#putting that autistic man (ford) in situations !!

[okidraw]

i think i like you better down there sixer !

[localcanadiancreature62]

Oh my fucking god. Your tags aria. Fuck

the way he poses his hands is so 🥺<3

i respect all of you that draw his hat- i tried, and a dixie cup up there would have looked better LMAO

Inspiration post under cut!

[1rubydoodles]

stanford is autistic-coded and that really affected his relationship with fiddleford (tbob spoilers)

(I want to start off saying I’m autistic and might rant about Arthur a bit here because it’s a 10+ year strong special interest and you just have to deal with it)

“another day, another failed social interaction.” (ford, the book of bill)

“when my waitress told me the apple pie was made ‘from scratch,’ I replied, ‘incredible! I must meet the chef who created the atoms!’ She made a face like she had tasted bleach and ended her shift early.”

I read this imagining ford smiling, expecting a laugh from the waitress. I know so many autistic people who make jokes like this, it really to me doesn’t seem much different from the jokes that people do like. Taking things and shifting their meaning. The children’s show Arthur put it best in the episode “When Carl Met George” (or, “Carl and the Missing Puzzle Piece”, definitely check it out, although it was made in 2010 so it uses an outdated term and has few stereotypes)

Basically in that episode, autism was described as George crash landing on an alien planet with no instructions.

here’s some of the transcript:

“(narrator): …And even though you speak the same language, you sometimes have a hard time understanding what they mean.

Francine (as alien): Good night for a banana fight, right?

George: Um, yes? No! I don't know!”

Arthur (as alien) walks up to them wearing flippers, a tutu, a huge bow tie and a hat of whipped cream with a cherry. His outfit is absolutely ridiculous.

“(narrator): and things that seem hilarious to you…

George: (laughs)

 (narrator): ...aren't funny at all to them.

Arthur (as alien): What's he laughing at? Is it my nose?

Francine (as alien): I have no idea. You're weird!

Francine and Arthur walk off.

George: But it was a joke, right? Oh.”

this basically describes the situation perfectly. on top of that, I know of autistic men that seem like they are being aggressive or sarcastic to women when they make these jokes, most likely what happened during this dining incident. (which, honestly, women go through a lot of shit with men and I don’t blame them if they assume the worst.)

But let’s go to fidds and fords relationship. (romantic or not.)

I’ve seen so many fiddlestan posts shaming ford for what are just autistic qualities to justify their ship being superior. (ex. One post said “stan recognized when fidds was distressed unlike SOME people” in a fanfic, which is both shaming ford and pretty uncanon seeming)*

I really don’t think ford realized fidds wasn’t ok until it all fell apart. he closest he goes is basically “fidds seems jittery from the whole shapeshifter thing so we can just relax and that will fix it.” I think it’s a common autistic mentality that “if this happens I can fix it with this, and that will solve the problem.”

many people on the spectrum have logical systematic thinking and a preference for clear rules with predictable outcomes.

I think that’s the closest ford ever got to thinking that something was wrong.

I think he never realized fidds was actually going insane. All he thought was that he was going to betray him because of Bill and that black ring.

“it became clear how deeply I had hurt this man I once held so dear.”(ford, journal 3)

I really think he held onto the thought that fidds betrayed him. autistic people are also a lot of times easier to manipulate due to challenges in seeing deception, probably why bill saw him as an easy target.

but of course, fidds in the end with his big heart and amazing mind forgave ford. i’m almost positive he knew ford thought different.

and probably got fiddle𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 with him later

Edit: I should mention that the whole “I’ve seen so many fiddlestan posts shaming ford for what are just autistic qualities. (ex.“stan recognized when fidds was distressed unlike SOME people”)” is just a common type of thing I see in fiddlestan posts and fanfics. I really doubt that Stan WOULD do that, but fiddlestan shippers are a whole different breed ig. Edited again for clarity on the same thing

[a-hungruy-alien]

Hello I will now infodump about my gravity falls OC, who I am very normal about. His name is Cygnus and he's my beautiful boy (he/any pronouns for people he's close with, but i usually use he/him for simplicity... and also to keep myself from presuming he'd consider me someone he was close with were i real in his universe). He's 18 years old at the beginning of his story, 19-20+ during the bill-centred plot point i have planned.

