Autistic representation in fiction: Difference between revisions
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* 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.”) | |||
Revision as of 23:29, 23 August 2022
- Mythcreants: Five Characters Coded as Autistic
- Abed Nadir - Community - (canon)
- Dr. Temperance Brennan - Bones - (never said in canon, but creator said she was based off someone they knew irl who is Autistic)
- Drea - Everything's Gonna Be Ok - (canon)
- Entrapta - She-Ra and the Princesses of Power - (confirmed by showrunner ND Stevenson)
- Gary Bell - Alphas - (canon)
- Matilda Moss - Everything's Gonna Be Ok - (canon)
- Nicholas Moss - Everything's Gonna Be Ok - (canon)
- Spencer Reid - Criminal Minds - (not confirmed canon aside from actor who plays him)
- Will Graham - Hannibal - (in the first episode, he is said to be somewhere on the Autism Spectrum)
- Woo Young Woo - Extraordinary Attorney Woo
- Sam Gardner - Atypical - (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.”)
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)
