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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
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Year | Character | Series/Franchise | Author/Publisher | Country | Ref. |
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1986 | Johnny Do | Psi-Force | Marvel Comics | ![]() |
[1][2] |
1996 | Claudette St. Croix | Generation X | Marvel Comics | ![]() |
[3][4][5] |
2000 | Hikaru Azuma | With the Light: Raising an Autistic Child | Keiko Tobe | ![]() |
[6] |
2001 | Reed Richards | Fantastic Four | Marvel Comics | ![]() |
[7] |
2003 | Black Manta | Aquaman | DC Comics | ![]() |
[8][9] |
2007 | Zone | Special Forces | Kyle Baker | ![]() |
[10] |
2014 | Stephanie "Stephie" Bondu | Assigned Male | Sophie Labelle[a] | ![]() |
[12] |
2015 | Mark Shiffron | Postal | Top Cow Productions | ![]() |
[13] |
2016 | Brun Khoury | Questionable Content | Jeph Jacques[b] | ![]() |
[15] |
2016 | Emma | Jade Street Protection Services | Black Mask Studios | ![]() |
[16] |
2018 | Norma Khan | Deadendia: The Watcher's Test | Nobrow | ![]() |
[17] |
2019 | Scarlet Saltee | Archie | Archie Comics | ![]() |
[18] |
2019 | Poison Ivy (as written by Tee Franklin)[c] | Harley Quinn | DC Comics | ![]() |
[20] |
2022 | Frankie | Frankie's World | Aoife Dooley[d] | ![]() |
[21] |
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Film
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Literature
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Year | Character(s) | Book | Author(s) | Country | Notes | Ref. |
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1964 | Manfred Steiner | Martian Time-Slip | Philip K. Dick | ![]() |
[147] | |
1996 | Seth Garin | The Regulators | Stephen King (under the pen name Richard Bachman) | ![]() |
[148] | |
1996 | Simon Lynch | Simple Simon | Ryne Douglas Pearson | ![]() |
Adapted into the film Mercury Rising (1998). | [149][150] |
2000 | Marty Zellerbach | The Hades Factor | Robert Ludlum and Gayle Lynds | ![]() |
[151] | |
2000 | Patrick | Truth or Dare | Celia Rees | ![]() |
[152][153] | |
2002 | Darryl McAllister | A Wizard Alone | Diane Duane | ![]() |
[154] | |
2002 | Shepherd O'Conner | By the Light of the Moon | Dean Koontz | ![]() |
[155] | |
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 and was later denied by the author.[156] The book was adapted into a stage play of the same name. | [157] |
2003 | Lou Arrendale and his co-workers | Speed of Dark | Elizabeth Moon | ![]() |
[158] | |
2004 | Ben | Niets was alles wat hij zei (Nothing Was All He Said) | Nic Balthazar | ![]() |
Adapted into the film Ben X (2007). | [67] |
2004 | Natalie Flanagan | Al Capone Does My Shirts | Gennifer Choldenko | ![]() |
Also appears in the subsequent novels in the series. | [159][160] |
2005 | Victor Hoppe | The Angel Maker | Stefan Brijs | ![]() |
[161] | |
2005 | Morgan Wiberg | The Stone Cutter | Camilla Läckberg | ![]() |
[162] | |
2006 | David | Rules | Cynthia Lord | ![]() |
[163] | |
2006 | Alan Wheddon | Dear John | Nicholas Sparks | ![]() |
Adapted into the 2010 film of the same name. | [164] |
Richard Tyree | [165] | |||||
2006 | Taylor | Do-si-Do with Autism | Sarah Stup[o] | ![]() |
[167] | |
2007 | Blackwolf | Soon I Will Be Invincible | Austin Grossman | ![]() |
[168] | |
2007 | Adam | Eye Contact | Cammie McGovern | ![]() |
[169] | |
Amelia | ||||||
2008 | Jessica Fontaine | The Language of Others | Clare Morrall | ![]() |
[170][171] | |
2008 | Gillian Grayson | Mass Effect: Ascension | Drew Karpyshyn | ![]() |
[172] | |
2008 | Mickey Tussler | The Legend of Mickey Tussler | Frank Nappi | ![]() |
Adapted into the television film A Mile in His Shoes (2011). | [173] |
2008 | Peter Michael "Little Pete" Ellison | Gone | Michael Grant | ![]() |
Character appears in all six "Season One" books, published between 2008 and 2013. | [174] |
