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submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/autism

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I've loved this book for decades. Read it multiple times. Thinking about it a bit, and I believe the Mc is autism coded.

Anyone else read this and agree?

Anyone have examples of this in other areas?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Is autism coded characters a thing?

Short answer: Yes

Long answer:
rules:

no autism diagnosis (excludes Sean Murphey)
no possibility of autism ever suggested (excludes Gregory House and Regan from inside job)
no alternate diagnosis (excludes Komi from komi can't communicate who is canonically SAD not ASD)
must demonstrate an autistic trait, though not necessarily the obvious one (Sprig is here because he experienced sensory overload in a cinama)
no traits only shown in fanfiction considered (I don't want to be here all day)
have to be from a show I've watched and I personally have to see it (no Abhed from community, no Catniss Everdeen from hunger games)
they don't have to be good representation (so I don't have to justify several of my choices most notably Sheldon or Beverly)
no instances where the author obviously knew what they were doing when they created the character (excludes the Mitchells from the Mitchells vs the machines, but not sheldon because they fell into writing him like that by accident)
being an excentric genius isn't a sign of autism (excludes Albus Dumbledor)
being an idiot savant isn't a sign of autism (excludes Forrest Gump)

so in no particular order:

Myne and Ferdinand from Ascendance of a bookworm
The entire La clan from Apothocary Diaries
Luna Lovegood from Harry Potter
Several Stephanie Meyers protagonists including Bella Swan from Twilight, Wanderer of the stars from The Host and the one who keeps changing her name so it's not worth keeping track of it from the Chemist
L and Near from death note
Lios from delicious in dungeon
Mob from Mob Psycho 100 and Saitama from one punch man
Saiki K from the disasterous life of Saiki K
Akun from Aho Girl (also Yoshiko get's an honorable mention for ADHD)
Star from Star vs the Forces of Evil
Mabel and Dipper from gravity falls
Luz from owl house
Marcy, Sprig and Polly from Amphibia
Ferb from Phineas and Ferb
Lilo from Lilo and Stitch
Peridot and Lapis Lazuli from Steven Universe.
Papyrus and Nabstabluk from undertale
Abby from NCIS
Spencer from iCarly
Commander Spock from Startrek
Captain Sam Carter, Dr Daniel Jackson and Thor from Stargate SG1
Sheldon, Raj, Beverly and Amy from the Big Bang Theory
A lot of spidermen, though it's strongest in Penny Parker IMO
Every robot ever put to screen who's name isn't Baymax
Many, many aliens including some listed above