List of autistic fictional characters

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This is a list of fictional characters that have been explicitly described within the work in which they appear, or otherwise by the author, as being on the autism spectrum. It is not intended to include speculation. Autistic people involved in the work may be mentioned in footnotes.

Comics[edit]

Year Character Series/Franchise Author/Publisher Ref.
1961 Reed Richards Fantastic Four Marvel Comics [1]
1966 Poison Ivy (as written by Tee Franklin)[a] Harley Quinn DC Comics [3]
1967 Black Manta Aquaman [4][5]
1986 Johnny Do Psi-Force Marvel Comics [6][7]
2000 Hikaru Azuma With the Light: Raising an Autistic Child Keiko Tobe [8]
2007 Zone Special Forces Kyle Baker [9]
2014 Stephanie "Stephie" Bondu Assigned Male Sophie Labelle[b] [11]
2015 Mark Shiffron Postal Top Cow Productions [12]
2016 Brunhilde "Brun" Khoury Questionable Content Jeph Jacques[c] [14]
2016 Emma Jade Street Protection Services Black Mask Studios [15]
2018 Norma Khan Deadendia: The Watcher's Test Nobrow [16]
2019 Scarlet Saltee Archie Archie Comics [17]

Film[edit]

Year Character Actor Film Country Ref.
1969 Amanda Lorena Kirk Change of Habit USA [18][19][20]
1969 Philip Ransome Mark Lester Run Wild, Run Free UK [21]
1984 Mario Xavier Petermann Mario Canada (Quebec) [22]
1986 Eric Gibb Jay Underwood The Boy Who Could Fly USA [23]
1988 Raymond "Ray" Babbitt Dustin Hoffman Rain Man USA [24][25]
1990 Shane Costello John and Joseph Vizzi Backstreet Dreams USA [26][27]
1993 Randall Eberlin Jamie Harrold Family Pictures USA [28][29]
1993 Sally Matthews Asha Menina House of Cards USA [30][31]
1994 Michael Barth Bradley Pierce Cries from the Heart USA [32]
1994 David Goodson Michael Goorjian and Steve Ivany[d] David's Mother USA [34]
1994 Henry Gary Farmer Henry & Verlin Canada [35]
Verlin Keegan MacIntosh Canada
1994 Tim Warden Ben Faulkner Silent Fall USA [36]
1994 Gregory White Keegan MacIntosh The Innocent USA [37]
1995 Rosetta Basilio Megan Follows Under the Piano USA [38]
1997 Chuy Alexander Goodwin Mimic USA [39]
1997 Kazan Andrew Miller Cube Canada [40]
1998 Simon Lynch Miko Hughes Mercury Rising USA [41]
1998 Meaghan Robinson Laura Harling Nightworld: Lost Souls USA [42]
1998 Tracy Sinclair Kulani Hassen Down in the Delta USA / Canada [43]
1999 Molly McKay Elisabeth Shue Molly USA [44][45]
2000 Cody O'Connor Holliston Coleman Bless the Child USA [46]
2002 Chloé Adèle Haenel Les Diables France [47]
2003 Dewa Dicky Lebrianto Biola Tak Berdawai Indonesia [48]
2004 Vernon Jackson Lucas Black Killer Diller USA [49][50]
2004 Jovana Jovana Mitic[e] Midwinter Night's Dream Serbia [51]
2004 Karl Blake Pittman Somersault Australia [52][53]
2004 Steven Morgan Zac Efron Miracle Run USA [54]
Philip Morgan Thomas Lewis USA
2005 Cho-won Cho Seung-woo Marathon South Korea [55]
2005 Rama Krishna Jiiva Raam India [56]
2005 Donald Morton Josh Hartnett Mozart and the Whale USA [57]
Isabelle Sorenson[57] Radha Mitchell USA
2006 Bea Poppy Rogers Breaking and Entering USA [58][59]
2006 Linda Freeman Sigourney Weaver Snow Cake UK [60]
2007 Ben Greg Timmermans [nl] Ben X Belgian-Dutch [61]
2007 Daniel Connelly Harry Connick Jr. P.S. I Love You USA [62]
2007 Anna Woodruff Nikki Haddad Imagination USA [63]
Sarah Woodruff Jessi Haddad USA [64]
