Autistic representation in fiction
From ActuallyAutistic Wiki
- Mythcreants: Five Characters Coded as Autistic
- Abed Nadir - Community - (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)
- 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)
