opposite-directions:

life is so hard when you have twenty tv shows to watch

straightboyfriend:

3blush:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BlV6azpl9HD/

leepacey:

autism is extremely misunderstood — there are many successful autistic people who are brilliant and thriving, but their autism is ignored and erased. so, here’s something autistic people can use for positivity, and non-autistic people can use as a tool for understanding autism better

here’s a list of some famous autistic people:

• dan aykroyd
• satoshi tajiri (creator of pokemon)
• dan harmon (creator of the show community)
• adam young (owl city)
• vincent d’onofrio
  
• susan boyle
• daryl hannah
• temple grandin
• hikari ōe (composer)
• courtney love
• stanley kubrick

and here are some famous historical people from before autism was studied, who are theorized to be autistic/have been posthumously diagnosed as autistic through their writings and the writings of others about them:

• albert einstein
  
• mozart
  
• isaac newton
  
• charles darwin
  
• emily dickinson
• nikola tesla
• abraham lincoln
• tom wiggins (most famous piano player of the 1800s and a blind former slave)
  

and here’s a list of some canonical autistic characters (autism is mentioned in the story and/or the writer or actor has confirmed that the character is autistic) that aren’t harmful or inaccurate portrayals:

• abed nadir (community) — said repeatedly on the show and by the show’s creator dan harmon, who is also autistic
  
• spencer reid (criminal minds) — said repeatedly in interviews by the actor and hinted at on the show later on
  
• temperance brennan (bones) — said in interviews by the actress and the character was written to be autistic
• rich purnell (the martian) — said by the author of the book
  
• sonya cross (the bridge) — said repeatedly in interviews by the actress, and the show’s producers hired an autism expert (an autistic person) to help create this character
• rebecca blithely (strange empire) — said repeatedly in interviews by the show’s creator; written to be autistic but takes place before autism was studied/named
• alternate universe!astrid (fringe) — said in interviews by the actress
• lisbeth salander (the millenium trilogy) — mentioned in the book
• special mention: mike warren (graceland) — said on the show that he was diagnosed with ADHD as a child (autism is often misdiagnosed as ADHD and the two are very often comorbid), and he’s referred to as a “savant”
• special mention: wilson fisk (daredevil) and robert goren (law and order criminal intent) — both played by autistic actor vincent d’onofrio and have autistic traits
• plus here’s a list of autistic characters, but i have no idea if they’re good/accurate portrayals or not 

(non-autistic people are welcomed and encouraged to reblog)

millennial-review:

universalgrandma:

universalgrandma:

“i know what you are”

“say it”

“a pale blog”

2pmghost:

curioscurio:

my dirty little boy , watercolor on paper, 5.5x8.5 in

why do you use your powers for evil instead of good