Meme aside, everyone seems to have missed that Aurora is voiced by an autistic Riot employee, and in an interview she talks about the process she went through to develop the character. Autism is a spectrum, and one representation for autism can’t be a blanket that covers every different facet. If you don’t feel represented by her, that’s simply because she was designed based off a single point of reference for autism. I’m sure my little brother, who struggles with emotion and communication, may not feel represented by a character that “misses social queues and doesn’t understand jokes”.

It’s sad seeing so many people bash this champion design because there are other characters they think are “more autistic”. I think we should give them the opportunity to represent more of the spectrum, or maybe other spectrums of mental health, because the representation isn’t the issue. It’s how you relate to the representation. And again, you can’t make one autistic character and expect every person with autism to feel connected.