I Gotta Say, As An Autistic Person In Fandom, I Sure Am Tired Of 99% Of The Autistic Headcanons I See.

I gotta say, as an autistic person in fandom, I sure am tired of 99% of the autistic headcanons I see.

Like, there's so much fucking infantilization.

People go, "No! You can't ship them! They're autistic! They wouldn't understand relationships or sex! They don't know how to give consent!"

Or they go, "Aww, my autistic baby, they're so innocent and pure and they don't know how to flirt, aren't they so adorable? They don't care about adult stuff, they just wanna play and have friends!"

And I'm just here like. Jesus Christ, you people really do see autistic people as toddlers trapped in an adult body, don't you?

Fucking begging people in fandom to speak to people who actually have autism, or even just look at the diagnostic criteria. We're horny! We fuck! We know what sex is and we can absolutely give consent! We're not pure, sexless, innocent babies! I'm going to fucking explode!

(Disclaimer: Yes obviously I'm aware that some autistic people are aro/ace and/or sex repulsed or they have intellectual disabilities, I'm not talking about them.)

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The autistic fans I know are the same flavor of porn-loving gremlins who like to stay in and have asynchronous conversations on the internet instead of being expected to be witty in real time as... all the other nerds I know.

I guess 'Awkward. Doesn't like weird food textures.' isn't as exciting of a headcanon.

Title: A Still Life of Lilies, Roses, Iris, Pansies, Columbine, Love in a Mist, Larkspur and Other Flowers in a Glass Vase

Artist: Clara Peeters

Date: 1610

Style: Baroque

Genre: Flower Painting

Title: Flowers in a Wooden Vessel

Artist: Jan Brueghel the Elder

Date: 1606

Style: Baroque

Genre: Flower Painting

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