asleep on the couch

Natasha hates wearing shoes

<3 thanks for trusting me with your prompt Anon.

This week is something else - send in headcannons, fic ideas, wip questions, recs etc - I’ll take a couple more and choose which <3

[mrsblackruby]

TMNT MASTER SPLINTER HAS LOW EMPATHY AND I LOVE THAT FOR HIM ♥️

[yalocalfanficaddict]

I don’t know why but it feels like so many characters in My Hero Academia have Autism (looking at you Bakugou and Todoroki) or ADHD (looking at you Kaminari and Kirishima) or both (looking at you Midoriya and Hatsume). Like, there are so many that seem neurodivergent to point that I wonder if Mr. Horikoshi himself is a lil funky that way…

[noturlondonboy]

how does autistic!yelena handle change when she’s no longer on the run and settled down? like,, if she has to move places for one reason or another for example.

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Not everyone may be caught up on this, but genderqueer Kate and autistic Yelena are both heavily based on myself so this question is so fucking real

-As a black widow, Yelena had no choice but to be flexible and accommodating to any and very kind of change there could be. She was constantly in danger and constantly expendable, and staying alive was her own responsibility. Change was constant and inevitable.

-it’s a very hard habit to break when she’s out of the red room and has a new life with a real family that she loves and loves her back. She has a partner, she has her sister, she has parents and friends and two dogs and a house and a steady income (I will not be disclosing that source of income) and it is WEIRD. This is NEW and scary and doesn’t make sense!!

-but she likes this new life, of course, she loves it. It’s difficult to settle into but eventually she’s able to fully unpack the bag she keeps stashed near the door. She puts her gun in her nightstand instead of under her pillow. She lets herself unmask, unwind, and be taken care of.

-as a result, she’s extremely attached to what makes up this new life. She and Kate eventually need to find a new apartment (need is subjective, Kate wanted something bigger and she has the money) and at first Yelena handles it just fine. It’s not until she’s helping Kate pack up their bedroom that she stops and feels icky about it.

-Kate notices immediately, and she stops and asks what’s wrong, but Yelena doesn’t know how to explain how she’s feeling. She’s not used to this sudden panic. She’s got tears in her eyes and she starts shaking her hands out in the way she does when she’s particularly anxious.

-by now Kate is well versed in what to do when Yelena is struggling, and they go sit down in the main room on the small couch (Yelena’s favorite) to cuddle and talk. It takes a little while, but eventually figure out that moving her personal belongings from where they’ve been for years now sends her right back to the Red Room, where settling down was unheard of.

-with smaller changes, Yelena is usually great at rolling with the flow and adapting to new circumstances, which is easier to do when Kate freaks out about it even more than her. Kate Bishop has ADHD and you can never change my mind about it.

-on bad days though, even small things can upset her. Needing to take a break from reality because they were out of macaroni is perfectly fine in the Bishova household, but it would’ve gotten her beaten in the Red Room. It’s a process.

[fandomsfordays21]

I usually hate addressing drama on the internet, but I have to say something about this.

TW for ableism and brief mentions of abuse below

Some random user created an account JUST to hate on the Autistic Ink Sans headcannon. Not evening having any annoying "Reasons" like the person about the Trans Cross headcannon. They're simply just being ableist. As an Ink Sans fictionkin, one who has Autism and ADHD myself and who's neurodivergence is a big lead to the development of that kintype, it's really hurtful. They have not only called me a "retard" on multiple occasions but also made a post directly asking Jakei to kill of my Underverse counterpart because they "Don't see a use in having an idiotic retard like him still hanging around." (Their words)

I physically cannot put into words how hurtful this is, it harms me on a very deep and personal level with both how they're treating autistics in general, how they're treating Ink, and how the word "retard" is not only a slur towards autistic people and people with mental disabilities, but also a word that is a direct trigger due to multiple years of abuse I had to endure. This is the same reason I despise being called anything along the lines of "Psycho" or "Crazy" in a hateful setting.