2008 Charlie Mollison Luke Ford The Black Balloon Australia [65]
Russell Firass Dirani Australia
2008 Poppy Lizzy Clark[f] Dustbin Baby UK [66]
2008 Noah Connelly Michael Worth God's Ears [67]
2008 Sarah Skye Bennett Dark Floors Finland [68]
2008 Zen Yanin Vismitananda Chocolate Thailand [69]
2008 Nelson Hodge Alvin Keith If You Could Say It in Words USA [70]
2009 Charles Gabriel Gaudreault Suzie Canada (Quebec) [71]
2009 Chris James Lance City Rats UK [72]
2009 Yoon Do‑joon Won-bin Mother South Korea [73]
2009 Max Horovitz Philip Seymour Hoffman[g] Mary and Max Australia [75][76]
2009 Adam Raki Hugh Dancy Adam USA [76]
2009 Martha Katie Boland Dancing Trees Canada [77]
2010 Dafu Wen Zhang Ocean Heaven Hong Kong [78]
2010 Rizwan Khan Shahrukh Khan My Name Is Khan co-production between India, the United Arab Emirates and China. [79]
2010 Mandy Ashley Rickards Fly Away USA [80]
2010 Terry Marshall Rhett Giles Quantum Apocalypse [81]
2010 Tom Taylor Charlie Tahan Burning Bright USA [82]
2010 Alan Wheddon Braeden Reed and Luke Benward[h] Dear John USA [84][85]
2010 Simon Bill Skarsgård Simple Simon Sweden [86]
2011 Alfred Jones Ewan McGregor Salmon Fishing in the Yemen UK [87]
2011 Dana Minor Devon Graye Exodus Fall USA [88]
2011 Yoav Pomerantz Michael Hanegbi Dr. Pomerantz Israel [89]
2011 Tomer Roshko Michael Moshonov Mabul Israel [90]
2011 Oskar Schell Thomas Horn Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close USA [91]
2011 Mickey Tussler Luke Schroder A Mile in His Shoes Canada [92]
2012 Jhilmil Chatterjee Priyanka Chopra Barfi! India [93]
2012 Walter Hill Dexter Darden Joyful Noise USA [94]
2012 Luke Lou Taylor Pucci The Story of Luke USA [95]
Zack Seth Green
2012 Nick Young Booboo Stewart White Frog USA [96]
2013 Duncan Chris Marquette The Odd Way Home USA [97]
2013 Haridas Prithviraj Das Haridas India [98]
2013 Rafer Grayson Russell Season of Miracles USA [99]
2013 Ricky Jesus Sanchez-Velez[i] Stand Clear of the Closing Doors USA [100]
2014 Nathan Asa Butterfield X+Y UK [101]
2014 Riley Morris Riley Polanski Alien Abduction USA [102]
2014 Doug Davis Leigh Whannell Cooties USA [103]
2015 Adam Ty Simpkins Meadowland USA [104]
2015 Glory Adams Taylor Richardson Jack of the Red Hearts USA [105]
2015 Jane Louisa Krause Jane Wants a Boyfriend USA [106]
2016 Christian Wolff Ben Affleck The Accountant USA [107]
2016 Michael Taylor David Mazouz The Darkness USA [108]
2016 Park Young-hoon Lee David Split South Korea [109]
2017 Mária Alexandra Borbély On Body and Soul Hungary [110][better source needed]
2017 Billy Cranston RJ Cyler Power Rangers USA [111]
2017 Lilly Blackburn Lilly Jandreau The Rider USA [112][113]
2017 Christopher Jacob McCarthy The Drummer and the Keeper Ireland [114]
2017 Fang Xaioming Wenbo Xu Ming and Ming [115]
2018 Wendy Welcott Dakota Fanning Please Stand By USA [116]
2018 Rory McKenna Jacob Tremblay The Predator USA [117][118][119]
2019 Nitya Sai Pallavi Athiran India [120]
2020 Renee Madison Bandy[j] Loop USA [122]
2020 Oliver Azhy Robertson Come Play USA
2020 Bart Bromley Tye Sheridan The Night Clerk USA [123]
2021 Music Gamble Maddie Ziegler[k] Music USA [126]
2021 Christina Jordanne Jones Mildly Different Ireland [127][128][129][130]
2022 Tereza Martha Issová Buko Czech Rpublic [131][132]
2022 Lola Vanessa Burghardt[l] Cha Cha Real Smooth USA [133]

