#jake bohm

Talk about autism in the media.

Do you think that autism is typically portayed well? Rarely. We are either shown as incredibly smart, or as very high support. There is no in between. There are a few shows with autistic characters which i enjoy despite problems in portrayal.

Is there anything you'd like to see more of when it comes to autistic representation?

I would like to see more of the actual autistic traits, like stimming, meltdowns, shutdowns, etc. But i would also like to see autistic people not being a burden.

Who are your favorite autistic characters?

Sam Gardner from Atypical

Christian Wolff from The Accountant

Jake Bohm from Touch

Billy Cranston from Power Rangers.

I like these characters because i relate to something in all of them.

Sam's love of penguins, his stimming and meltdowns.

Christian's routines, OCD tendencies and zoning in on his tasks.

Jake being non/semi-verbal and his love of writing patterns in a notebook.

Billy's social awkwardness and learning to be brave.

Do you have any headcanons?

I do have a few, some of which may seem random as they show only a few traits.

Four from the Divergent series

Jasper Hale from Twilight

Connor from Detroit: Become Human

A few others.

My reasons are:

I think Four from Divergent is autistic as his face is very hard to read sometimes and his voice can be monotone. This isnt a bad think but it is something that has been commented on to myself and my friends who have autism.

Jasper from Twilight is a relatively new headcanon of mine as i recently rewatched twilight and started thinking that he is Semi-verbal, and seems to avoid eye contact with anyone but the cullens and sometimes bella.

Lastly, Connor from D:BH. He is socially unaware, like when Hank says "you know where you can stick your instructions?" and connor replies "no, where?". Or the way he analyses things before a conversation so he knows how to talk to someone.

Autism needs to be better represented in the media, as the media greatly affects people's views of autism. We do not need to be seen as Rain Man, or as Sheldon Cooper. We aren't all high support, and we aren't all geniuses. We are diverse, just as everyone else is.

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Remembering Touch:

Jake always uses the same Notebooks. In the first episode there's a scene where Martin looks through his stuff on his desk including about a dozen red notebooks, all filled. Jake always uses the same kind of notebooks

I've been asking myself, does Martin buy Jake a new one each time his notebook is full? Like does he go out every Saturday to buy his son the same notebook over and over again?

Did he just buy a pack of, I dunno 50 Notebooks?

Was there an abandoned luggage at the airport filled with a few dozen empty red notebooks and Martin decided to take it home for Jake, because his son's been scribbling numbers all over walls, tables and everything?

That's a really important question for me! (The last one's bollocks but still funny if you think about it)