We Would Be Here All Day If I Listed All The Characters I Have Given This Honor

We would be here all day if I listed all the characters I have given this honor

Reblog with a character you'd like to bestow this honor.

Rocky Rickaby and me happily dancing if he was real (he is such a comfort character)

Music video is björk - triumph of heart

Happy autism acceptance month! One of my favorite autistic characters is Neddy Bubblegum from Adventure Time! He is Princess Bubblegum’s twin brother. He is a really good goopy guy and I wish we could have seen more of him in the series!

I’ve been having a bit of a rough day with my OCD, I tried something new with my medication and it was definitely not helpful, so I switched back, but I’ve still been having some problems these past couple weeks. Well folks, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Take your meds.

I know autism acceptance month is over, but it still makes me feel better to turn my attention to autistic characters! Let’s celebrate and say mahalo to a very cool autistic character, Lilo Pelekai! One thing I really appreciate about the movie Lilo and Stitch is Lilo and Nani’s relationship. She’s not in an easy position to do it, but Nani is a wonderful caregiver for Lilo and always gives her her best. She does whatever it takes to take care of her. I also love (what I understand to be) Lilo’s special interest in Elvis Presley. The whole “leave me alone to die” thing was an exact snapshot of me at 14 years old. Going home at the end of a rough school day and just getting lost in the special interest sauce. And I love how Elvis forms a reference point for things that have nothing to do with music or dance (“Elvis was a model citizen”) because lots of special interests come in handy like that, where you’re approaching an unfamiliar situation but can go at it from the angle of your special interest. I don’t think that Elvis was a model citizen, but I’m not the expert.

I know autism acceptance month is over but I still have more characters to appreciate. Remember the movie Rio from 2011? Oh yeah, our man TYLER BLU GUNDERSON is totally autistic. Listen, I remember watching this movie when I was six years old and just seeing myself reflected back in this guy. He felt so distant from his peers and he desperately wanted to go home while he was lost in one of the most beautiful places on the planet. All of his dialogue stuck with me. At the end of the movie, it might seem like he “changed for the better”, but really, you can see in the second movie that he just learned to adapt to a new life that he wanted. He’s still the same bird and his (wife? birds don’t get married… “partner”, I guess 👍) partner loved him for exactly who he was. And even though it was a huge change for him, he was able to make a home in the rainforest and find a balance between his comfort zone and wild jungle out there.

verified ways to send aid to gaza directly

Help a Palestinian family directly:

gazafunds.com - Donate directly to a Palestinian family in urgent need of evacuation, medical attention, food, rebuilding homes/businesses etc. (Spotlights 1 verified gfm at a time so if you don't know who/where to donate to just go here and donate to the one they show you!)

Help provide tents (urgent):

The Sameer Project: Currently providing tents for displaced families in Gaza (emergency bc tents in Rafah are being burned as we speak) (paypal) (gfm)

Food, cash & essentials:

Care for Gaza: Working on the ground in Gaza to distribute food, cash, medicine & other essentials to displaced families. (paypal) (gfm)

Direct Aid for Gaza: also working on the ground in Gaza to distribute food, cash & other daily essential suppliess to displaced families. (paypal) (gfm)

Water:

Gaza Municipality's water project: The official Municipality of Gaza needs help rebuilding the water infrastructure in Gaza City to restore access to clean water and waste management services for the people of Gaza. (This campaign only has a couple of weeks left but it's still only at 15%!)

eSIMs (urgent):

guide to buy & send esims for gaza

crips for esims for gaza: If you don't know how to buy esims or don't have the capacity to manage them (e.g. topping up regularly), this team of volunteers are collecting funds to buy & manage gaza esims regularly

Medical Aid

Palestine Red Crescent Society: Provides emergency medical and ambulance services and humanitarian relief on the ground in Gaza e.g. rescuing and treating the wounded.