Also he's a self insert... in a way (he's more a guy-i-live-through than a guy-who-is-basically me) but he is very different from me.

He got kicked out of his house at age 15 for being trans (he is intersex and transmasc, doesn't have gender dysphoria so much as he has apathy around the idea of being percieved as a woman and euphoria around the idea of being percieved as a man) and moved from place to place for the longest time, looking for somewhere to stay and someone who wouldn't throw him out.

At age 18, he found that in Stanley and Stanford Pines (:3 I mentioned he's a Gravity Falls OC, right?), who recognised he was homeless and weren't going to let that stand. This is post-canon and they had been travelling on the Stan-O-War II for several years (spending their summers back in Gravity Falls with Mabel and Dipper, of course) and. And uh. Oh am I allowed to say that.

Hrm.

Fuck it I'm saying it, this is a safe space or whatever. OC story written by a stancest shipper shockingly (that is sarcasm) contains stancest. they have been living together like an old married couple for the past few years. When they offer Cygnus a place to stay, they dial it down, hoping he wouldn't notice... 'cause his ass has a genetics special interest, so he realised they were twins from the start. Unfortunately for them, Cygnus is autistic (in the worst way possible considering the circumstances) and studies others' behaviour patterns... so of course he notices them doing some shit that ain't just brothers being brothers.

But he doesn't realise they're trying to hide it.

Cygnus has... abandonment issues? That's one way to put it. After being kicked out of his home as a teen, he became convinced that everyone would want him gone sooner or later, so when he sees them doing what they think is extremely subtle sappy romantic shit and that Cygnus will never realise what's going on (Stan runs a hand through Ford's hair, Ford lays his head on Stan's shoulder, they fucking hold hands) Cygnus is staying with these two old men who he knows wre twins and who are (he believes) intentionally. On purpose. Trying to signal to him that they're together in order to weird him out and get him to leave.

He's been really happy there. Stan and Ford are trans in this story (because I said so) and after finding that out, he was much more comfortable with the idea of staying there. Stan even helped him figure out how to bind properly, because the way he was doing it was majorly fucking up his ribs.

It's been so, so great to see older queer and specifically trans people get to live happily. To see the chance at a future he never thought he'd have after being kicked out.

But now he thinks they're trying to get rid of him too.

He thinks this is yet another case of people getting sick of having him around and trying to kick him out, he just thinks they're too nice to outright say it.

And Cygnus is devastated. Not because he's found himself in an uncomfortable situation (he doesn't give a fuck about their personal lives; these are two grown ass men, they can kiss if they want, why should he care if they're brothers? They're obviously happy and not hurting anyone) but because he doesn't want to get kicked out again. And he thinks that's exactly what's happening.

But he's not going to confront them - he can't confront them - about the fact that they're obviously trying to get rid of him... so instead he packs a bag full of everything he owns (not much more than the clothes he had on, but the twins had bought him some new clothes and he wasn't going to waste them, even if they were sick of him and trying to get rid of him) and tries to run off in the middle of the night when the boat is docked.

He gets caught.

Stan and Ford were, apparently, still awake, and heard him trying to leave, so they walk out onto the deck and ask what the fuck he's doing.

He breaks down crying and says that he's leaving, because obviously they don't want him here, and he doesn't blame them, because what old couple trying to live their lives in peace wants some useless teenager with no life skills who can't even drive a fucking car hanging around them?

Of course, the two of them are now staring at him with much confusion and asking the obvious questions, how did you know we were together? Did you tell him? Fuck no I didn't tell him. Well I didn't either, so how does he know?

