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Autism Headcannons for Autistic Characters Made by an Autistic Person

Summary:

A bunch of characters I headcannon as autistic

Chapter 1: Steven Universe

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Name ; Steven Universe

Gender ; Genderqueer intersex

Pronouns ; any pronouns

Sexual/Roamntic Oreintation ; asexual panromantic

 

Age ; 16

Age of Diagnosis; 11

 

Sensitivities

 

Sight

 

He isn’t really sensitive to bright lights or flashing due to growing up around that stuff

 

Smell

 

His nose is sensitive as shit like if they smell anything strong (Alcohol, strong perfume and cologne, that lemon cleansing stuff, etc) he will cry

 

 

Sound

 

Gets really upset sudden at loud sounds, partially due to his autism and partially due to his C-PTSD

 

Taste

 

Much like smell, he is sensitive as hell to taste and texture, most foods cause him to have meltdowns if he’s forced to eat them. He can’t eat anything overly spicy, sour, and he also can’t eat anything too bland. He hates mush foods, and foods that are wet. However, when he was younger, he had no sensitivity of taste to the point that he would eat anything and everything around, it honestly became a danger to him.

 

Touch

 

She adores things like hugs, texture wise on the other hand, he is really sensitive too. Things like the texture of certain clothes, grass against his bare skin, carpet, overly cold or hot weather, etc, is really overwhelming for her

 

 

Stims

 

Happy

 

Leg bouncing, squealing, foot tapping, echolalia (mainly from shows he watches), singing (especially his dads songs), giggling

 

Anxious

 

Foot tapping, lip biting, scratching at his skin, tapping, humming

 

Angry

 

Stamping foot, rocking, growling, hair pulling, trashing his arms, rapid blinking, grinding teeth

 

Sad

 

Rocking, humming, grumbling, whining, hair pulling, crying, scratching at skin

 

Meltdown

 

Hair pulling, rocking, grumbling, yelling, scratching at skin, screaming, hitting his head with his fist, messing with his gem, repeating the same word(s) over and over

 

 

Extra

 

  • His safe foods are The Bits, and pizza bagels
  • One of his safe foods used to be Cookie Cats, which was why he was so upset about them discontinuing
  • Her main echolalia related stims are from Crying Breakfast Friends
  • He used to have really bad problems with over eating when he was younger due to not being able to tell when he was full
  • Over time his complete inability to process danger (0-12) turned into him over analyzing everything for danger (13-16)
  • He has issues with over-empathy and over empathizing with litterally everything, including inanimate objects (his over empathy is part of the reason he became vegetarian)
  • He definitely ends up getting a service animal at some point (probably a cat)
  • His special interests definitely consist of music, anime, gardening, and archeology / ancient history
  • He would definitely need glasses if he wasn’t half gem
  • He gets his autism from his mom

 

Other Diagnosis

 

C-PTSD, PTSD, Depression, severe anxiety, Insomnia

Chapter 2: Pearl (Steven Universe)

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Name ; Pearl

Gender ; Genderless Sexless

Pronouns ; she/her

Sexual/Roamntic Oreintation ; lesbian Homoromantic

 

Age (Human) ; 29

Age of Diagnosis (Human) ; 7

 

Sensitivities

 

Sight

 

Not at all sensitive to bright lights or neon colors, but she does easily get overwhelmed by the sight of messes and clutter, and by things like optical illusions

 

Smell

 

She is easily overwhelmed by the smell of trash and just generally disgusting things

 

Sound

 

Pearl isn’t sensitive to loud sounds or sound at all

 

 

Taste

 

Very sensitive to texture and taste, which is why she doesn’t eat and hates doing it

 

Touch

 

She isn’t all that sensitive to tofu but certain textures can bother her

 

 

Stims

 

Happy

 

Squealing, flapping hands, spinning, ranting, that thing were you ball up your fists and pump it up and down, jumping up and down

 

Anxious

 

Covering her mouth, pulling at her hair, biting at her fingers

 

 

Angry

 

Rubbing temples, pacing, tapping foot

 

Sad

 

Covering mouth, humming,  pacing

 

Meltdown

 

Covering mouth, hair pulling, yelling, pressing at the sides of her head, attacking inanimate objects

 

Extra

 

  • Takes everything literally
  • Doesn’t like things she can’t understand
  • Obsessed with cleaning
  • Germaphobe even though she can’t get sick
  • Her special interests are history and sword fighting

 

Other Diagnosis

 

Generalized Andiety Disorder