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denki has hyperempathy, he cares a lot about others and sometimes he feels bad for inanimate objects, one time he apologized to one of his stuffed animals because he accidentally kicked it off the bed

he loves the fluff!! thats one reason why he plays with ojiro's tail so much,,, its just so soft!!!

he listens to the same song over and over on repeat, it confuses his friends but it makes him happy so they dont care much

special interests include pokemon, web design/programming ((the fact that he taught izuku how to make a fully functional website for mr smiley in one night(?) is incredible)), and his favorite bands. he's also into literature + history but he doesn't feel smart enough to make an effort to talk about it ((i mean,, his first thought about jiro's teasing hero name idea for him included a reference to A Farewell to Arms))

he panics over tests and quizzes, this improved drastically when he was allowed to go to a seperate testing environment so he could do whatever he wanted to focus without worrying about distracting others

stimming all the time. never sits still.

he's overexpressive, he tries to make his emotions really really clear which leads to exagurration in vocal tone and facial expressions, but most of the time his feelings are still clear

autistic denki headcanons!

he's very bad at managing his volume when he speaks, he's always either too loud or way too quiet, at this point most of class 1-a has slowly gotten used to his loudness though

most of his sensory issues come with textures, especially food. he still eats things that a young child would because he just never got used to more complex foods with lots of different textures and flavors

denki loves weighted blankets, especially the really heavy, big ones that look like they could crush him

he has some stims he sticks to like flapping his hands or chewing on things like chewelry, but he usually just does whatever he feels like doing at the moment that seems right. can't predict it with him. he has a lot of vocal stims and echolalia

his echolalia is mostly phrases he finds funny or interesting, especially when it fits the current situation. if ur in a car w/ him you'll hear "road work ahead? uh yeah, i sure hope it does" like at least 3 times

kaminari has a surprising amount of meltdowns. they're not exactly common but they happen enough to be noticably frequent.

he feels like he has to be the happy ray of sunshine all the time so he usually bottles up all his problems/stress/sensory issues which leads to the more frequent meltdowns

kirishima tries to be a good allistic ally, he gets a little confused sometimes but denki could talk for hours about autism so he totally has someone to explain lol this post is getting long so i'll post a part 2!!!

natasha rostova is autistic btw

Characters I headcanon as autistic and or ADHD

I am autistic and have ADHD btw

Dr. Temperance Brennan (Bones)- autistic

Zack Addy (Bones)- autistic

Vincent Nigel-Murry (Bones) - AuDHD (autism and ADHD)

Shawn Spencer (Psych) - ADHD

Jake Peralta (Brooklyn 99) -ADHD

Sheldon Cooper (The Big Band Theory) - autistic

Amy Farrah Fowler (The Big Bang Theory) - autistic

Newt Scamander (Fantastic Beasts and where to find them) - autistic

Sherlock Holmes (I will use a picture of the BBC show but in most Sherlock Adaptions that I've seen Sherlock appears autistic to me)-autistic

Sherlock Holmes from Elementary being autistic, Sherlock from the BBC show being autistic, just Sherlock Holmes, in general, being autistic, Temperance Brennan from Bones being autistic, Anakin Skywalker from Star Wars being autistic,

Fellow neurodivergents of Tumblr, I have a question for you:

What are your favorite neurodivergent headcanons?

Mine are Jake Peralta from Brooklyn Nine-Nine having ADHD, Anne Shirley from Anne of Green Gables having ADHD, Shawn Spencer from Psych having ADHD, and I'm sure some others I can't think of atm and will add when my brain is working a bit better lol.

Rtc neurodivergency headcanons:

Ocean isn’t professionally diagnosed because her parents think that smoking weed will somehow cure her autism

Noel was diagnosed when he was five and I feel like his mom started out as one of those mommy bloggers who was like “autism has stolen my son 😭”

She got better don’t worry

Penny is very attached to her doll and loves it to death but if she accidentally touches the fabric on the dolls dress when she’s having a bad sensory day she will yeet that bitch across the room as fast as humanly possible

We stan Mischa our favorite undiagnosed adhd bisexual Ukrainian king

Constance is the one who diagnosed Ocean because like A. She’s been friends with this girl for her entire life and B. She is also autistic

Ricky has a stim that is literally just him signing the word for cat

Ocean and Mischa are the perfect pair during group projects because Ocean has the unlimited energy that she gets out by writing as fast as humanly possible and Mischa just has these bursts of productivity that he uses for the more creative parts of the project

Ocean has a verbal stim that she got from Penny where she just kinda makes a small little “hmm” sound

Noel has a stim where he just kinda…blows on his fingers. Like Ocean will be in the middle of talking and he’ll just kinda…bring his hand in front of his mouth and blow on it

Constance’s mortal enemy is this specific blanket that is brown and has those little fuzzy cotton balls that are like sensory hell

Mischa messes with his phone case as a stim

Penny and Ricky are the least experienced people at masking

“People already think we’re weird, why try to hide it now?”