Cygnus breaks in and is like. What are you two talking about, of course I know. You were being super obvious about it. Weten'r you doing it on purpose, to like... scare me off or something? Because you didn't want me here? I mean I didn't care, obviously, because that's stupid, but I thought you thought I did, and that's why you were trying to...

And they just like. Both are now just going oh fuck. Because Stan had already picked up on the fact that Cygnus is very distressed, but he's just now realising that it's not for the reason he thought it was (Stan thought that Cygnus had caught on to them being together and got super grossed out. He was blaming himself for not hiding it better and possibly costing this kid his only chance at a safe place to stay by making it uncomfortable... but now it's clicked that he was never uncomfortable, he just thought he was being told to get the fuck out through some very complicated subtle social signals that no one was actually sending). Ford, meanwhile, had not been sure what to make of the situation, and had no idea what Cygnus could have possibly been leaving about (his dumb ass thought that Cygnus didn't notice they were together). It still hasn't completely processed, but he is very upset at the fact that this kid they'd been taking care of has thought they wanted him gone the entire time.

The three of them spend the rest of the night talking through and explaining the various miscommunications that led to that issue, and Cygnus, upon realising that he was, in fact, not being kicked out of yet another home, started crying all over again.

Cygnus is also experiencing another issue, one which I've decided to dub "oh fuck these old men are hot."

Finally has a place to stay, and he's certain they are gonna kick him out for real once they notice he is actually, apparently, very attracted to the both of them.

(He is worrying for nothing. Neither of them will notice. They are both dense as a brick.)

And he doesn't want to pursue anything with either of them, because... I mean shit. He's eighteen. These guys are in their sixties and also happily in a relationship. He has no interest in actually being with them. (Bonus points, he's aromantic; doesn't realise it yet though.)

But he can't help but get really flustered when he sees one of them shirtless or when Stan helps him cut his hair or when Ford helps him pierce one of his ears. And he can't help but feel extremely guilty about feeling that way.

It doesn't become a major reoccurring issue, but it was worth mentioning, considering it does affect his dynamic with the both of them quite a bit... for a very long time...

After he has about a year to get settled with the both of them and comfortably in their life, a... disruption... appears.

By which I mean, Bill Fucking Cipher.

Bill has improved significantly through therapy, and the theraprism thinks he's harmless enough to send him to live with the Pines family for a while, in an attempt to get him to apologise for The Massive Amount Of Bad Shit He Did™️.

Cygnus still hasn't been told about the existence of the paranormal (Stan and Ford somehow managed to keep everything relatively normal during their time at sea, and since returning to the Mystery Shack, Cygnus has had what I can only describe as Multiple Donna Noble Incidents... he just keeps missing every major and minor paranormal event that occurs around him), so when Bill arrives, no one is sure how to explain to him that this tiny irritating man (Cygnus is 6'0"ish and Bill is 5'2"ish, for reference) isn't just Ford's shitty ex but also a demon of chaos who's been trapped in human flesh.

...So they stick with the "this is my piece of shit ex and he's gonna be staying with us for a while since he finally got released from prison slash mental institution and the people there, for some reason, think that means he should be here now" story.

Cygnus and Bill... do not get along.

Bill is jealous of Cygnus, (his closeness with Ford, even if platonic, is a sort of mentor/mentee bond that mirrors the one Bill had with Ford so long ago) and Cygnus wants to punt Bill out the window of a five story tall building because of I like Ford and you hurt Ford and honestly you're very annoying too but that's just a bonus on top of the you hurt Ford.

After figuring out that Bill is actually trying to improve, Cygnus hates him a little less. However, when he finds out that Bill very much wants to get back together with Ford, he reverts to his previous stance ("oh fuck no, Ford is happy. You have no right to fuck with his life, he doesn't want you. I get that you're a better person now, and I get that you want to make up for the shit you did, but like... I don't even know the details and I still know you fucked up majorly. You don't just get to come back in and say you've changed and expect everything to go back to how it was before.")

