TO EXPAND ON THIS POST, AUTISTIC FORD TRAITS:
-FREQUENT MELTDOWNS WHEN YOUNG, HIS BROTHER WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO COULD "HANDLE" HIM/CALM HIM DOWN/ETC
-VERY EASILY OVERSTIMULATED, ALSO SEVERE SENSORY ISSUES LEADING TO OVERSTIMULATION (AND MELTDOWNS IF UNRESOLVED)
-SOCIAL QUES? NO UNDERSTANDING OF THEM, ABSOLUTELY ZERO
-HARDER TIME TAKING CARE OF BODY NEEDS (SHOWERING, EATING, ETC) AS IT DOESN'T EASILY OCCOUR TO HIM/DOESN'T UNDERSTAND HIS BODY SIGNALS VERY WELL/HAD TO TAKE MORE CARE TO LEARN ABOUT THOSE THINGS GROWING UP AND BE MORE CONSCIOUS OF IT
-CANNOT MASK, HAD NEVER LEARNED TO MASK, CANNOT LEARN TO MASK. NO FILTER.
-OFTEN VERY BLUNT, DOESN'T REALIZE WHEN HE'S UNINTENTIONALLY BEING MEAN, HAS TO BE TOLD HE IS
-BIG ON THE SPECIAL INTEREST CATEGORIES. WILL NEGLECT HIMSELF FULLY AND ACCIDENTALLY WHEN ENTHRALLED WITHOUT REALIZING IT
I MIGHT REBLOG WITH MORE LATER. THEY DEFINITELY DIDN'T HAVE A NAME FOR IT WHEN HE WAS A KID, THE ""SAVING GRACE"" (IN FILBRICK'S OPINION) WAS HIS MASSIVE INTELLECT AND BEING A VERY QUICK LEARNER WHEN IT CAME TO ACADEMICS.
ALSO STANLEY IS ATTENTION DEFICIT.