2009 | Marcelo Sandoval | Marcelo in the Real World | Francisco X. Stork | ![]() |
[175] | |
2009 | Geert | De Autist en de Postduif | Rodaan Al Galidi | ![]() |
[176] | |
2009 | Aliénor Malèze | The Winter Journey | Amélie Nothomb | ![]() |
[177] | |
2009 | Ryan Scott | Into the Silence | Sarah Pinborough | ![]() |
Based on the TV series Torchwood. | [178] |
2009 | Malcolm Decter | WWW Trilogy | Robert J. Sawyer | ![]() |
Character appears in all three books, published between 2009 and 2011. | [179] |
2010 | Jacob Hunt | House Rules | Jodi Picoult | ![]() |
[180] | |
2010 | Max Parkman | Saving Max | Antoinette van Heugten | ![]() |
[181][182] | |
2010 | Caitlin Smith | Mockingbird | Kathryn Erskine | ![]() |
[183][184] | |
2010 | Dwight Tharp | The Strange Case of Origami Yoda | Tom Angleberger[p] | ![]() |
[186] | |
Harvey Cunningham | [187] | |||||
2010 | Renarin Kholin | The Stormlight Archive | Brandon Sanderson | ![]() |
Character appears in all books, published 2010 to present. | [188] |
2011 | Trueman Bradley | Trueman Bradley - Aspie Detective | Alexei Maxim Russell | ![]() |
[189] | |
2011 | James Donovan Halliday | Ready Player One | Ernest Cline | ![]() |
[190] | |
2012 | Anthony Donatelli | Love Anthony | Lisa Genova | ![]() |
[191] | |
2012 | Leah | Leah's Voice | Lori DeMonia | ![]() |
2014 Temple Grandin literary work of the year recipient.[192] | [193] |
2012 | Ivan Tarasov | Triggers | Robert J. Sawyer | ![]() |
[194] | |
2012 | Sammy | Amber House | Kelly Moore, Tucker Reed and Larkin Reed | ![]() |
[195] | |
2012 | Colin Fischer | Colin Fischer | Ashley Edward Miller and Zack Stentz[q] | ![]() |
[196] | |
2013 | Don Tillman | The Rosie Project | Graeme Simsion | ![]() |
[197] | |
2013 | Oscar | The Real Boy | Anne Ursu | ![]() |
[198] | |
2013 | Harriet Manners | Geek Girl | Holly Smale[r] | ![]() |
Harriet is never described as autistic in any of the six books, but Smale has retroactively labelled her as such after being diagnosed as autistic herself.[199] | [199] |
2014 | Rose Howard | Rain Reign | Ann M. Martin | ![]() |
[200] | |
2014 | Kurt Bacon | Isla and the Happily Ever After | Stephanie Perkins | ![]() |
[201] | |
2014 | Lin YuLong "Jade Dragon" | Michael Vey: Hunt for Jade Dragon | Richard Paul Evans | ![]() |
[202] | |
2014 | Astra Ordott | The Gaia Chronicles | Naomi Foyle[s] | ![]() ![]() |
[204] | |
2015 | Paul Stephens | Paul and His Beast | Sarah Stup[o] | ![]() |
[205] | |
Tim | ||||||
2016 | Tiberius "Ty" Blackthorn | The Dark Artifices | Cassandra Clare | ![]() |
[206] | |
2016 | Denise | On the Edge of Gone | Corinne Duyvis[t] | ![]() |
[207] | |
2017 | Aster Grey | An Unkindness of Ghosts | Rivers Solomon[u] | ![]() |
[209] | |
2017 | Jack Kagen | There's More Than One Way Home | Donna Levin | ![]() |
Also appears in the sequel, He Could Be Another Bill Gates. | [210] |
2018 | Luke Jennings | The Fox | Frederick Forsyth | ![]() |
[211] | |
2018 | Stella Lane | The Kiss Quotient | Helen Hoang[v] | ![]() |
[213] | |
2019 | Avery Lou | The Boy Who Steals Houses | C.G. Drews[w] | ![]() |
[215] | |
2019 | Edison "Eddie" Matthews | The Things We Cannot Say | Kelly Rimmer | ![]() |
[216] | |
2019 | Khai Diep | The Bride Test | Helen Hoang[v] | ![]() |
[213] | |
2019 | Ewan West | Underdogs | Chris Bonnello[x] | ![]() |
[218] | |
Kate Arrowsmith | ||||||
2020 | Elle | The Leap Cycle | Patience Agbabi | ![]() |
[219] | |
Big Ben | ||||||
2020 | Vivy Cohen | Get a Grip, Vivy Cohen! | Sarah Kapit[y] | ![]() |
[220] | |
2020 | Keedie Darrow | A Kind of Spark | Elle McNicoll[z] | ![]() |
Adapted into the 2023 TV series of the same name. | [222] |
Addie Darrow | ||||||
Elinor Fraser | ||||||
2020 | Erin | Please Don't Hug Me | Kay Kerr[aa] | ![]() |
[223] | |
2020 | Unnamed protagonist | A Room Called Earth | Madeleine Ryan[ab] | ![]() |