Also there's more but I realised that just this would take a very long time to read as-is, so... if you find yourself drawn in by Cygnus' charming personality and Ten Thousand Mental Illnesses, feel free to ask me anything about him and/or let me info dump the rest of his story :)

Hi okay. questions 💙

Does Cygnus have vitiligo?

What color are his eyes?

I think you said he was 18+ when he met the twins but 15 when kicked out, so where was he until he met the twins?

(you might've already said some of the things i'm asking but i hope you don't mind saying them again)

Besides the old men, did he ever have any other love interests?

Will he ever re-dye his hair? because man . NO OFFENCE IT LOOKS FINE BUT white?? any specific reason why that colour??

[saint-severian]

Japs, Jews, Aussies, an Anglo and an Italian: My favorite directors and my favorite of their films

Hayao Miyazaki

1. Princess Mononoke (1997), 2. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984), 3. Spirited Away (2001). If you don't like anime, that's okay, because neither does Miyazaki. Despite being one of the best-well known anime directors in the world, he famously said "anime was a mistake" in reference to where the genre has gone. I, at least, don't think his films were a mistake, quite the opposite. His work will endure as long as animated films are popular or discussed as some of the peaks of the medium. Although it's easy for this kind of thing not to be your thing (which is true for most of these directors), if you are interested in anime or have a child to whom you will allow exposure to animated films (foreign, no less), I recommend old man Miyazaki, a fascinating chsracter unto himself, or at least Princess Mononoke, especially for those inclined environmentally.

Akira Kurosawa

1. Seven Samurai (1954), 2. Yojimbo (1961), 3. Rashomon (1950), 4. Dreams (1990). If Hayao Miyazaki is the Hidetaka Miyazaki of anime, then Akira Kurosawa is undoubtedly the emperor of japanese cinema. Seven Samurai is long but worth it, as one of the best films ever made, and is notable particularly for its depiction of the vast difference between the character of the samurai warriors and the peasant farmers they swore to protect (these two along with their enemies, the bandits, fit nicely into an Evolian caste triad, if you're that autistic). Rashomon famously (re)introduced the concept of an unknowable situation, obscured forever by subjectivity and human corruption and desire. Dreams is a bit of a trip but fascinating in its aesthetic and dreamlike psychological exploration. Yojimbo is tragically much less well-known than the Western remake, a movie you might have heard of starring a certain scowling cowboy.

Sergio Leone

1. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, (1966), 2. A Fistful of Dollars (1964), 3. For A Few Dollars More (1965). Akira Kurosawa gave life to the Western genre unwillingly in his depictions of the life of a drifting Ronin samurai in Yojimbo by inspiring the plot and main character of Leone's Fistful of Dollars, a tense and visually compelling film that spawned the Spaghetti Western genre and two "sequels" which in some ways surpass their origin. Like Seven Samurai, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly is very long and very well acclaimed. If nothing else, you should watch it for Ennio Morricone's score (you'll know it when you hear it).

John Milius

1. Conan the Barbarian (1982), 2. Apocalypse Now (1979), 3. The Wind and the Lion (1975). Milius, a spiritual successor to the hardness and masculinity of the former two directors, was famously unpopular in Hollywood for being a bit too unapologetically Ur. Conan (called by him a "pagan film") is the purest exemplar of this unadulterated muscularity of mind and body, though Dirty Harry, with its contemporary setting amd darker tone is much more effective and controversial. John Milius did not direct his best film, Francis Ford Coppola gets the honor of having put together Apocalypse Now, but it would be nothing without Milius's writing. Here's a tip: watch the extended version. It's worth it.

