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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)
*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)
*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)
*Entrapta - She-Ra and the Princesses of Power - (confirmed by showrunner ND Stevenson)
*Fiona Helbron - Elementary - (canon)
*Gary Bell - Alphas - (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)
*Matilda Moss - Everything's Gonna Be Ok - (canon)
*Nicholas 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)
*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)
*Will Graham - Hannibal - (in the first episode, he is said to be somewhere on the Autism Spectrum)
*Woo Young Woo - Extraordinary Attorney Woo  
*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.”)





Revision as of 00:41, 24 August 2022

  • 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)