Why Donatello in Rise of The TMNT is such brilliant autistic representation 

As an autistic person, I find myself relating to Donatello in some way. Although I am a hugger when it comes to people I’m actually comfortable with, such as close friends, I’m not particularly comfortable being touched by anyone else. Especially my family. When my mom tells me I need to give a certain family member a hug before leaving, I just reluctantly do it because I know there’s no getting out of it. I’m also very sensitive to noises in general as well. I work at McDonald’s and I can confirm that my job can be a living hell when it comes to working there. Especially when I hear all the noises you can possibly imagine, like managers yelling the orders to other employees, one of my coworkers making random noises, and lots of beeping machines, all while I’m trying to do my job. It’s exhausting. I know I’m probably just venting now but yeah, it feels really nice to see an accurate autistic representation. I actually plan to do the same thing with my comic.

Another example of Donnie vocal stimming is when April’s interviewing him about Leo’s “attack” in the lair games, and he’s like “I need a minute” then just puts his head down and makes a noise like an eagle dying in slow motion. And like- same 😂 He also starts trying to literally chant “Ohm’s law” during the group mediation at the end of season 1

13:00 i do this all the time I mainly say "dramatic sigh" and "gasp" lmao I love donnie he is not only my favorite turtle but my favorite character. ever. I've never felt such a connection with a character like i do with donnie hes just like me. also. the think about autistic people being drawn to technology. I compleatly agree with that statement it also makes sense. I am also very drawn to tech. I remember when i heard that opportunity (the mars rover) lost communication i. actually teared up a bit lol I loved that silly robot (her last message was telling that she ran out of power and the sky was dark. sobs

He also demonstrates Echolalia! Before they leave to return Splinter’s dvd, Splinter for some reason I forget goes “New York: What a town!” For the rest of the episode Donnie proceeds to repeat this over and over for every situation in the exact same tone and cadence, even when it doesn’t fully make sense.

I love my purple middle child

Makes me excited to see the movie soon! My best friend has Autism and Asperger's and the way we are drawn to technology absolutely strengthens our bond :)

I've been watching these videos on Donnie's autism for a while now. I've started to notice that what's said in these videos also apply to me. I haven't been diagnosed with autism, but the similarities I'm seeing make me think I should get an assessment. My best friend, who has Asperger's Syndrome, thinks I should too. Thing is, I'm 34 and I feel I'm too old and too late to be diagnosed.

He’s my fave character in Rise and I also have ADHD like Mikey 🥺❤️

I do some of these like stimming whan I'm angry at my homework I need to wave my arms around and my interests are a bit weird l LOVE cups I collect as many as I can and I can be very blunt I don't realize am being blunt or mean and it's kind of hard especially curse I don't even know if am autistic I have a lot in common with autistic characters

Oh boy I love the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

0:00 OH! NO WAY! CJ my man, does that mean you’ve heard of San Andreas!?

I 100% approve this video, The fact that Donnie is autistic and had Autism made my day Greatt, Hes has some Intrested personallty that he is addicated too. And that how most Autism people have like myself.

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