Stanley Kubrick

1. A Clockwork Orange (1971), 2. Barry Lyndon (1975), 3. The Shining (1980), 4. Eyes Wide Shut (1999), 5. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). Enough people on the internet talk about Kubrick, its very easy to find analyses on the man, his work and its influence (I recommend Collative Learning on YouTube). I'll mention Barry Lyndon because its unreservedly less well-known. Although it is slow (even for Kubrick), it's a beautiful and somewhat offputting portrayal of 18th century Europe.

Roman Polanski

1. Chinatown (1974), 2. The Ninth Gate (1999). Chinatown always reminds me of Rango (2011) by Gore Verbinski, who also directed Pirates of the Caribbean (the first of which is one of the best adventure films). Tbh, an underrated director, unlike Polanski, who gets his due. I haven't seen enough of his work to say anything complex about him, but certain sources have also recommended the Tenant (the same source has also recommended David Lynch, particularly Mulholland Drive).

George Miller

1. The Road Warrior (1981), 2. Mad Max (1979), 3. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), 4. Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985). Not much to say here: Mad Max speaks for itself.

John Boorman

1. Excalibur (1987), 2. Zardoz (1974). These films are filled with themes that lie at the heart of the Right, particularly Excalibur, an absolute triumph of a film, while Zardoz is a somewhat more Nietzschean and surreal science fiction experience, it is nonetheless well worth watching.

Peter Jackson

1. The Return of the King (2003), 2. The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), 3. The Two Towers (2002). You know I had to do it to em. These movies are popular for good reason. If you're interested, look up the esoteric analysis by a Hindu priest. Needless to say Tolkien understood the decline of our world.

Peter Weir

1. Master and Commander (2003), 2. Dead Poets Society (1989), 3. Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), 4. Gallipolli (1981), 5. The Year of Living Dangerously (1982). Peter Weir is perhaps the most European director. In their themes, characters and settings, something is deeply European about his films - or at least deeply Anglo. They are enduring - thematically, visually, and in their characters. Although The Year of Dangerously and Gallipolli are vastly different films, Mel Gibson proves himself relatable and inspiring in both (as always). Picnic at Hanging Rock is a bit obscure, understandably, as a film which is very difficult to characterize except to say that it is simultaneously sexy and perverse, mysterious and simplistic. It is unsettlingly dark and yet blazed in the light of the Australian day. Somewhat reminiscent of The Lord of Flies. Dead Poets Society, its much more popular, much less outwardly depressed younger brother is one of very few films almost exclusively about male groups. In its story, culture, and aesthetic, Dead Poets seems, like many of Weir's films, like a vanished world, one close to home but just out of reach. As for Master and Commander, it continues on the trend of outward lightness and optimism with a dark underbelly, not unlike all of Anglo civilization. I've seen it four times, and every time it gets better.

Honorable Mentions films:

They Live (1988)

Akira (1988)

Alice (1988)

[simulacrahelps]

Characters with Autism masterlist

n this masterlist you’ll find comic/movie/videogame/tv show characters that have Autism (not the actor but only the character they play). Like/Reblog if you thought it was useful.

Comics

Hikaru Azuma(With the Light: Raising an Autistic Child) [x] Sachiko and Masato's firstborn, and the main character of the series. His autism showed up one and a half years after his birth.  Hikaru hated to be picked up and held as a baby and did not grow in step with children his age, leading Sachiko to seek a doctor for him.  He always has been wearing diapers for a long time. He even stays in his stroller even when he's too old for it.  Hikaru dislikes loud and painful noises such as crowds, Buddhist chanting, and babies crying. He likes trains and memorizes many of them, including ones no longer running. Like many autistic people, when something is changed in his routine without any warning, such as a show switching times or being canceled, it upsets him. However, as the story continues, he and his parents figure out how to handle the situation. Since elementary school, he starts to show some unique talents, including cooking and mixing colors.

