#bc while he was written from life sheldon cooper was written about 4 characters removed from life

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i never feel like autistic coded is the right word though bc where gay coded is that the author had in mind that they were writing a gay character but couldn’t make it explicit, usually bc of censorship of some form, the reason we get autistic ‘coded’ characters is mostly because people are writing from reference from real life traits of people they know (or themselves are) without realising they’re describing autistic traits so its not an intentionally coded attempt to portray an autistic person but basically just like...writing an autistic character who hasnt been diagnosed  & thats also developed into there being a stock ‘autistic coded’ character stereotype that people are referencing instead of from life, which is where you get the stupid and flat ones, but theres also a lot of characters who wouldn’t be flagged up as a stereotypical ‘autistic coded’ character at all, but are just blatantly displaying autistic traits to the point that i feel comfortable just referring to them as an autistic character because never having been diagnosed or not knowing you’re autistic doesnt make you not autistic so like if it walks like an autistic person and talks like an autistic person...