Ocean almost never stops masking

Like it is so hard to get her relaxed

One time she was having a meltdown in class and the only person who noticed was Noel because she was gripping her dress so tightly that he knuckles looked like pieces of paper

As much as they argue, Noel and Ocean are really good at calming each other down when they’re having a meltdown

They’ll notice the other is in the middle of one during class and then figure out a way to somehow get them both out of class and into a secluded location

Mischa has a very specific set of headphones and a very specific hoodie for whenever his executive dysfunction is at its worst or he’s just having a really bad sensory day

Whenever Ricky’s having a bad day whenever he gets home he makes it his personal goal to pet every single cat in the house because A. It is an impossible task and B. The cats’ fur always sends him to sensory heaven

This either comes out one of three ways:

He gets so caught up in trying to pet all the cats and the difficulty that this task brings that he forgets about his bad day

He gets so distracted in the fluffiness of the kitties that he forgets about his day

He accomplishes the task and is so proud and happy with himself that he forgets why he felt bad in the first place

Ocean came over one day and he could tell she was really wound up so he gave the challenge to her instead

She was later seen running after a very chunky orange kitty throughout the hallways while Ricky rolled behind with the biggest grin on his face

His parents took a picture of that moment that he now has on the wall of his room

Noel has a basket full of stim toys in his room

Sometimes when they have a sleepover at his house there’s like a solid few minutes of just fidget toy noises

They all steal hoodies from Mischa and then proceed to steal Mischa’s hoodies from each other

Constance has a lot of information on a lot of things because she has a new special interest about every month or so

She makes comfort cupcakes when she knows the others are in that place where everything is just too much

One year for her birthday present Constance bought Ocean noise cancelling headphones

Ocean almost sobbed

mary is the ultimate autism character change my mind

Pietro x Autistic!Gender neutral!Reader Headcanons

-Sometimes he gets carried away in the moment and doesn’t realize if he’s bothering you. Being loud and having super speed can do that. However, he’s also quick to notice your discomfort and will often make an attempt to rein in if he’s being a bit...too much. (That and Wanda will also make a habit of reminding him if he’s not remembering.)

-He picked you up and ran off with you once. The result really depending on your reaction to it. 

If you found yourself overstimulated, he ends up being incredibly hesitant to use his super speed with you again.

If you really enjoyed it and are sensation-seeking, he’ll most likely use any and all opportunity to pick you up and run around with you again.

Either way, he tries to warn you in advance just so he doesn’t catch you too off-guard.

-He definitely has stolen fidget toys for you before. And he’ll do it again.

-If you’re touch adverse, he might need some time to get used to that, he’s a very physically affectionate person. But he is very willing to show his affection in other ways. 

If you aren’t touch adverse, be prepared for a lot of PDA.

-Someone’s being ableist to you and he sees? Two seconds later, they’re stuffed into a trash can. He’s very very petty about ableism towards you. When you look at him afterwards, he’ll look at you with this big smile.  “I bet he didn’t see that coming.”

-He obviously finds it really hard to sit still, so most of the time, he doesn’t even notice your stimming. In a way, you could say he stims as well, so he’s probably the most casual about it out of all the Avengers.

-His first instinct, whenever he sees you having a meltdown, is getting you away from wherever you are and taking you somewhere isolated and quiet. (Whether he uses his super speed to do this or not depends on your reaction to it as stated above.) From there, he’ll attempt to calm you down and help you relax.

-Talking about your hyperfixations is something that generally happens mostly in the gym while you two are training. Pietro may seem like he’s not listening sometimes, but if you stop talking he’ll instantly ask why you’ve suddenly gone quiet.

-Not getting sarcasm and sass is something that Pietro and you might need to work through considering... I mean, he’s Pietro, his first language isn’t Sokovian, it’s sass. This is also the one thing that kind of frustrates him, but he’ll usually brush it off, after all, it’s not more important to him than you are.

-Pietro finds it much much easier to sleep when you’re with him. If you have trouble sleeping due to your Autism, he’ll often make little ‘nights’ with you, where you’ll both stay up and just spend time together until you both eventually crash. Maybe not the healthiest of strategies, but it usually works.

Me: *Just chilling, feeding into my batman hyper-fixation*

Me: *Sees some people posting autistic headcanons about batman characters*

Me: That's pretty cool. I wouldn't mind seeing an interpretation with a few of them being autistic at some point.

My brain: Which ones, though?

Me: I dunno, one could make an argument for just about any of them, really. Autism is such a varied thing that the mold could fit easily onto a lot of characters, I imagine.

My brain: Some people are headcanon-ing Riddler as autistic.

Me: I can see that. Some versions more than others though.

My brain: What about the other two members of the dork squad?

Me: I guess? They certainly have their hyperfixations, and they display some traits that you could tie to Autism-

Me: ...Oh shit.

And that's how I ended up with the autistic dork squad headcanon. All three of them.

You know what they say, 'birds of a feather flock together'.

A U T I S M

(people with autism can't understand hidden meanings so when someone says 'its hot on the bottom' and they really mean 'grab it by the handles' autistic people can't understand that)

(I love explaining things, let me have this)

Denzel: It's hot on the bottom, don't drop it..

Ace: *Reaches forward*

Riddle: *Sighs, shaking his head*

Denzel: No! It's hot on the bottom...

Ace: *Reaches forward again*

Trey: *Chuckles* Ace-

Denzel: *Moves his hands away* ITS HOT ON THE BOTTOM!!!!!

Denzel: *Holds the pan out*

Ace: *Reaches for the bottom*

Denzel: *Stares with wide eyes*

Maria: *Giggles*

Deuce: *Sighs* I'll take it..

Denzel: *Passes it to Deuce*

Deuce: *Takes the pan by the handles, carrying it away*

@queen-of-twisted