Black Manta(Aquaman)[x] An alternative version was given in #8 of the 2003 Aquaman series. In this origin, the boy who would become Black Manta was an autistic orphan placed in Gotham City's Arkham Asylum. He felt comfortable in freezing cold water, but found cotton sheets excruciatingly painful. Because the attendants at Arkham did not know how to deal with autism, they would end up restraining him to the bed as he struggled and screamed whenever they tried putting him to bed. In this version, young Black Manta was also fascinated when he saw Aquaman on television.

Johnny Do(Psi-Force)[x] Johnny Do is highly autistic and was treated as a virtual animal in a Russian project investigating paranormals.  Boyd was able to forge a connection with him and became his caregiver. "Johnny Do" is the name given to him by Boyd—his real name and background prior to his capture by the Soviet government are unknown; Dehman Doosha (Demon Within) is what his captors called him.

Mark Shiffron(Postal)[x] Hawkins based the lead character on his college roommate, a smart man with Aspergers whose behavior was mocked by other students. To ensure he wrote the condition authentically without being offensive, Hill researched the condition and spoke with people who have dealt with it.

Mr Fantastic(Fantastic Four)[x] He was first speculated, and later confirmed that he had diagnosed himself to be on the autism spectrum.

 Movies

Eric Gibb(Played by Jay Underwood) The Boy Who Could Fly[x] Milly and Geneva observe Eric Gibb (Underwood), an autistic boy living next door with his alcoholic uncle Hugo (Gwynne). Eric has never spoken a word in his life, doesn't like to be around people and exhibits bizarre behavior related to flying.

Sally Matthews(Played by Asha Menina)House Of Card[x] Sally, is apparently traumatized by the experience and starts displaying unusual behavior. Ruth is later court mandated to see Jake Beerlander, an expert in child autism, to help Sally.

Randall Eberlin(Played by Jamie Harold) Family Pictures[x] Lainey (Anjelica Huston) and David (Sam Neill), learned that her younger brother Randall (Jamie Harrold) had autism, and how the stress that this placed on them eventually lead to the breakdown of their marriage.

Michael Barth(Played by Bradley Pierce) Cries from the Heart[x] a 7-year-old young autistic boy who is unable to speak or write. After an incident in which Michael wanders away from home to the local playground

David Goodson(Played by Michael Goorjian) David's Mother[x] Sally Goodson has always tried to do what is best for her autistic son David, always blaming herself for the way David is.

Henry & Verlin(Played by Gary Farmer & Keegan MacIntosh)Henry & Verlin[x] Henry an autistic adult with a childlike spirit, and his nine-year-old nephew Verlin (Keegan MacIntosh), who is also autistic. Henry helps Verlin to come out of his shell, but Verlin's mother mistrusts him, believing him to be dangerous. Henry's family eventually decides to institutionalize him and Verlin sinks back into himself at the sudden loss of his friend.

Tim Warden(Played by Ben Faulkner)Silent Fall[x] Tim Warden, a boy with autism, has supposedly witnessed his parents' double murder. Jake Rainer, a former child psychiatrist turned therapist, is called on to probe the child's mind in order to solve the case.

Gregory White(Played by Keegan MacIntosh)The Innocent[x] The only witness to the crime is a nine-year-old autistic boy named Gregory White

Rosetta Basilio(Played by Megan Follows)Under The Piano[x] Franny Basilio  is determined to help her musically gifted autistic sister Rosetta  have a life of her own.

Kazan(Played by Andrew Miller) Cube[x] Kazan is an autistic savant that was trapped in the Cube.

Simon Lynch(Played by Miko Hughes) Mercury Rising[x] Simon had autism his whole life up until February 1999, and was also considered an autistic savant, as he could - and still can - read MERCURY code (as easily as others can read their native language)

Meaghan Robinson(Played by     Laura Harling) Nightworld: Lost Souls[x] Victor's autistic 12-year-old daughter, Meaghan

Molly McKay(Played by Elisabeth Shue)Molly[x] A 28-year-old autistic woman named Molly McKay  has lived in an institution from a young age following her parents' death in a car accident. When the institution must close due to budget cuts, Molly is left in the care of her non-autistic older brother, Buck McKay, an advertising executive and perennial bachelor. Molly, who verbalizes very little and is obsessed with lining up her shoes in neat rows, throws Buck's life into a tailspin as she runs off her nurses and barges into a meeting at Buck's agency naked.

