Give me just a second

[womanmagnificent]

here it is

the autism spectrum

[asdlibra]

I will not consume ANY form of entertainment without deciding at least one person is autistic.

[asdlibra]

Sometimes it's more than one person.

Bones TV is a good example. Everybody is neurodivergent.

[madamerowina]

anne with an e is the ultimate autumn tv show

[asdlibra]

October and November are meant for Anne with an E

[dragicdoncic]

i love objectifying & sexualising hard working athletic men. i wish shorter shorts upon them all amen

[marzipanandminutiae]

“you don’t like the proliferation of terms like Unalive outside of TikTok because you realize that you’re aging out of youth culture and it makes you uncomfortable!”

no I don’t like it because there’s something INCREDIBLY dystopian about being forced to soften terms for basic parts of the human experience like death and sex (and even more so terms for oppressed minorities- call me a “le-dollar sign-bian” and I will bite you) purely because advertisers and corporations demand it

[asdlibra]

Sam and dean being surprised they survived at the end of episodes is my sexuality.

[mp3v0]

[disconsolate-daunic]

“I want what she’s on.” The spectrum??

[asdlibra]

I will not consume ANY form of entertainment without deciding at least one person is autistic.

[xxkingrayxx]

Sometimes I mourn myself. Im conventionally attractive, but I will never be attractive to the general public. Never be popular. Never be seen in public without someone wondering whats wrong with me. I will never date someone without having to tell them, simply because its obvious. I mourn for that.

[asdlibra]

Steve Harrington wants SIX kids. Three girls, three boys.

"If only I'd had some practice."

[asdlibra]

One person asked, so here is Autistic Mike!

-Mike didn't want Max in the group. For seemingly no real reason, except that it was change and she wasn't El and they already had El and Mike couldn't let her go.

-Max joining for Halloween: "they should have checked with me." I too have "control freak tendencies in order to maintain balance in my life!

-Mike couldn't give up toys (two boxes for the yard sale) because they had "too much sentimental value". I've literally said this to my own mother. Like Mike, I wasn't selfish and was willing to give up a few, but neither of us could let go of things.

-Mike has a hard time letting go of things. He tends to be a driving force in a lot of things.

-Strong sense of Justice,

-boundary issues.

-awkward. All the time.

-no filter. He isn't as filter-free as Robin, but "Holy Shit what happened to you" at Dustin's Snow Ball hair is totally something I would accidentally do.

-His stress about the flowers being too "70-30 split linda thing" very specific.

-AirPort scene in S4. Mike is weird when touching the CA group. I interpreted this as ND behavior, because of my own experiences with touch aversions. I am fine with a select group touching me, but if I haven't seen someone in a while, touch is awkward, as though we need to warm up. Hello hugs are not my thing lol

-His freezing when Argyle hugged him

-this is a stretch, but Mike can't pick up roller skating. He sucks. This could be because he literally just sucks. Or because of coordination issues. But Mike is decently coordinated (unlike Robin who can't run and took a long time to walk as a baby), so this is stretching things a bit.

-HE NEVER UNDERSTANDS SARCASM.

I would also like to use this to point out that not ever person who is Autistic has a hard time communicating. Not all have eye contact aversions. There's a reason it's a "spectrum disorder."

I also didn't want to put down that Mike was super smart and helped with the theories and such, because Lucas, Will, and Dustin are all just as smart, and I don't want to take Mike's intellect away from him. Also I'm dumb and have asd, so....

[asexualenjolras]

STRANGER THINGS SPOILERS

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Robin Buckley is canonically autistic-coded. And I love Netflix for it.

The line: "I don’t really have a filter or a strong grasp of social cues" is such an important line. It's always so refreshing to see such positive neurodivergent representation in female characters. Robin is highly intelligent, highly empathetic and struggles to contextualise and understand social situations but she is shown to be genuine and honest.

It's realistic that she doesn't have a diagnosis of ASD, given that this show is set in the 1980's and autism in females is so misunderstood still today, in 2022.

She says she is aware that her coming across as "mean or condescending" is a "flaw" because her "mother reminds me everyday", which is something so common in undiagnosed autistic people.

We know from season three that Robin wasn't overly popular at school, and was the sort of student that played band and got high grades. We know that Robin doesn't do well when talking about her emotions and she can be quite straight to the point in conversations. She struggles to make friends and has quite a monotone way of speaking. I think it's been hinted at that her special interests may be movies, languages and band.

Additionally, she's shown to have sensory issues with particular textures when she talks about hating wearing certain clothing.

Robin is so well-liked, too. So having her coded to be autistic is such a lovely reminder that being autistic is okay. I think we all need that sometimes.

I headcanon she also has Dyspraxia because she says, and I quote, "I should warn you, I have terrible co-ordination. It took me like 6 months longer to learn to walk than the other babies." She can't run. I can't run very well. She has Dyspraxia. And that's co-morbid with ASD.

Also, there have been studies to show that autistic people are more likely to be LGBTQ+, so it makes sense. Robin is 100% an autistic lesbian and I love her.

Anyways, I haven't seen autism portrayed in a female character this well since Phoebe Spengler in Ghostbusters: Afterlife; these 80's set series and films really are giving us the most incredible representation.

Thank you, Stranger Things. This is such a genuine portrayal of autism. Thank you.

Edit: I'm seeing a lot of people saying that Robin wasn't neurodivergent in season three and I just wanted to add that masking is a thing. Robin didn't know Steve well enough to feel comfortable to lower that mask before. There are hints that she is autistic even in season three, like when she really struggles to find the words to describe how she's feeling and rambles when faced with difficult situations.

In fact, Steve even has to tell her that she "wasn't helping" when El was trying to sort out her leg in the mall scene. The hints were there all along but season four gave us an unmasked Robin and I am so grateful for that.

[chaoticplague-doctor-deactivate]

no because eddie’s line “forced conformity that’s what’s killing the kids” is arguably one of the most important lines of the whole show especially s4.

for a lot of reasons but especially when looking through a queer lens

[godimsotired2-deactivated202207]

i love how people in st fandom have different ships and opinions but also everybody agrees on jopper

[inutaffy]

mike to steve: yeah no dude everyone thinks eddie is hot its not like ... a gay thing

[asdlibra]

Stranger Things' Robin is autistic. So is Mike, but that's a topic for another time.

I'm a girl with ASD (autism spectrum disorder) and I adore Robin because of her relatability. She's awkward, she doesn't like to let things go (crush Vickie(?) ), she doesn't always get things, but also get things others don't. For example, she understood "Watergate" faster than the others.

I would also like to point to the Victor Creel meeting scenes, when they are speaking to the psych guy. Robin HATES the clothes that Nancy put her in, but not because of how they look. She distinctly complained about how the feel. Relatable.

Her language abilities also point to ASD. She cracked the Russian code faster than Steve and Dustin could, and mentioned that she's fluent in 3 languages (I believe).

I could go on.