[224][225] | |
2020 | Hudson Tillman | The Rosie Result | Graeme Simsion | ![]() |
[226] | |
2021 | Jesse Broadview | Me and Sam-Sam Handle the Apocalypse | Susan Vaught[ac] | ![]() |
[227] | |
2021 | Lara Finkel | The Many Mysteries of the Finkel Family | Sarah Kapit[y] | ![]() |
[228] | |
Caroline Finkel | ||||||
2021 | Ester Harding | Daughter Of The Deep | Rick Riordan | ![]() |
[229] | |
2021 | Anna Sun | The Heart Principle | Helen Hoang[v] | ![]() |
[230] | |
Eve Brown | Act Your Age, Eve Brown | Talia Hibbert[ad] | ![]() |
[231] | ||
Jacob Wayne | ||||||
2021 | Zoe Kelly | Social Queue | Kay Kerr[aa] | ![]() |
[233] | |
2022 | Nick | Hell Followed with Us | Andrew Joseph White[ae] | ![]() |
[234] | |
2023 | Cassandra Dankworth | The Cassandra Complex | Holly Smale[r] | ![]() |
[235] | |
2023 | Phoebe | Finding Phoebe | Gavin Extence | ![]() |
[236] | |
2023 | Ariana Ruiz | The Luis Ortega Survival Club | Sonora Reyes[af] | ![]() |
[238] | |
2023 | Rose | Camp Damascus | Chuck Tingle[ag] | ![]() |
[239] | |
2023 | Sunday | All the Little Bird-Hearts | Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow[ah] | ![]() |
[240] |
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Television
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Theater
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Year | Character | Play | Playwright | Country | Ref. |
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1955 | Dame Edna Everage | Various stage and television productions | Barry Humphries | ![]() |
[363][364] |
1997 | "Spoonface" Steinberg | Spoonface Steinberg | Lee Hall | ![]() |
[365] |
2015 | Adhvik | Chains: Love Stories of Shadows | AK Srikanth | ![]() |
[366] |
2017 | Luke | Mosquitoes | Lucy Kirkwood | ![]() |
[367] |
2019 | Lyle Masterson[bq] | Albireo | Annahis Basmadjian | ![]() |
[368][369] |
2019 | Laurence | All in a Row | Alex Oates | ![]() |
[370][371] |
2023 | Various | How to Dance in Ohio | Rebecca Greer Melocik (book & lyrics), Jacob Yandura (music) | ![]() |
[372] |
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Video games
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Year | Character | Actor(s) | Video game | Country | Notes | Ref. |
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2001 | Charlie Kane's unnamed son | Ian Axness | Twisted Metal Black | ![]() |
[373][374] | |
2005 | Jade (The Indigo Child) | n/a; silent | Fahrenheit | ![]() |
[375] | |
2005 | Murky | Tatiana Vesyolkina | Pathologic | ![]() |
Also appears in Pathologic 2 | [376] |
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. | [377][378] |
2007 | Simone Cole | Michelle Specht | Clive Barker's Jericho | ![]() ![]() |
[379] | |
2010 | David Archer | Jesse Gervais | Mass Effect 2: Overlord | ![]() |
Also appears in Mass Effect 3 | [380] |
2011 | River Wyles | n/a; game does not feature voice acting | To the Moon | ![]() |
[381] | |
Isabelle | ||||||
2012 | Amy | Kriss Logan (grunts) | Amy | ![]() |
[382][383] | |
2012 | Patricia Tannis | Colleen Clinkenbeard | Borderlands 2 | ![]() |
[384][385] | |
2014 | Cole | James Norton | Dragon Age: Inquisition | ![]() |
[386][387] | |
2014 | Drake of Blades | Arianna Ratner | The Elder Scrolls Online | ![]() |
[388] | |
2015 | Marius "Jäger" Streicher | Michael Sinterniklaas | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege | ![]() |
[389] | |
2016 | Symmetra | Anjali Bhimani | Overwatch | ![]() |
[390][391][392][393] | |
2016 | Josh Sauchak | Jonathan Dubsky | Watch Dogs 2 | ![]() |
[394][395] | |
2017 | Rell | Stefan Martello | Warframe | ![]() |
[396][397] | |
2017 | Gin Ibushi | n/a; game does not feature voice acting | Your Turn To Die | ![]() |
[398] | |
2019 | Wattson | Justine Huxley | Apex Legends | ![]() |
[399] | |
2024 | Aurora | Emeri Chase | League of Legends | ![]() |
[400] | |
