hello all
surprise yall. bet u thought u weren't getting season 2 for a while. i'm bored and i miss these lil guys so here's some season two of the autistic kristy comp!!!
if you're new here (which you probably aren't if you've been following, but just in case), hi, and welcome to the kristy thomas autism analysis, where i'm rewatching the show and writing down her autistic traits as i see em (as well as noting any neurodiverse traits in the other girls). here's part 1, 2, 3/4, 5 and 6 if you haven't seen them. feel free to follow the #autistic kristy comp tag to get to these new posts quicker!!
anyways, without further ado, onto season 2!!!
Episode 1
"family is when you can eat dry cereal out of a box with your hands" i feel you, kristy. plain, dry cereal is a popular food option among autistics because it can fulfil our sensory seeking orally!! you'll find many autistics are big fans of plain cereal (just look at this page ASHHJFHR)
more of kristy's strictness on routine. she's very dependant on it and gets seemingly irrationally angry when it's broken in some way. jessi arrives late and kristy says it herself in the narration that she really, really hates people being late, as they're a break in routine and what to expect. it's more obvious in season 1, especially earlier, but it's still here, and she's learnt how to manage her feelings a little better :]
stimming!!! you can catch her bouncing her foot throughout the entire scene, and in one shot she breaks away from fiddling with her fingers
kristy adores directness because autistic people don't pick up on subtext like allistics do. to the others, to tell him you miss him is too direct, but with kristy, it's common sense, as she wouldn't pick up on it through other means
we see shannon (kristy's new puppy) lying on kristy before david michael takes shannon on a walk. autistics love pressure stimulation, which is why some have weighted blankets. others have service dogs that perform DPS - deep pressure therapy. while shannon isn't a service dog, kristy's likely a fan of physical pressure, so shannon can still do that!!
additional notes
this isn't on any of the other girls, but on david michael!! kristy says that david michael hates pancakes, and while it could just be a matter of taste, it could be that he hates the textures, and autism tends to run in families!
i think it's pretty obvious that mallory has adhd (hyperactive type) or audhd. her mouth runs faster than her brain and she seemingly doesn't know when to stop talking, and jessi has to tap her to tell her to stop talking. this is evident later in the season, in her episode with claudia, so i'll expand on it more later!!
"you're young, you're in love, and you're in paris." "...i'm not in paris" taking things literally (mary anne)
it's possible that the delaneys are autistic? amanda says that both her and her mom like animals more than people, which is common for autists, as there's no judgment from animals, and karen says that amanda has no ability to talk to people.
