Autistic representation in fiction

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  • Mythcreants: Five Characters Coded as Autistic
  • Abed Nadir - Community - (canon)
  • Blackwolf - "Soon I Will Be Invincible" - (canon)
  • Drea - Everything's Gonna Be Okay - (canon)
  • Dr. Temperance Brennan - Bones - (never said in canon, but creator said she was based off someone they knew irl who is Autistic)
  • Entrapta - She-Ra and the Princesses of Power - (confirmed by showrunner ND Stevenson)
  • Fiona Helbron - Elementary - (canon)
  • Gary Bell - Alphas - (canon)
  • Julia - Sesame Street - (canon)
  • Kevin Blake - Eureka - (canon - He was "cured" when an alternate timeline was created. Autistic people... were not thrilled with that outcome)
  • Marcy Wu - Amphibia - (semi-canon? When a fan brought it up to the show creator, with the supporting opinion of psychologist friends, he said he would “default to you and your trained colleagues on this one.”)
  • Matilda Moss - Everything's Gonna Be Okay - (canon)
  • Max Jerry Horowitz - Mary and Max - (canon)
  • Nicholas Moss - Everything's Gonna Be Okay - (canon)
  • Sam Gardner - Atypical - (canon)
  • Spencer Reid - Criminal Minds - (not confirmed canon aside from actor who plays him)
  • Wendy - Please Stand By - (canon)
  • Will Graham - Hannibal - (in the first episode, he is said to be somewhere on the Autism Spectrum)
  • Woo Young Woo - Extraordinary Attorney Woo


Some of my favourite autistic-coded fictional queer women:

  • Robin Buckley - Stranger Things (coded but not officially canon)
  • Jillian Holtzmann - Ghostbusters (coded but not officially canon)
  • Janine Kishi - The Baby-sitters Club (coded but not officially canon)