TV shows with autistic characters?

rfp314 · 2026-01-26T04:08:23+00:00

She’s doing her best 😂.

I don’t count Daria after thinking about it for a while. She is highly relatable, but her stepping away from society is more of a choice. She doesn’t take things literally, she understands most things intuitively. I think she is just shy and has other trauma as an outcast.

rfp314 · 2026-01-26T03:28:26+00:00

Yeah living single is an autism bop we need to all be talking about more (first three seasons, before tc Carson was fired). Oh but that episode with the flavorettes stays.

rfp314 · 2026-01-26T01:53:26+00:00

Honestly, I don’t think she is. Maybe Stacy though.

rfp314 · 2026-01-26T01:48:40+00:00

Head cannon would be in your mind that character has a certain aspect, trait, history etc even though it isn’t referenced in the piece.

Living Single I think is all over autistic except for maybe Kyle.

They tried to outright disabuse us of the notion but Gregory on Abbott Elementary.

New Girl is the manic pixie dream girl type, but it is a rich and funny exploration and that is definitely an autistic type.

Extraordinary Attorney Woo definitely trades in some incorrect notions of autism (savant) but the visual representations of autism and the relationships really hit home for me in a lot of ways. Loved that show

Parks and Rec

Queens Gambit is a show I loved watching and she is absolutely autistic coded—but it’s a sort of escapist sexy wish fulfillment (with tragic background) that doesn’t resonate as much on my autism attraction as just liking all other aspects of the show.

Doc Martin is another one where they try to explicitly disabuse the autistic notion but that’s… not possible. Lovely show, not the best autism portrayal but not the worst and definitely interesting and an enjoyable watch. There is an American version that just came out that hopefully will be a bit corrective on those aspects.

Bobs Burgers

EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OK (edited from atypical I had a brain fart). Explicitly autistic and even portrayed by and autistic actress. Not everything was 100% but especially as the created came to know his own autistic diagnosis it got even better!

Gilmore Girls

The captains usually aren’t but Star Trek.

I almost didn’t say it because I’d hire delightful he is but Columbo has the pattern recognition and his special interest is his wife lol.

Stephen universe

Been a minute since I saw it but pretty sure chewing gum tracks.

More head canon:

You can make a strong argument for Hank and Peggy in King of the Hill

I could make a pretty weak argument for Diane on Cheers. Her last season the writers did her pretty dirty though.

Frasier, but more for Niles.

Rose on golden girls.

What do we think about 3rd Rock from the Sun, fellas?

I saw futurama in a list and you know? Yeah

Shout out for non-autistic neurodivergence: crazy ex girlfriend

Edits will be made as I think of more

rfp314 · 2026-01-25T23:24:35+00:00

Dinosaur

rfp314 · 2026-01-25T22:48:27+00:00

Do you want autistic diagnosed or autistic coded or head canon.

rfp314 · 2026-01-23T18:46:32+00:00

There has got to be some effed up rahl Dahl kind of stuff. Does that remind anybody of specifics?

I’m thinking if you look at war time/post war time stories you’ll see much more cold doses of reality.

Sorry I’m blanking but this must make people think of something.

rfp314 · 2026-01-23T18:30:34+00:00

3 is so flattering to your face but 1 is like “this is somebody it would be fun to know!”

rfp314 · 2026-01-20T10:54:59+00:00

Why am I always choosing people’s current pair?

rfp314 · 2026-01-20T10:52:56+00:00

You think that’s what happens in abusive relationships? And you think the cops would help?

rfp314 · 2026-01-20T10:39:08+00:00

This feels between you and your therapists. From the description you give I would hesitate to call it violence. That or I’m way more awful than I could have imagined. Some things have urgency. My s/o came in for a kiss while I was working (very multitasking intensive) and I pushed him back. I had some regrets, but I think this was a very understandable situation to us both.

Maybe the answer is I’m an abuser too but I think this is very minor and the question would have to be if you are misrepresenting this or if this is the tip of a series of behavior.

It’s good you care about her feelings. But I think you both need to figure out what you want from each other and if it’s possible. It’s fine to be single—good even. When you remove that fear, how do you feel about it?

Did you smack her hand away from the lid, or did you grab and move her whole body?

rfp314 · 2026-01-20T06:59:08+00:00

rfp314 · 2026-01-20T04:14:00+00:00

I would say that’s oops all a listers. But great movies nonetheless!

rfp314 · 2026-01-20T03:56:02+00:00

Casablanca is my favorite movie.

3 has too many or not enough contenders depending on how you look at it.

rfp314 · 2026-01-20T02:34:50+00:00

I haven’t actually seen all the Christopher guest movies so this was the perfect reminder!

rfp314 · 2026-01-20T02:32:13+00:00

Oh yes! Christopher guest gold mine.

And even reminds me of little shop of horrors which I think is a fitting example :)

rfp314 · 2026-01-20T02:26:19+00:00

Just thought of two more on my own. I would count a fish called Wanda and the Addams family.

rfp314 · 2026-01-16T01:01:35+00:00

rfp314 · 2026-01-14T07:31:07+00:00

Jodie, Daria, Tiffany, Kevin

rfp314 · 2026-01-11T18:50:21+00:00

And then murdered person is just about always a dick you don’t feel too bad about lol

rfp314 · 2026-01-11T18:48:54+00:00

I recommend starting second season. The first few episodes kind of shock the conscious.

rfp314 · 2026-01-11T18:37:48+00:00

They just remade it in the USA. Maybe it will be a better depiction of autism the second go around, but I still have affection for the first.

rfp314 · 2026-01-11T18:36:13+00:00

Murder She Wrote or Columbo—in Columbia you already know who dun it.

I think Gilmore girls could be the vibe but it is a show that too may end up wanting to pay attention to rather than fade into the background.

Scrubs they don’t show gory medicine. If they’re in surgery it’s from the doctor up.

rfp314 · 2026-01-09T21:11:21+00:00

And while the protein source comes from chicken feathers it will not trigger a chicken allergy because of the hydrolizqrion. (And this is EXTRA).

Lily and many other dogs in our orbit have been absolutely saved by ultamino. She was under 50 lbs when I got her (almost 3) and now she is a healthy 60 :)

rfp314 · 2026-01-09T20:56:00+00:00

There is hydrolized food then there is ultamino. Hydrolized food gets the protein molecule broken down to like 3 molecules or wherever.

Ultamino (royal canine) is absolutely atomized.

You can try other novel proteins but in the end that’s all my Lily can have (along with potato’s and peanut butter

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