Mind you, this person made an account specifically for this. There are no prior posts except for those related to things I've mentioned before, and they didn't even bother to put up a pfp or a banner... Just got right to posting hate.

I'm not going to drop the account name, because you'll know them if you see them, but I want you to be aware.

I now know there is at least one person out there who wants me dead just for existing. I knew this already, it was just a fact of life, but being struck in the face with it on such a personal level? On a site that's my safe place?

I haven't talked about all I want to about this, but I can't bring myself to, really. I'm just really tired of this shit and I am going to block this person asap.

[danicalithegirl]

My favorite thing about Eddie headcannons is how people make neurodivergent shit a headcannon. Like obviously this man's got ADHD or some shit, duffers did a shit job at hiding it. But why's it gotta be like a cute, omg, headcannon. I legit have ADHD, and a lot of the things on these lists are just normal every day things I do or struggle with. Not mad, it's just funny to me lol

[beemoon17]

Autistic Character Headcanons

I'm working on a personal project and I want to know which characters from media (shows/movies/books/etc) other autistic people headcanon as being autistic! Feel free to comment your autistic character headcanons or message me, and additionally I would love to hear your reasoning if you'd be comfortable sharing.

[lune-yaks]

✿︎Yax! OC introduction✿︎

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(Click on the drawings for better quality)

It is time to introduce my most recent and second Animaniacs OC.

Juno Warner-Goof : Max and Yakko's child

NAME : Juno Warner-Goof

AGE : Variable, but mostly 6

GENDER : Just Juno :)

SEXUALITY : Doesn't know, doesn't care, romance is gross (their words)

PRONOUNS : They/them

RELATIVES : Max (father), Yakko (father), Wizz (my OC, aunt), Dot (aunt), Wakko (uncle), Goofy (grandpa)

PERSONALITY : Adventurous, dreamy, stubborn, sassy, honest (maybe too honest), naive, a bit of temper, artist, sporty, sensitive, mischievous, kind, grumpy, reckless, overly confident, troublemaker, stealth, sneaky

BIRTHDAY : They were drawn on June 1st

DISORDERS : Autism and ADHD

PHOBIAS : Fear of silence, dark, storms, highs, staying still/quiet for too long can be distressing

HOBBIES : Wrecking havoc, exploring, dancing, singing, building/crafting things, swimming, roller skating, doing gymnastic, reading comics

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PHYSICAL TRAITS :

Juno has Yakko's skin tone, eyes, feet and nose. He has Max's ears, teeth, tail and hair when it's not in those three little pigtails. They were a purple T-shirt and lavender/greyish sweatpants, as well as a bracelets with pearls of different colors. Their hairties are blue, pink and yellow. Growing up, they have Yakko's skinny figure and height (they wish they'd have taken more from Max regarding this lol).

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FUN FACTS :

- They love the ocean. They are obsessed, and watches tons of sea documentaties.

- They love science fiction

- They have a lisp due to their front teeth

- At one point, they were super ashamed of their teeth. Max managed to get them out of this mindset and now, Juno finds them pretty cool.

- Making their dads proud involves them absolutely turning the place upside down and they get praised for it

- They often brag about their dads being "superstars"

- They hate romance

- They love jewelry

- They have their hair tied almost all of the time, but unties them when they're about to go feral

- Their favorite color is purple

- Their favorite animal is the sea lion

- They want to learn to play instruments but their fingers on any instruments result in a disaster

- They are the popular kid

- They cause all the problems (not on purpose when it hurts other) but always finds a solution

- They love all the weird animals and bugs that are not liked much (like bats, sharks, spiders)

- They are almost always in competition

- They are extremely agile and flexible

- They have 40% of a Warner Bros. side and 60% of a Disney side

- They are learning Spanish

- How they were born is simple, Max and Yakko (adults) asked both the Warner Bros. and Disney animators to draw them a child based of them both

- Yakko and Max often sends them to roast those they don't like

- They aren't afraid at all of things like ghosts and aliens, they'd find them supercool

- The three of them have a full blown concert with their playlist in the car

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BONDING :