2024 | Moses Murphy | Blu Allen | Life Is Strange: Double Exposure | ![]() |
[401] | |
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Other
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Year | Character | Actor(s) | Franchise | Medium | Country | Ref. |
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2011 | Michael Falk | John Cariani | The Onion | Satirical news, online videos | ![]() |
[402] |
2019 | Ayda Aguefort | Brennan Lee Mulligan | Dimension 20 | Actual play | ![]() |
[403][404][405] |
2022 | Twyla Boogeyman | Kayla Cromer (TV series),[at] Tangina Stone (singing voice) | Monster High | Toys/Animated Series | ![]() |
[406][407] |
2022 | Jiang Dong-ping | Peng Haoqin (voice) | Unlocking Music | Web series | ![]() |
[408] |
2023 | Asteria | n/a[br] | Dungeons & Dragons | Tabletop role-playing game | ![]() |
[409] |
2023 | Shuai Jiamo | Zhang Ruoyun | Under The Microscope | Web series | ![]() |
[410] |
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See also
Notes
- Labelle is autistic herself.[11]
- Jacques is self-diagnosed autistic.[14]
- Franklin is autistic herself.[19]
- Dooley is autistic herself.[21]
- Ivany is autistic himself.[37]
- Mitic is autistic herself.[57]
- Clark is autistic themself.[72]
- Narrator Barry Humphries was autistic himself.[80]
- Reed is autistic himself.[88]
- Sanchez-Velez is autistic himself.[105]
- Bandy is autistic herself.[129]
- Director and co-writer Sia was diagnosed with autism herself following its release.[133] Autistic actress Tig Notaro also appears in the film.[134]
- Burghardt is autistic herself.[141]
- Fitzgerald is autistic himself.[142]
- Stup is autistic herself.[166]
- Angleberger is autistic himself.[185]
- Stentz is autistic himself.[196]
- Smale is autistic herself.[199]
- Foyle is autistic herself.[203]
- Duyvis is autistic herself.[207]
- Solomon is autistic themself.[208]
- Hoang was diagnosed with autism herself following her daughter's diagnosis; this influenced the development of The Kiss Quotient and her subsequent books.[212]
- Drews is autistic herself.[214]
- Bonnello is autistic himself.[217]
- McNicoll is autistic herself.[221]
- Kerr is autistic herself.[232]
- Ryan is autistic herself.[224]
- Vaught is autistic herself.[227]
- Hibbert is autistic herself.[231]
- White is autistic himself.[234]
- Reyes is autistic themself.[237]
- Tingle is autistic himself.[239]
- Lloyd-Barlow is autistic herself.[240]
- Maxwell Atoms, creator of both series, is autistic himself.
- Series co-creator Jorge R. Gutierrez is autistic himself.
- Series creator Dan Harmon is self-diagnosed autistic.[263]
- The series features an entirely autistic voice cast and writing team.[297]
- Grant is autistic himself.[304]
- Blonstein is autistic herself[308]
- Plank is autistic himself[311]
- One of the show's three writers is autistic. Autistic actor Hugo Horiot plays a neurotypical character in the episode "La Mort et Compagnie".[313]
- Cromer is autistic herself.[318]
- Warner is autistic himself.[319]
- Thomas, who also created the series, is autistic himself.[320]
- Yionoulis is autistic himself.[323]
- Thomas-Bruce is autistic himself.[327]
- Argento is autistic herself.[330]
- Glassman is autistic himself.[334]
- Rutecki is autistic himself.[citation needed]
- Pien is autistic herself.[336]
- Series creator Hamish Steele is autistic himself.[337]
- Dodson is autistic himself.[344]
- Ferreira is autistic himself.[347]
- Blue is autistic herself.[351]
- Gidlow is autistic herself.[351]
- Storrie is autistic herself.[353]
- Koleosho is autistic himself.[356]
- Barham is autistic himself, and the show employs multiple autistic writers.[358]
- McIlwain is autistic herself.[359]
- Fung is autistic himself.[361]
- Designer Makenzie De Armas is autistic herself.[409]
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