Literature[edit]

Year Character(s) Book Author(s) Notes Ref.
1964 Manfred Steiner Martian Time-Slip Philip K. Dick [134]
1996 Seth Garin The Regulators Stephen King King wrote this novel under the pen name Richard Bachman. [135]
1996 Simon Lynch Simple Simon Ryne Douglas Pearson This book was adapted into the film Mercury Rising (1998). [136][137]
2000 Marty Zellerbach The Hades Factor Robert Ludlum and Gayle Lynds [138]
2000 Patrick Truth or Dare Celia Rees [139][140]
2002 Darryl McAllister A Wizard Alone Diane Duane [141]
2002 Shepherd O'Conner By the Light of the Moon Dean Koontz [142]
2003 Christopher John Francis Boone The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mark Haddon Although the blurb on the back of the book says that Christopher is on the spectrum, it is not explicitly stated in the story. The book was adapted into a stage play of the same name. [143]
2003 Lou Arrendale and his co-workers Speed of Dark Elizabeth Moon [144]
2004 Ben Niets was alles wat hij zei (Nothing Was All He Said) Nic Balthazar The book was adapted into the drama film Ben X (2007). [61]
2004–2009 Natalie Flanagan Al Capone Does My Shirts Gennifer Choldenko This character also appears in the sequel Al Capone Shines My Shoes. [145][146]
2005 Victor Hoppe The Angel Maker Stefan Brijs [147]
2005 Morgan Wiberg The Stone Cutter Camilla Läckberg [148]
2005 Quinn Different Like Me: My Book of Autism Heroes Jennifer Elder [149][150]
2006 David Rules Cynthia Lord [151]
2006 Alan Wheddon Dear John Nicholas Sparks Adapted into the 2010 film of the same name. [152]
Richard Tyree [153]
2006 Taylor Do-si-Do with Autism Sarah Stup[m] [155]
2007 Blackwolf Soon I Will Be Invincible Austin Grossman [156]
2007 Adam, Amelia, and Morgan Eye Contact Cammie McGovern [157]
2008 Jessica Fontaine The Language of Others Clare Morrall [158][159]
2008 Gillian Grayson Mass Effect: Ascension Drew Karpyshyn [160]
2008 Mickey Tussler The Legend of Mickey Tussler Frank Nappi This book was adapted into the television film A Mile in His Shoes (2011). [161]
2008 Peter Michael "Little Pete" Ellison Gone Michael Grant Character appears in all six "Season One" books, published between 2008 and 2013. [162]
2009 Marcelo Sandoval Marcelo in the Real World Francisco X. Stork [163]
2009 Geert De Autist en de Postduif Rodaan Al Galidi [164]
2009 Aliénor Malèze The Winter Journey Amélie Nothomb Original book in French: Le Voyage d'Hiver. [165]
2009 Ryan Scott Into the Silence Sarah Pinborough Based on the TV series Torchwood. [166]
2009–2011 Malcolm Decter WWW Trilogy Robert J. Sawyer Character appears in all three books, published between 2009 and 2011. [167]
2010 Jacob Hunt House Rules Jodi Picoult [168]
2010 Max Parkman Saving Max Antoinette van Heugten [169][170]
2010 Caitlin Smith Mockingbird Kathryn Erskine [171][172]
2010 Dwight Tharp The Strange Case of Origami Yoda Tom Angleberger[n] [174]
Harvey Cunningham [175]
2010–2017 Renarin Kholin The Stormlight Archive Brandon Sanderson Character appears in all books, published 2010 to present. [176]
2011 Trueman Bradley Trueman Bradley - Aspie Detective Alexei Maxim Russell [177]
2011 Dr. Tobias Rothman Death Benefit Robin Cook [178]
2012 Anthony Donatelli Love Anthony Lisa Genova [179]
2012 Leah Leah's Voice Lori DeMonia 2014 Temple Grandin literary work of the year recipient.[180] [181]
2012 Ivan Tarasov Triggers Robert J. Sawyer [182]
2013 Don Tillman The Rosie Project Graeme Simsion [183]
2013 Oscar The Real Boy Anne Ursu [184]
2013–2017 Harriet Manners Geek Girl Holly Smale[o] Harriet is never described as autistic in any of the six books, but Smale has retroactively labelled her as such after being diagnosed with autism herself.[185] [185]
2014 Rose Howard Rain Reign Ann M. Martin [186]
2014 Kurt Bacon Isla and the Happily Ever After Stephanie Perkins [187]
2014 Lin YuLong "Jade Dragon" Michael Vey: Hunt for Jade Dragon Richard Paul Evans Deaf, mute, autistic savant who discovers a formula coveted by the evil Elgen. [188]
2014-2018 Astra Ordott The Gaia Chronicles Naomi Foyle[p] [190]
2015 Paul Stephens Paul and His Beast Sarah Stup[m] [191]
Tim
2016 Tiberius "Ty" Blackthorn The Dark Artifices Cassandra Clare [192]
2016 Denise On the Edge of Gone Corinne Duyvis[q] [193]
2017 Aster Grey An Unkindness of Ghosts Rivers Solomon[r] [195]
2017–2018 Jack Kagen There's More Than One Way Home Donna Levin Character also appears in the sequel, He Could Be Another Bill Gates. [196]
2018 Stella Lane The Kiss Quotient Helen Hoang[s] [198]
2019 Edison "Eddie" Matthews The Things We Cannot Say Kelly Rimmer [199]
2019 Khai Diep The Bride Test Helen Hoang[s] [198]
2020 Elle The Leap Cycle Patience Agbabi [200]
Big Ben
2020 Vivy Cohen Get a Grip, Vivy Cohen! Sarah Kapit[t] [201]
2020 Addie A Kind of Spark Elle McNicoll[u] Adapted into the 2023 TV series of the same name. [203]
2020 Erin Please Don't Hug Me Kay Kerr[v] [204]
2020 Hudson Tillman The Rosie Result Graeme Simsion [205]
2021 Jesse Broadview Me and Sam-Sam Handle the Apocalypse Susan Vaught[w] [206]
2021 Lara Finkel The Many Mysteries of the Finkel Family Sarah Kapit[t] [207]
Caroline Finkel
2021 Ester Harding Daughter Of The Deep Rick Riordan [208]
2021 Anna Sun The Heart Principle Helen Hoang[s] [209]
Eve Brown Act Your Age, Eve Brown Talia Hibbert[x] [210]
Jacob Wayne
2021 Zoe Kelly Social Queue Kay Kerr[v] [212]
2021 Charlie Hudson American Girl Wendy Walker Audible original audiobook. [213]
2022 Frankie Frankie's World Aoife Dooley[y] [214]
2022 Hafsah Al-Hadi The Society for Soulless Girls When she first appears, Hafsah is visibly stimming. Later in the book, she has to leave a shop because she becomes overwhelmed, due to her brain working differently to most people's. [citation needed]
2023 Cassandra Dankworth The Cassandra Complex Holly Smale[o] [215]
2023 Phoebe Finding Phoebe Gavin Extence [216]

