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* [https://mythcreants.com/blog/five-characters-coded-as-autistic/ Mythcreants: Five Characters Coded as Autistic] | * [https://mythcreants.com/blog/five-characters-coded-as-autistic/ Mythcreants: Five Characters Coded as Autistic] | ||
*Abed Nadir - ''Community'' - (canon) | *Abed Nadir - ''Community'' - (canon) | ||
*Blackwolf - "Soon I Will Be Invincible" - (canon) | |||
*Drea - ''Everything's Gonna Be Okay'' - (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) | *Dr. Temperance Brennan - ''Bones'' - (never said in canon, but creator said she was based off someone they knew irl who is Autistic) | ||
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*Fiona Helbron - ''Elementary'' - (canon) | *Fiona Helbron - ''Elementary'' - (canon) | ||
*Gary Bell - ''Alphas'' - (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.”) | *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) | *Matilda Moss - ''Everything's Gonna Be Okay'' - (canon) | ||
Revision as of 03:58, 24 August 2022
- 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)
