Autism Acceptance Month: Autistic Headcanons

On the discussion of book accurate depictions of Sherlock Holmes, one thing I really want is accurate Mycroft. In the books Sherlock is very… autistically coded. At least to me, an autistic person. And Sherlock basically states that Mycroft has more “severe” autism. Sherlock says his brother is more brilliant than he is but absolutely cannot function in society and hates social interaction so much he founded a society for the purpose of minimizing it as much as possible. In addition it’s implied he becomes overstimulated so easily he has to curate his environment to be devoid of disturbance and noise.

Give me the autistic brothers but one has it much much worse

Enough of this Mycroft as the more sociable of the two who is a powerful politician. This man would have a meltdown if he had to be that social!!!

"we don't have girl talk, we have creature talk," my roommate Julia just said while rolling on the floor, "put that on your fucking tumblr, they'll love that shit"

In an interview, Sabrina Impacciatore, revealed that calling Jennifer Coolidge's character Tanya "Peppa Pig" was not only improvisation, but she wasn't even sure if the moment had made it to the show at all. [The Peppa Pig line] Oh! You know about that?! [Yes, I know!] Oh, 'cause it's in the show?! [Yes, it is!] Oh, I'm so happy about that! That's really - sorry, I'm so surprised. Oh, really?! [How was it playing off of her [Jennifer Coolidge?] You know what happened? I'm so glad it's on the show. Allora - because Mike [White] said, "Hey guys, you can improvise if you want in this scene." It was like my third day of shooting and I was so intimidated by Jennifer like, so - because to me she is a goddess. She's a genius. And me I was just, I just wanted to lay down and worship her, you know? So I improvised. And I said "Peppa Pig." And you know what happened? She could not stop laughing. Like, she exploded in this laughter. And me, I thought, "Oh my God, what's going to happen?" And me too - and then John [Gries] was laughing like, everybody was laughing and then they had to cut. I mean, we went on with the scene but then I was wondering, "Are they going to put this in the scene, because she didn't know this Peppa Pig."

Happy annual Dracula Paprika Discourse Day to those who celebrate!

His name online is @lugositheater

sometimes i see tiktoks on my fyp from this middle aged (i think?) autistic man who fucking loves dracula and every time i see him it makes my day a million times better. i saw one the other day where he was excited because he met his friend for lunch and the building number was 19931 and he was like "1931 is the year the Bella Lugosi Dracula film was released!! so thats how i know today is gonna be a good day 😎" and it was just.... so wonderful to see. the joy this guy feels in his tiktoks is soooo infectious

"autism/neurodivergence isn't an excuse!" "I'm autistic and I act normal!!!" and phrases like that are usually said by other neurodivergent folks who are probably more functional and sociable, but the reality is that it's still a disability that is ON a spectrum. sometimes it is an "excuse"

people forget not all autistic folks act the same and some are very high support needs and will say and do things that may be "off-putting" or heavily misguided. please kind about autistic folk who need help with basic tasks or can't socialize well. the ones who are "weird" and don't understand boundaries correctly.