Television[edit]

Year Character Actor(s) Episode(s) Series Ref.
1983 Tommy Westphall Chad Allen St. Elsewhere [217]
2000 Lily Montgomery Leven Rambin All My Children [218]
2001-2007 Martin Miller Matthew Buckley Grange Hill [219]
2001 Billy Richard Steven Horvitz Grim and Evil/The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy[z] [220]
Mandy Grey DeLisle
The Grim Reaper Greg Eagles
2002 Annie Wheaton Kimberly J. Brown Rose Red [221]
2003 Wally Stevens Mark Linn-Baker "Probability" Law & Order: Criminal Intent [222]
2005 Spencer Reid Matthew Gray Gubler Criminal Minds [223]
2006 Adam Braeden Lemasters "Lines in the Sand" House M.D. [224]
2006 Kevin Blake Meschach Peters and Trevor Jackson From the pilot to the season 4 premiere Eureka [225]
2007 Manny Rivera/El Tigre Alanna Ubach[aa] El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera [226]
2007 Brandon Powell Jake Cherry "Fear Itself" The 4400 [227]
2007 Karla Bentham Jessica Baglow Series 3 Episode 1 to Series 5 Episode 20 Waterloo Road [228]
2008 Connor DeLaurier A.J. Saudin Degrassi: The Next Generation [229]
2008 Virginia Dixon Mary McDonnell "These Ties That Bind"
"All By Myself"
"Beat Your Heart Out"
Grey's Anatomy [230]
2009 Robert Daly Sam Peter Corry Fair City [231][232]
2009 Gabrielle Jacobs Virginie Le Brun Shortland Street [233]
2009 Jonah Jeremiah "JJ" Jones Ollie Barbieri Skins [234]
2009 Abed Nadir Danny Pudi[ab] Community [236][237]
2010 Max Braverman Max Burkholder Parenthood [238]
2010 Fred Jones Frank Welker Scooby Doo! Mystery Incorporated [239]
2010 Carl Gould Dwayne Hill "When Carl Met George" Arthur [240]
2010 Gus Carmichael Noah Marullo Tracy Beaker Returns/The Dumping Ground [241]
2010 Micaela Gómez Monica Spear La mujer perfecta (The Perfect Woman) [242]
2011 Gary Bell Ryan Cartwright Alphas [243]
2011 The parallel universe version of Astrid Farnsworth Jasika Nicole Fringe [244]
2011 Saga Norén Sofia Helin The Bridge [245]
2012 Jacob "Jake" Bohm David Mazouz Touch [246]
2012 Shahir Hamza Huse Madhavji Saving Hope [247]
2012 Birgit Goethals Ruth Becquart episodes 1-10 Clan [248]
2013-2017 Elise Wassermann Clémence Poésy The Tunnel [249]
2013 Sonya Cross Diane Kruger The Bridge [250]
2013 Noah Hoynes Oscar Kennedy The Politician's Husband [251]
2013 Park Shi-on Joo Won Good Doctor [252][253]
2013 Rick Sanchez Justin Roiland (Season 1–6) Ian Cardoni (Season 7-Present) Rick and Morty [254]
2015 Isadora Smackle Cecilia Balagot Girl Meets World [255]
2015 Stina Vik Esmeralda Struwe Modus [256]
2016 Fiona 'Mittens' Helbron Betty Gilpin "Murder Ex Machina"
"A View with a Room"
"Ready or Not"
Elementary [257]
2016 Jason Haynes Jules Robertson[ac] Holby City [258]
2016–2020 Joe Hughes Max Vento The A Word [259]
2017 Julia Stacey Gordon Sesame Street [260]
