Best fictional autistic character?

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We all know the characters which NT people love to associate with being great representations of autistic people. But they’re usually constructed so NT people can laugh at our expense, rather than being sympathetic

My absolute favourite is Abed from Community. He doesn’t have a stereotypical “special interest”, his friends recognise his differences and accept them even appreciate them and they support him when he is struggling) he wants to be sociable but can struggle at times. But most of all he is just a likeable decent person. He is just great.

I’d like to give honourable mention to Amy from BBT. Unlike her more famous husband who is the autistic poster-child for ignorants NTs, I think she represents (some of the time) what autistic females go through - for me it’s desperate to be liked but completely alienate people in trying to be liked (esp at school). But BBT has done more damage for autistic people than favours so I’m happy to be told I’m being unreasonable to even mention that show)

I do have a soft spot for Maurice Moss too. Given my subject choice at Uni (physics) I did meet a few like him and though I had absolutely no idea of autism at the time (either mine or theirs) I really liked them and also had good friendships with a few of them. They were safe and gentle people and I appreciated them hugely.

Just wondering if there are others I should be aware of?

I have a good one - The last unicorn character in the eponymous 80s film. I loved that film as a child. Retrospectively I can see that a big part of that was the resonance of the alienation of the character, the way she cannot understand or relate to the (NT) humans, her total aloneness and sadness.

And the mermaid character from the 80s film Splash. For me, the naivity and innocence of the character and her lack of understanding of the world is very young autistic me.

I remember thinking that Marcus Potter in A.S. Byatt's series The Virgin in the Garden was probably autistic when I read the books, and wondering about Frederica, though it would have been anachronistic for either of them to have been acknowledged as autistic in the narrative.

Dr Brennan in Bones is autistic - confirmed by the show's creator, who based her on an autistic friend. The network didn't allow them to confirm it in the show but he has spoken on the record about it.

I see a lot of myself in her know-it-all ways, and the bits where Booth is winding her up and she's studying his face, trying to tell if he's joking reminds me so much of my marriage

To be honest, part of why I'm doing a PhD is because I'll genuinely be called Dr Brennan when I graduate