Yakko : Juno and Yakko have an unbreakable bond. Yakko is always the one reading/singing to them before bedtime. He's kind of a doting and overprotective dad, but he is the most down on earth dad and is usually the one being strict when he needs to be, on last resort. He is also the one establishing the rules and making sure the routine stays organised. He is very serious about respectong bedtime, showertime and so on. He and Juno can have never ending unsignificant convos that start at 7pm and by 11pm the convo somehow evolved into a talk about outerpace and its misteries. Yakko loves Juno's childlish innocence and every single second when he's reminded they're growing up makes him nostalgic and panicky. On the rare occasions where Juno would show a bit of anxiety, Yakko would enter a spiral about how he passed his anxiety to the kid and how it's his fault. He loves to teach his kid about everything he's passionate about, and did try to teach him piano.

Max : While Yakko is the dad who establishes the rules and the teacher dad, Max is more of the fun/chill dad that does stupid things with his child and then both get scolded by Yakko (only when it involves them unvoluntarily getting hurt in the process. Otherwise Yakko also cheers for the trouble making). Max is the one giving the nicest cuddles at any moment of the day, but also the one who will randomly yeet Juno in the pool. Like Yakko does with Juno, Max and them have an unbreakable bond. However on the rare occasions where Juno shows insecurity about their teeth, Max gets sad. One becaucause it is his own feature as well, and two because he gets scared that Juno would grow up to be like him as a teen and growing distant from his dad. Max is the one hyping Juno up for ANYTHING. He's the cool dad that allows the rules to be broken once in a while. He did try to get Juno into his sports like basket ball, skateboarding and such, but eventually accepted that Juno was skilled in none of them, and skilled in much different sports instead. But he is always here at any dance/gym competition, cheering the loudest with a sign.

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BONUS : the nicknames

- Max calls Juno pumpkin, little bean, peanut, little dude, little man, little menace, June

- Yakko calls Juno honey, lovebug, sweetie pie, cutie pie, baby, THE CHEESIEST NICKNAMES EVER

- Juno calls Yakko dad, daddy

- Juno calls Max dad, pop

[very-gay-poet]

This was supposed to be about my fanfic and what themes I wanted to portray but I may have ranted a little lmao (this was written by someone who is late diagnosed)

the only kids at Hogwarts that are diagnosed as neurodivergent/disabled are those who were raised/have close ties to the muggle world so there's tons of kids who just don't know that there's people like them and they aren't a freak/stupid/weird/lazy their brains just operate differently.

Ron having dyslexia but not knowing it/ being undiagnosed while Hermione and Harry are diagnosed with their respective neurodivergence, used to show the difference on how a child who is undiagnosed views themselves and the importance of diagnosing your child if you suspect/ reminding children that they're allowed to talk about things they struggle with and that they should be treated with seriousness when they open up about it, and it not being seen as a "downside", a "weakness" as well as not being seen as a "super power" or that you're "special" (while that can be encouraging to younger kids it needs to be reminded that their disability can disable them and they're not wrong/a burden for asking for help/assistance and shouldn't be expected to never have bad days especially with people with chronic illness where mobility aids are involved and being interchangeable for some people (needing a wheelchair one day but a cane the next). The message being; you are allowed to have some sort of aid, you are allowed to ask for help help, and you sure as hell shouldn't apologize for simply existing in another's space. You are allowed to be there like anyone else.)

[randomly-generated-posts-machine]

skylanders neurodivergent jeff the killer headcanon

[bbeeew]

lets get one thing straight

You would not be aloud in kinger's fortress

And ik

"but what about-"

No. That's his autism hole.

Its his place to be around people and to "socialize' without dealing with bright lights,eye contact or loud noises including said conversation while also not being secluded/isolated.

Respect the fortress, it's impenetrable to all.