2017 Shaun Murphy Freddie Highmore The Good Doctor [261]
2017 Sam Gardner Keir Gilchrist Atypical [262]
2017 Dean Simms Harold Perrineau Claws [263]
2017 Pablo Jake Williamson (voice), William and Oliver Burns (live-action)[ad] Pablo [264]
2018 Entrapta Christine Woods[ae] She-Ra and the Princesses of Power [265][267]
2018 Donatello Josh Brener Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [268]
2018 Townes Linderman Daniel Maslany Impulse [269]
2018 Greta Allinson Zoe Croft[af] Holby City [258]
2018 Phoenix Hathaway Tylan Grant[ag] Hollyoaks [271]
2018 Zohar Naomi Levov On the Spectrum [272]
Ron Niv Majar
Amit Ben Yosipovich
2018 Minato Shindo Kento Yamazaki Good Doctor [273]
2019 Lana Moore Vered Blonstein "Xin" The Good Doctor [274]
2019 Dawkins Rhys Isaac-Jones 101 Dalmatian Street [275]
Da Vinci Akiya Henry [275]
2019 Astrid Nielsen Sara Mortensen[ah] Astrid et Raphaëlle [276]
2019 Carl Destoop Zouzou Ben Chikha The Twelve [277]
2019 Amistad Ervin Kurtis Mansfield Third season onwards Young Justice [278]
2019 Snork Chance Perdomo Moominvalley (TV series) [279]
2019 Matthew Paras Patel The Chosen [280]
2019 Harlan Cooper / Lester Pocket Justin Paul Kelly (child) / Callum Keith Rennie (adult) Second season onwards The Umbrella Academy [281][282]
2020 Matilda Moss Kayla Cromer[ai] Everything's Gonna Be Okay [283]
Jeremy Carsen Warner[aj] [284]
Nicholas Josh Thomas[ak] [285]
2020 AJ Gadgets Jadiel Dowlin Hero Elementary [286]
2020 Sean George Yionoulis[al] "Nancy's New Friend" Fancy Nancy [287]
2020 Misha Eldar Kalimulin To the Lake [288]
2020 Marcy Wu Haley Tju Amphibia [289]
2021 Max Israel Thomas-Bruce[am] "Daniel's New Friend Max" Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood [291]
2021 Han Geu-Ru Tang Jun-sang Move to Heaven [292]
2021 Sara Eriksson Frida Argento[an] Young Royals [294]
2021 Jasper Tempest Ben Miller Professor T. [295]
2021 Curtis / Anthony Jonathan Simao / Lucas Yao Turner & Hooch [296]
2022 Jack Reacher Alan Ritchson Reacher [297][298][299]
2022 Jack Hoffman Rick Glassman[ao] As We See It [300]
Harrison Dietrich Albert Rutecki[ap]
Violet Wu Sue Ann Pien[aq]
2022 Norma Khan Kody Kavitha[ar] Dead End: Paranormal Park [302]
2022 Woo Young-woo Park Eun-bin Extraordinary Attorney Woo [303]
2022 Bruno Chuck Smith (United States/Canada) and Elliot Garcia (United Kingdom)[as] Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go [306]
2022 Quinn “Quinni” Gallagher-Jones Chloé Hayden[at] Heartbreak High [307]
2023 BeBe Proud Aiden Dodson[au] The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder [309][310]
2023 Edward Rick Glassman[ao] Not Dead Yet [311]
2023 June Chen Sue Ann Pien[aq] The Ghost and Molly McGee [312]
2023 Lena Głowacka Martyna Byczkowska Absolute Beginners [313]

