Good picture, fester1124. I headcanon Twilight Sparkle and Pinkie Pie as autistic myself :)

It’s honestly messed up that there’s so many dislikes here, its literally just an autistic persons drawing of characters they relate to for autism acceptance month 😑 Like they’re not saying they have to be autistic they’re not forcing it on anyone they’re just saying they relate to them and think they could have it because of it. Like? Literally 0 wrong with this and it gets disliked bombed. :( Makes me sad

I dont think Jeff really fits the bill for autism

@neo4812  
I’d say Maud is coded autistic. Narrow obsessive interests, monotone voice, trouble socializing…

@Background Pony #41ED  
I have a soft spot for downward spirals. That’s why I ’m still subscribed to EmpLemon on YouTube.

why is this downvoted D:
 
edit: nevermind read the comments

@Background Pony #7DED  
Well timed, too.

@Background Pony #105F  
What an insightful and well argued retort.

@CrassMetalHead  
no

@Sakaki1999
 
^ This.
 
Honestly the usage of ‘autism’ to insult everything shows that you are trying so hard to be offensive it’s not even funny.
 
It’s always “ Autism” this, ‘autism’ that. It’s pathetic.

@CrassMetalHead  
Fuckin’ A well told. You can blame the internet for that. Edgy, whiny 13-year old fucks who toss that word around on message boards to either sound cool and/or to describe something/someone they don’t happen to like.

Anybody who uses “autism” as a means of insult needs to grow up.
 
Remember when Autism once meant something and not a means of an insult?

As an autistic person this is all I have to say:
 
Um, NO!!!

how are any of these characters considered autistic?

It’s not good to post a picture that needs explaining in the description. This picture bothered me as I expect it bothered many others. It looks like it’s calling these character autistic, rather than being characters the autistic author relates to.  
Now that I know it’s just a personal thing though, it makes me wonder why this was posted. It’s not going to mean the same thing to anyone else at all. I saw a birthday image uploaded with a similar “bunch of characters they like in a row” format to it. It’s never gonna be appreciated here unless there are people here that coincidentally have the exact same interests. Or the same relatability to characters. And so on. Although unlike that birthday picture, this one is actually drawn, so it’s a big step up. It’s actually pony art.
 
I have aspergers and relate to Fluttershy. But she mostly just reminds me of the parts I dislike about myself. And so I dislike her. Marble and Vinyl though, oddly I like them. I hate being mute though, so that’s weird. Maud feels relatable in a positive way… Just as an example of how everyone feels about characters differently.

@Sakaki1999  
Eh, I just figured I’d explain where the downvotes are likely coming from.

@FamusJamus
 
That was a good point. Sorry if I misread anything or jumped to conclusions. :(

@Sakaki1999  
Images with characters from lots of different series don’t really do well here to begin with, as they mostly appeal to the artist and people who share their exact tastes.
 
The suggestion that the characters are linked through having autistic traits doesn’t particularly help for people who see them differently. I suspect it’s similar to how certain people object to the Muslim!Shy depiction despite the modesty factor.
 
Not to mention that “X day/week/month” things aren’t celebrated by many people. Example: there are several national “Coffee Days” and apparently an international one, but the average person either doesn’t care, or gets cynical about how Coffee Day was made up by coffee people to push coffee stuff on us.
 
But, most importantly, we tend to be a fickle lot here on Derpibooru.

It has downvotes because it is stereotyping. Sometimes people are just strange without an underlying condition.

@Sakaki1999  
I dotn know. I just thought that since it was awareness month, and I have Aspergers, I thought it would be a good picture to post

@ice1517
 
Oh okay. I did say that I didn’t have a problem with this picture. I myself have autism, and I can certainly relate to at least four characters presented here: Jeff Andonuts, Alphys, Fluttershy, and Maud. But isn’t that the whole point of video games and western animation? To create lovable, three-dimensional characters we can attach ourselves to and relate to?
 
I think it’s great that this artist made this picture…I don’t know why it has so many downvotes. :(

@Background Pony #8505  
@Sakaki1999  
The artist said that he knows their not autistic, but they are characters that he relates to do to them sharing some traits he has with autism

Sorry about that: I made the below post regarding Maud’s autistic traits. I’d forgotten to sign in. My bad. :P

Frankly, I have no problem with this, but in my humble opinion, the only character that really 100% fits on the autism spectrum is Maud.
 
You can be smart and nerdy without being autistic. You can be shy, nervous, and even reclusive without being autistic. But Maud just belongs so WELL. Forgive me for the incoming copypasta, but here’s something I posted on TV Tropes WMG section regarding Maud possible having Asperger’s/Autism.