Cody O’Connor(Played by Holliston Coleman) Bless The Child [x] Cody is diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum, and is enrolled in a Catholic school for children with special needs in order to make her more aware of her surroundings (part of her condition).

Chloé(Played by Adèle Haenel) Les Diables[x] Joseph is a 12-year-old boy running from children's home to children's home with his autistic sister Chloé in tow. Chloé cannot bear to be touched, following only Joseph's commands as instruction.

Dewa(Played by Dicky Lebrianto)Biola Tak Berdawai[x] a tiny eight-year-old with autism and brain damage

Vernon Jackson(Played by Lucas Black)Killer Diller[x] an autistic piano player in need of a friend.

Jovana(Played by Jovana Mitic) Midwinter Night's Dream[x] A simple story of an ex-convict who comes home after 10 years, only to find two squatters in the form of a woman and her autistic daughter.

Steven & Philip Morgan(Played by Zac Efron & Thomas Lewis)Miracle Run[x] In a flashback, a single mother, Corrine Morgan-Thomas  drives her seven-year-old twin boys Steven and Philip to the doctor's office and learns that they have autism. Philip simply repeats what he hears others say, a condition known as echolalia, while Steven is completely nonverbal.

Cho-Won(Played by Cho Seung-woo)Marathon[x] A young man with autism, named Cho-won, finds release only in running. As a child, Cho-won regularly had meltdowns, bit himself, and struggled to communicate with others—finding solace only in zebras and the Korean snack, choco pie.

Rama Krishna(Played by Jeeva)Raam[x] In order to portray his character Ram, Jiiva had to remain blank and did a lot of Reiki and also met a person who had autism and observed his mannerisms.

Donald Morton and Isabelle Sorenson (Played by Josh Hartnett &  Radha Mitchell)Mozart and the Whale[x] two people with Asperger syndrome (a form of autism). Donald runs a small self-help group for people on the autism spectrum who are more affected by their autism than he is. Mozart and the Whale is a fictional account, using characters loosely based on the real-life relationship of Jerry Newport and Mary Meinel (now Mary Newport).

Bea(Played by Poppy Rogers) Breaking and Entering[x] Will Francis (Jude Law), a young Englishman, is a landscape architect living a detached, routine-based life in London with his Swedish-American girlfriend Liv (Robin Wright Penn) and her autistic daughter Bea. The 13-year-old girl's irregular sleeping and eating habits as well as her unsocial behaviour (she has trouble relating to people and seems only interested in doing somersaults and gymnastics) reach worrying proportions and start to put a lot of strain on Will and Liv's relationship.

Linda Freeman(Played by Sigourney Weaver)Snow Cake[x] Snow Cake is a drama about the relationship between autistic Linda, and a neurotypical British tourist Alex

Ben(played by Greg Timmermans)Ben X[x] Ben has been diagnosed with Asperger syndrome, a form of autism.

Anna & Sarah Woodruff(Played by Nikki & Jessi Haddad)Imagination[x] Redheaded twins Anna and Sarah Woodruff, roughly 10 or 11 years old, both have Asperger, an autism spectrum disorder (ASD)

Charlie Mollison(Played by Luke Ford) The Black Balloon[x] Charlie is Thomas's older brother who lives with autism, as well as attention deficit disorder. Charlie enjoys dressing up like a monkey, playing computer games using a Commodore 64 and receiving gold stars for good behaviour. Charlie communicates with the rest of his family by using sign language.

Poppy(Played by Lizzy Clark)Dustbin Baby[x] The film also addressed the theme of Asperger syndrome through the character of Poppy.

