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Podcasts by Autistic creators

2022-11-04T13:41:44Z

Jpt: Add link to programme page for 1800 Seconds on Autism

{{Comment|For now this is just a list. Maybe we can come up with categories and organize once we have collected a bunch of podcasts.}}

* ''[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06sdq0x 1800 Seconds On Autism]'', Robyn Steward and Jamie Knight, 2018-now
* ''[[21andsensory]]'', Emily, 2017-now
* ''[https://adultwithautism.podbean.com/feed.xml Adult with Autism]'', Paul Brownless, 2021-now
* ''[[Aut-Hour]]'', Sara Gibbs, 2021
* ''[[Managing the Smart Mind]]'', Else Kramer, 2022-now
* ''[[Neurodivergent Moments]]'', Abigoliah Schamaun & Joe Wells, 2022-now
* ''[https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/oh-thats-just-my-autism/id1571451093 Oh, That's Just My Autism]'', Melissa Tacia, 2022-now
* ''[https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stim4stim/id1534519182 Stim4Stim]'', Zack Budryk & Charlie, 2020-now

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Autistic representation in fiction

2022-11-03T22:52:57Z

Jpt: /* Television */ Added Zach from Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt; fixed italic formatting on Rufus Whedon

{{Comment| I think this could be better organized by media type --[[User:Fire Eider|Fire Eider]] ([[User talk:Fire Eider|talk]]) 13:18, 24 August 2022 (UTC)}}

==General Discussion==
* [https://mythcreants.com/blog/five-characters-coded-as-autistic/ Mythcreants: Five Characters Coded as Autistic]

==Animation==
*Entrapta - ''She-Ra and the Princesses of Power'' - (confirmed by showrunner ND Stevenson)
*Marcy Wu - ''Amphibia'' - (semi-canon? When a fan brought it up to the show creator, with the supporting opinion of psychologist friends, he said he would “default to you and your trained colleagues on this one.”)
*Max Jerry Horowitz - ''Mary and Max'' - (canon)

==Books==
*Blackwolf - "Soon I Will Be Invincible" - (canon)
*Christopher Boone - ''The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time'' (canon)

==Plays==
*Christopher Boone - ''The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time'' (canon)

==Movies==
* Elle Woods - ''Legally Blonde'' - (fan theory <ref> [https://naliniasha.tumblr.com/post/144531756591/can-you-talk-more-about-elle-woods-being-autistic Can you talk more about Elle Woods being autistic in Legally Blonde?]</ref>)
*Raymond Babbitt - ''Rain Man'' - (canon)
*Wendy - ''Please Stand By'' - (canon)

==Television==
*Abed Nadir - ''Community'' - (canon)
*Charles Hayden-Savage - ''Only Murders in the Building '' - (coded)
*Daria - ''Daria'' - (coded)
*Drea - ''Everything's Gonna Be Okay'' - (canon)
*Dr. Temperance Brennan - ''Bones'' - (never said in canon, but creator said she was based off someone they knew irl who is Autistic)
*Fiona Helbron - ''Elementary'' - (canon)
*Gary Bell - ''Alphas'' - (canon)
*Julia - ''Sesame Street'' - (canon)
*Kevin Blake - ''Eureka'' - (canon - He was "cured" when an alternate timeline was created. Autistic people... were not thrilled with that outcome)
*Lieutenant Commander Data - ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' - (Probably best classified as "accidentally autistic". He has autistic traits and many autistic people see themselves represented in Data, but it seems that the writers of the show did not intentionally write him as autistic. Brent Spiner, the actor who plays Data, said in an interview that he was glad that he didn't know Data to be autistic, because he was afraid that he would have pushed the writers to write him in a certain way, which "could have ruined the entire thing".<ref> [https://youtu.be/59BaaifBuFI?t=1867 Excerpt from JLGB interview with Brent Spiner], edited by Jessie Gender </ref>)
*Lieutenant Commander Spock - ''Star Trek: The Original Series'' (and more) - (Another character that is probably best classified as "accidentally autistic". While not explicitly written as such {{Citation needed|date=August 2022}}, many autistic people see themselves represented by Spock.)
*Matilda Moss - ''Everything's Gonna Be Okay'' - (canon)
*Nicholas Moss - ''Everything's Gonna Be Okay'' - (canon)
*Rufus Whedon - ''Locke & Key''
*Sam Gardner - ''Atypical'' - (canon)
*Spencer Reid - ''Criminal Minds'' - (not confirmed canon aside from actor who plays him)
*Will Graham - ''Hannibal'' - (in the first episode, he is said to be somewhere on the Autism Spectrum)
*Woo Young Woo - ''Extraordinary Attorney Woo''
*Zach - ''Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt''