Theater[edit]

Year Character Play Playwright Ref.
1955 Dame Edna Everage Various stage and television productions Barry Humphries[av] [314][315]
1997 "Spoonface" Steinberg Spoonface Steinberg Lee Hall [316]
2015 Adhvik Chains: Love Stories of Shadows AK Srikanth [317]
2017 Luke Mosquitoes Lucy Kirkwood [318]
2019 Lyle Masterson[aw] Albireo Annahis Basmadjian [319][320]
2019 Laurence All in a Row Alex Oates [321]
2023 Various How to Dance in Ohio Rebecca Greer Melocik (book & lyrics), Jacob Yandura (music)

Video games[edit]

Year Character Actor(s) Video game Notes Ref.
2001 Charlie Kane's unnamed son Ian Axness Twisted Metal Black [322][323]
2002 Cassandra Murata unknown Rage of the Dragons Evoga Entertainment's website describes Cassandra as developing "an autistic case".[324] [324]
2005 Jade (The Indigo Child) n/a; silent Fahrenheit [325]
2005 Murky Tatiana Vesyolkina Pathologic Also appears in Pathologic 2 [326]
2007 Dr. Brigid Tenenbaum Anne Bobby BioShock Also appears in BioShock 2, BioShock 2: Minerva's Den, and is referenced in BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea. [327][328]
2007 Simone Cole Michelle Specht Clive Barker's Jericho [329]
2010 David Archer Jesse Gervais Mass Effect 2 Appears in the downloadable mission "Overlord". Also appears in Mass Effect 3 [330]
2011 River Wyles n/a; game does not feature voice acting To the Moon [331]
2012 Amy Kriss Logan (grunts) Amy [332][333]
2012 Patricia Tannis Colleen Clinkenbeard Borderlands 2 [334][335]
2014 Cole James Norton Dragon Age: Inquisition Patrick Weekes confirmed in an interview with BioFan that Cole was heavily inspired by their autistic nephew.[336] [337][336]
2014 Drake of Blades Arianna Ratner The Elder Scrolls Online [338]
2016 Symmetra Anjali Bhimani Overwatch Referred to as "on the spectrum" in the comic "A Better World"[339] and was also confirmed to be autistic by the comic's writer[340] as well as Overwatch's game director.[341] [342][341]
2016 Josh Sauchak Jonathan Dubsky Watch Dogs 2 [343][344]
2017 Rell Stefan Martello Warframe Rebecca Ford has suggested that Rell has autism, whereas Steve Sinclair has stated that Rell has Asperger's syndrome. [345][346]
2017 Gin Ibushi n/a; game does not feature voice acting Your Turn To Die [347]
2019 Wattson Justine Huxley Apex Legends [348]