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(Disclaimer: this is mainly satirical/ me projecting. In no way shape or form am I criticizing, making fun of, nor insulting those who draw/write/Invision such things, and not am I condoning this community to do that either. This is a safe space for everyone and I will not allow harmful ideology plague the comments/reblogs. I am merely making a joke about a head cannon of mine. If I see said actions happening I will not hesitate to turn off reblogs and comments)

[eeclare]

Hot take (not really)

Gene and Tina are most definitely autistic. They’re the two characters in the show that show the most obvious autistic traits; Gene does have meltdowns on occasion (best example of this is season 7 episode 8 “The Laser-inth”) and has a major special interest in music, as well as his general lack of understanding in social situations (like when he talks about his bodily functions at inappropriate moments). Tina vocal stims CONSTANTLY. Like. It’s one of the things her character is known for! I’ve heard people say that she’s not stimming because she only does it when things are going wrong or when she’s stressed/anxious but stimming is often a self-soothing method. So yeah, she stims. She has a major special interest in horses and idk her erotic friend-fiction does not strike me as neurotypical lol. And of course there’s her general social awkwardness lol how could I forget that

Louise, Bob, and Linda are neurodivergent for sure!! And I think that a great argument can be made for Bob being autistic! In fact, i do headcannon him as being autistic, just as an autistic person that is masking almost constantly. The only time he lets himself unmask is when he’s doing something that pertains to his special interests (burgers, cooking, Thanksgiving) or when he’s doing something he’s invested in! There’s also the fact that he humanizes inanimate objects like cooking utensils and food (among many, many other things) but that’s not necessarily an autistic trait in Bob, I honestly think it’s more of a trauma response to him having a really rough childhood. He’s also shown to have a really hard time in social situations and he often feels like something is wrong with him, or that he’s too different from everyone else to really fit in. This is actually something that all the Belchers are shown to experience throughout the series. Back to Bob though, while I think that this feeling of being too different and not fitting is likely due to autism AND his rough upbringing all in one.

Onto Linda and Louise. To me, they’re the most ambiguous out of all the Belchers. There are some episodes that I watch where I think that they totally could be Autistic and then in other episodes I think “meh, not so much”. There’s for sure some ADHD in there though (same could be said for Gene). They do both show that they have an issue with authority figures though, which is an Autistic trait, but it could also just be that they’re generally rebellious characters lol

All this being said, I want to state right here and now that I totally accept that not everyone thinks the Belchers are autistic. That’s completely valid! I recognize that neurotypical people often project themselves onto TV show characters that they relate to. What I’m saying though, is that there are a lot of signs that most (if not all) the Belchers are autistic/neurodivergent. I really love Bob’s burgers discourse, and if anyone wants to help me out with Linda and Louise then please do :) I find that I have a harder time with them because they’re just not characters that I am able to relate my own experiences to

I hope that this post is coherent, I don’t really post all that much, but I’ve been thinking about this for a while and I just wanted to share my thoughts with everyone

[ishankedurmom]

thats why im writing one of my tmnt iterations leos as having arfid :)

i have it and the lack of characters with arfid is... honestly disheartening. the world needs to realise that there are more eating disorders than norexia nd bulmia

Okay hang on...

Are there any characters in any media with ARFID?

There are more and more autistic characters but I have not seen a single one with ARFID.

I would like to see a character with ARFID please. I think it would make me feel better about having it.

[neurodivergent-tech-week]

Neurodivergent Tech Week 2024 Prompts and Rules

July 21 (Sunday)- Cadet Batch

July 22 (Monday)- Comfort Person

July 23 (Tuesday)- Stimming

July 24 (Wednesday) a “Do you not trust me?" "Absolutely not. Next question."

July 25 (Thursday) - “Better late than dead.”

July 26 (Friday)- Special Interest

July 27 (Saturday) - I've been thinking." "I sure hope so, it would be worrisome if you didn't."/"I should not have said that" (For this one, you can choose one prompt or combine both)

The event rules are below the cut:

Event Rules

All fanworks must be about Tech being neurodivergent in some way. That is, after all, the theme of this event :).

Tag all entries with #NDTech2024 so that I can find them and reblog them here.

Only submit your own creations. Do not steal or repost other people’s work and attempt to pass it off as your own.