==Games==
* Ibushi Gin - ''Your Turn to Die'' (canon)

==Some of my favourite autistic-coded fictional queer women==
* Robin Buckley - ''Stranger Things'' (coded but not officially canon)
* Jillian Holtzmann - ''Ghostbusters'' (coded but not officially canon)
* Janine Kishi - ''The Baby-sitters Club'' (coded but not officially canon)

==References==

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Stims

2022-08-24T14:14:52Z

Jpt: Added pacing

A partial list of [[stimming|stims]]:

* Biting your lips* (try gum or chewelry!)
* Bouncing your leg up and down
* Chewing gum
* Chewing purpose-built chewelry
* Chewing the inside of your cheek* (try gum or chewelry!)
* Chewing your hair
* Clenching your fists
* Coughing or clearing your throat
* Dancing
* Digging your nails into your skin
* Doodling
* Eating seeds
* Feeling textures, e.g. stroking a soft fabric
* Fidgeting with a small object, string, etc.
* Hair twirling
* Hand flapping (not the only stim in the world, but a good one!)
* Hard blinking
* Head scratching
* Humming
* Jumping
* Knitting
* Knowling (organising and lining up objects, especially after disassembling them)
* Lip popping (making B or P style sounds)
* Listening to a song, instrumental track, or field recording
* Listening to a sound (e.g. dropping a button or dice on a book)
* Moving your head from side to side
* Nail biting
* Pacing
* Picking your nails
* Picking your skin* (try tearing paper!)
* Placing something heavy on your chest, stomach, or lap (e.g. books, or a weighted blanket)
* Playing a musical instrument
* Pressing your arms against your chest or stomach for pressure
* Repeating a mantra, either internally or externally
* Rocking back and forth
* Rubbing your feet together
* Rubbing your hands together
* Singing
* Smelling things
* Spinning
* Staring at fairy lights, distant city lights, etc
* Swinging your arms around
* Tapping or flicking your fingers
* Tearing paper
* Teeth grinding*
* Tongue clicking
* Walking on your tiptoes
* Wriggling your toes

&lowast; You might want to consider trying out other stims, to try and replace these ones. It should be easier if you stick to the same sense.

Note that stimming in general is perfectly healthy, a sensible response to too much or too little stimuli, and nothing to be ashamed of.

[[Category: Stimming]]

Books by Autistic authors

2022-08-23T14:09:55Z

Jpt: Added Unmasking Autism

For now this is just a list. Maybe it would be nice to organize it maybe in a table so people can sort by, e.g., genre, main topic, intended audience, language, etcetera?

== English books ==

* ''[[A Field Guide to Earthlings]]'', Star Ford, 2010
* ''[[Ten Steps to Nanette]]'', Hannah Gadsby, 2022
* ''[[Drama Queen: One Autistic Woman and a Life of Unhelpful Labels]]'', Sara Gibbs, 2021
* ''[[Odd Girl Out: An Autistic Woman in a Neurotypical World]]'', Laura James, 2017
* ''[[Letters to My Weird Sisters: On Autism and Feminism]]'', Joanne Limburg, 2021
* ''[[Unmasking Autism]]'', Devon Price, 2022

== Dutch books ==

* ''[[Anders gaat ook: Hoe ik functioneer met autisme en ADHD]]'', Elise Cordaro, 2019
* ''[[Aut of the box]]'', Magali De Reu, 2021
* ''[[Maar je ziet er helemaal niet autistisch uit]]'', Bianca Toeps, 2019
* ''[[Zondagsleven]]'', Judith Visser, 2020
* ''[[Zondagskind]]'', Judith Visser, 2018

== German books ==

* ''[[Nicht normal, aber das richtig gut: Mein wunderbares Leben mit Autismus und ADHS]]'', Denise Linke, 2015
* ''[[Schattenspringer - Wie es ist, anders zu sein]]'', Daniela Schreiter, 2014

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