Other[edit]

Year Character Actor(s) Franchise Medium Ref.
2011 Michael Falk John Cariani The Onion Satirical news, online videos [349]
2019 Ayda Aguefort Brennan Lee Mulligan Dimension 20 Podcast [350][351][352]
2022 Twyla Boogeyman Kayla Cromer (TV series),[ai] Tangina Stone (singing voice) Monster High Toys [353][354]
2023 Asteria n/a[ax] Dungeons & Dragons Tabletop role-playing game [355]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Franklin is autistic herself.[2]
  2. ^ Labelle is autistic herself.[10]
  3. ^ Jacques is self-diagnosed autistic.[13]
  4. ^ Ivany is autistic himself.[33]
  5. ^ Mitic is autistic herself.[51]
  6. ^ Clark is autistic themself.[66]
  7. ^ Narrator Barry Humphries was autistic himself.[74]
  8. ^ Reed is autistic himself.[83]
  9. ^ Sanchez-Velez is autistic himself.[100]
  10. ^ Bandy is autistic herself.[121]
  11. ^ Although the film was widely criticised by the autistic community, director and co-writer Sia was diagnosed with autism herself following its release.[124] Autistic actress Tig Notaro also appears in the film.[125]
  12. ^ Burghardt is autistic herself.[133]
  13. ^ a b Stup is autistic herself.[154]
  14. ^ Angleberger is autistic himself.[173]
  15. ^ a b Smale is autistic herself.[185]
  16. ^ Foyle is autistic herself.[189]
  17. ^ Duyvis is autistic herself.[193]
  18. ^ Solomon is autistic themself.[194]
  19. ^ a b c Hoang was diagnosed with autism herself following her daughter's diagnosis; this influenced the development of The Kiss Quotient and her subsequent books.[197]
  20. ^ a b Kapit is autistic herself.
  21. ^ McNicoll is autistic herself.[202]
  22. ^ a b Kerr is autistic herself.[211]
  23. ^ Vaught is autistic herself.[206]
  24. ^ Hibbert is autistic herself.[210]
  25. ^ Dooley is autistic herself.[214]
  26. ^ Maxwell Atoms, creator of both series, is autistic himself.
  27. ^ Series co-creator Jorge R. Gutierrez is autistic himself.
  28. ^ Series creator Dan Harmon is self-diagnosed autistic.[235]
  29. ^ Robertson is autistic himself.
  30. ^ The series features an entirely autistic voice cast and writing team.[264]
  31. ^ Storyboard artist Sam Syzmanski is autistic himself and played a pivotal role in Entrapta's development.[265] Merit Leighton, who voiced the character of Frosta, is also autistic herself.[266]
  32. ^ Croft is autistic herself.
  33. ^ Grant is autistic himself.[270]
  34. ^ One of the show's three writers is autistic. Autistic actor Hugo Horiot plays a neurotypical character in the episode "La Mort et Compagnie".[276]
  35. ^ a b Cromer is autistic herself.[283]
  36. ^ Warner is autistic himself.[284]
  37. ^ Thomas, who also created the series, is autistic himself.[285]
  38. ^ Yionoulis is autistic himself.[287]
  39. ^ Thomas-Bruce is autistic himself.[290]
  40. ^ Argento is autistic herself.[293]
  41. ^ a b Glassman is autistic himself.[citation needed]
  42. ^ Rutecki is autistic himself.[citation needed]
  43. ^ a b Pien is autistic herself.[citation needed]
  44. ^ Series creator Hamish Steele is autistic himself.[301]
  45. ^ Both Smith[304] and Garcia[305] are autistic themselves.
  46. ^ Hayden is autistic herself.
  47. ^ Dodson is autistic himself.[308]
  48. ^ Humphries was autistic himself.[74]
  49. ^ Sam Fraser, the actor, is autistic himself.
  50. ^ Designer Makenzie De Armas is autistic herself.[355]

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