If you want to submit an 18+ work for our “After Dark” sub-event, then please make sure to give it a community label so that it cannot be viewed by younger (under 18) participants.

Tag anything that may be triggering to some viewers so that people can effectively curate their experience. Remember, it is better to over-tag than under-tag. You can never be too cautious.

No gatekeeping. Neurodivergence is a massive and varied umbrella of identities. No one person is the sole arbiter of what “counts”.

Leave your fandom wank at the door. This is an event meant to celebrate our diverse fandom’s neurodivergent Tech headcannons. Don’t derail with shipping discourse or harassment.

On a similar note, no bullying, harassment, or name-calling of any kind will be tolerated. This is a safe space. In the immortal words of Bill and Ted, “be excellent to each other”.

Be respectful in your portrayal of Tech. Make sure to research any neurodiverse conditions that you yourself do not have before featuring them in your works. Also, keep in mind that Tech is a clone of a guy based on Temuera Morrison, who is of Māori descent. Avoid whitewashing.

Feel free to include shipping in your works. All ships are welcome so long as everyone is a consenting adult. :)

[batsarebetterthanpeople]

Tbh people with the "Izzy is autistic" headcannon really seem to not have close relationships with Neurodivergent people. Like I am autistic, I have two roommates who are autistic and one roommate with ADHD and I work in home care for disabled people and my clients are incredibly neurodiverse (not just ADHD and autism but other things too I won't get into specifics there tho). I've literally never seen Izzy-esque behavior from any of those people but you know who I have seen it from? Neurotypicals who are mad at me for being too weird. I see Izzy ass behavior from them all the time. They accuse me of being insane and unpleasant. They accuse me of having trouble focusing and accuse me of goofing off even when I have things under control and they yell at me when I continue to do my thing. They assume I'm lazy and stupid when I don't do exactly what they want me to do and they expect me to have terminal grind set and keep going even when I'm out of spoons (for want of a better term). Like that's all Izzy ass behavior. Meanwhile me and my roommates have a rule where if we have issues we sit down and talk about it and we've gotten incredibly good at mediating conflict because we can't read passive aggression very well so if there's an issue we want to get solved we need to sit down and talk about it. Like if you're gonna read autism into someone Izzy would be the last character I would look at frankly.

[turn2tech]

how tordedd would play out in ebeims :3

how Edd views Tord: He loves his silly little loser boyfriend!!!!! he thinks Tord is gross but in a cute way if that makes sense. Tord frequently needs to remind him to eat food and and stuff like that, because he has RAGING adhd and the pills to not help the memory loss lmao. I don't really have a lot for him? However, I do imagine his love, platonic or romantic, being unconditional.

how Tord views Edd: Tord is veryyyyy biased towards Edd, as in, he will almost always take his side no matter the situation. To be honest, i think he'd try and talk Edd out of something if it was genuinely against his (granted, very few) morals. He idolizes him and Edd sometimes has to remind Tord that he isn't perfect and is capable of making mistakes! Tord sort of had this inferiority complex. Course, since this AU is literally called "eddsworld but everyone is mentally stable," Edd eventually confronts Tord because he suspected this and they worked it out.

overall relationship dynamic: They're so cute its disgusting! Whenever they first started dating, they were both shy, but Tord much more than edd, which led to Edd (hehe rhyming) being the main initiator of affection. Now that Tord is more comfortable actually dating someone, he has no problem initiating, but he just prefers to let Edd do it. Of course, as with all relationships, this changes according to the mood of the partners. They both sleep in Tords room because his bed is bigger, but they brought blankets and pillows over from Edd's just to add to the comfort level.

I headcannon them both as neurodiverse (Edd with adhd, Tord with asd((YES IM PROJECTING IDC)) so i feel like parallel play would be a common occurrence with them. Edd draws his silly little comics and animations, while Tord codes some new model robot or website.

Also I kind of forgot to mention this, but the premise of the au isn't that everyone's issues were magically removed, just that they happened but they healed from it. i love hurt/comfort if you can't tell! Anyways, dynamics between the main four coming soon!