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    19 June, 2016 3 years ago 45,168 notes Via charamei
  • autism
  • not autistic but ND
  • and I love it when autistic ppl point out characters
  • cause I don't see it as easily
  • but I love having more ND characters around

    • soprie:

    pyxamid:

    non-autistic authors write autistic characters all the time. they just don’t realize it. they’d rather not admit it most of the time, either.

    the thing is, non-autistic people have met autistic people more than enough times. however, due to their stereotypes about autism, they often can’t identify it as autism. they see something is up, but they can’t put their finger on just what is up.

    so they see people like us and they know the ‘archetype’ which is autistic people. they write us all the time: airheaded professors, awkward nerds, pent up geniuses, etc.

    when autistic people point out how strikingly obvious it is that this character is autistic, they usually deny it, or at best, they say the character is ‘if anything, extremely high functioning’, which is more of a kick in the gut than a confirmation. we hardly get those, either.

    so, here’s the thing: there are some characters that are very obviously autistic to actual autistic people. pearl from steven universe and papyrus from undertale are two of the most agreed upon examples that i’ve seen. nearly ever autistic fan of steven universe i met says, “yeah, she’s autistic”, and the same goes for papyrus. 

    when we, as a community, bring this up, however, we are shot down. “oh, he’s not autistic.” i once was told that - ironic as it was - my headcanoning papyrus as autistic offended autistic people or hurt autistic people. but i’m autistic and they weren’t. 

    two autistic people were both agreeing - damn, this character is blatantly autistic - but non-autistic people felt the need to but in and say how horrible it was to “project” onto characters with such a horrible thing.

    listen, if you aren’t autistic and you’re reading this -

    if an autistic person says a character is autistic, can you just shut up about it?

    because if you’ve watched any amount of tv, read any amount of books, whatever - if you’ve consumed stories, there are tons of autistic characters in them.

    just because neither you nor the media’s creators knows shit about autism doesn’t mean that the character can’t be autistic.

    either way, it’s none of your business.

    we have little to none confirmed representation that isn’t terrible and inconsiderately offensively written. 

    find something better to do with your time.

    NT Author: *Writes lovingly nuanced character who is quirky, shy, physically sensitive, socially awkward, clumsy, brilliant at a few special topics and has the capacity to grow and learn friendship and love in a nontraditional way*

    NT Author: They can’t possibly be autistic!

    NT Author: I’m gonna write an autistic character!

    NT Author: “Doesn’t talk, rocks back and forth, loves trains”

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