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==Television== | ==Television== | ||
*Gary Bell - ''Alphas'' - (canon) | *Gary Bell - ''Alphas'' - (canon) | ||
*Sam Gardner - ''Atypical'' - (canon) | *Sam Gardner - ''Atypical'' - (canon) | ||
*Dr. Temperance Brennan - ''Bones'' - (never said in canon, but creator said she was based off someone they knew IRL who is autistic) | *Dr. Temperance Brennan - ''Bones'' - (never said in canon, but creator said she was based off someone they knew IRL who is autistic) | ||
*Abed Nadir - ''Community'' - (canon) | *Abed Nadir - ''Community'' - (canon) | ||
*Spencer Reid - ''Criminal Minds'' - (not confirmed canon aside from actor who plays him) | *Spencer Reid - ''Criminal Minds'' - (not confirmed canon aside from actor who plays him) | ||
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*Rufus Whedon - ''Locke & Key'' | *Rufus Whedon - ''Locke & Key'' | ||
*Charles Hayden-Savage - ''Only Murders in the Building '' - (coded) | *Charles Hayden-Savage - ''Only Murders in the Building '' - (coded) | ||
*Julia - ''Sesame Street'' - (canon) | *Julia - ''Sesame Street'' - (canon) | ||
*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 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>) | ||
