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Autistic representation in fiction

2022-08-24T00:44:43Z

CrouteCeleste: added movie character (Max)

* [https://mythcreants.com/blog/five-characters-coded-as-autistic/ Mythcreants: Five Characters Coded as Autistic]
*Abed Nadir - Community - (canon)
*Drea - Everything's Gonna Be Ok - (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)
*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 Ok - (canon)
*Max Jerry Horowitz - Mary and Max - (canon)
*Nicholas Moss - Everything's Gonna Be Ok - (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)

Autistic representation in fiction

2022-08-24T00:41:53Z

CrouteCeleste: Added some characters to the list (Fiona, Wendy) and sorted the list by alphabetical order, deleted superfluous spaces after "*" sign

* [https://mythcreants.com/blog/five-characters-coded-as-autistic/ Mythcreants: Five Characters Coded as Autistic]
*Abed Nadir - Community - (canon)
*Drea - Everything's Gonna Be Ok - (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)
*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 Ok - (canon)
*Nicholas Moss - Everything's Gonna Be Ok - (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)

Autistic public figures

2022-08-24T00:26:07Z

CrouteCeleste: added links to Wikipedia pages for entries: Hannah Gadsby, Susan Boyle and Tim Burton

Here's a non-exhaustive list of '''autistic celebrities''' that have publicly identified themselves as such. This does not include speculation about anyone's neurotype.

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Maybe sort this by

- Actors

- Musicians

- Scientists

etc?
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Somebody could change the links at the end to proper references
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* Anthony Hopkins – actor ([https://www.desertsun.com/story/life/entertainment/people/brucefessierentertainment/2017/01/02/westworld-star-anthony-hopkins-explores-consciousness/96018744/ desertsun.com])
* Armani Williams – NASCAR driver ([https://blackdoctor.org/17-year-old-armani-williams-is-nascars-first-driver-with-autism/ blackdoctor.org])
* Billy West – voice actor ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_West wikipedia.org])
* Chris Packham – Naturalist and TV presenter (UK) ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Packham wikipedia.org])
* Christine McGuinness – model ([https://www.instagram.com/p/CWSjHQNMP-i/ instagram.com])
* Clay Marzo – surfer ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_Marzo wikipedia.org])
* Dan Aykroyd – comedian ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Aykroyd wikipedia.org])
* Dan Harmon – author ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Harmon wikipedia.org])
* Darryl Hannah – actor ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daryl_Hannah wikipedia.org])
* David Byrne – musician ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Byrne wikipedia.org])
* Elon Musk – capitalist ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk wikipedia.org])
* Greta Thunberg – climate activist ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greta_Thunberg wikipedia.org])
* Hannah Gadsby – comedian ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Gadsby wikipedia.org])
* John "Doomsday" Howard – MMA fighter
* J. Michael Straczynski – author
* Kodi Lee – musician, America’s Got Talent winner 2019
* Melanie Sykes – TV personality (UK)
* Questlove – musician
* Susan Boyle – singer ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Boyle wikipedia.org])
* Tim Burton – filmmaker ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Burton wikipedia.org])
* Tom Stoltman – athlete, power lifter
* Vernon Smith – economist, Nobel laureate
* Wentworth Miller – actor
* Yuh-Line Niou – politician (NY state, USA)

== References ==

[[Category:Autistic culture]]