Noah Connely(Played by Michael Worth)God’s Ears[x] The story is about an autistic boxer who falls in love with an exotic dancer

Sarah(Played by Skye Bennett)Dark Floors[x] A young, autistic girl at a hospital holds the key to defeating other-dimensional monsters that seek to kill everyone.

Zen(Played by Yanin Vismitananda)Chocolate[x] She has a daughter named Zen who is soon found to be autistic.

Charles(Played by Gabriel Gaudreault)Suzie[x] Suzie, a 58-year-old taxi driver suffering from depression, finds a 10-year-old autistic boy named Charles alone in the back seat of her cab one Halloween night.

Adam Raki(Played by Hugh Dancy)Adam[x] a young man with Asperger syndrome living alone in Manhattan after his father's recent death. He has a friend, Harlan Keyes, an old army friend of his father's, who is always there for him. Because of his condition, Adam has difficulty communicating and likes to escape into his love of space exploration.

Dafu( Played by Wen Zhang)Ocean Heaven[x] Ocean Heaven is about a terminally ill father, Sam Wong/Wang Xincheng (Jet Li) as he works his job in an aquarium and struggles to look after his 21-year-old son Dafu/David, who has autism

Rizwan Khan(played by Shahrukh Khan)My Name Is Khan[x] Haseena diagnoses Rizwan as having Asperger's syndrome.

Mandy (played by Ashley Rickards)Fly Away[x] Jeanne is awakened by crying from her autistic teenage daughter Mandy

Terry Marshall(Played by Rhett Giles) Quantum Apocalypse[x] Terry, Ben's autistic brother, refuses to let Samantha, Ben's daughter, take the school bus, which is having mechanical problems.

Tom Taylor(Played by Charlie Tahan) Burning Bright[x] Kelly is with her autistic brother, Tom, whom she has taken to a special hospital for him to be cared for while she is at college.

Alan Wheddon(Played by Braeden Reed & Luke Benward)Dear John[x] Savannah mentions to John that his father may have a form of high-functioning autism known as Asperger's syndrome like Tim's son, Alan. This upsets John, who storms off.

Simon(Played by Bill Skarsgård)Simple Simon[x] Simon is an 18-year-old man with Asperger Syndrome. Incapable of living independently, he is cared for by his endlessly loving and patient brother, Sam, and Sam's girlfriend, Frida. He lives by an unchanging daily routine and finds any change in his life very stressful.

Alfred Jones(Played by Ewan McGregor) Salmon Fishing in the Yemen[x] Alfred exhibits some symptoms associated with Asperger syndrome, an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) characterized by significant difficulties in social interaction, and restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior and interests.

Dana Minor(Played by Devon Graye) Exodus Fall[x] Marilyn commits Dana, who is autistic, to an institution, allowing doctors to perform medical experiments on him.

Yoav Pomerantz (Played by Michael Hanegbi) Dr. Pomerantz[x] The son, Yoav , who is now 30 years old, actually has Asperger syndrome. He works as a traffic inspector and more than anything else, loves to affix traffic tickets to car windshields.

Tomor Roshko(Played by Michael Moshonov)Mabul[x] Yoni's autistic older brother returns to the family home and challenges the family to reconcile and put an end to their dysfunctional ways in time for Yoni's Bar Mitzvah celebration.

Oskar Schell(Played by Thomas Horn) Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close[x] Nine-year-old Oskar Schell, who has Asperger syndrome, is the son of German American Thomas Schell

Mickey Tussler(Played by Luke Schroder) A Mile in His Shoes[x] The film centers on Mickey Tussler (Luke Schroder), an 18-year-old from Indiana with Autism, who joins the semi-professional baseball team "the River Rats" after being discovered by Arthur Murphy

Jhilmil Chatterjee (Played by Priyanka Chopra)Barfi![x] Barfi's autistic childhood friend and wealthy heiress of her grandfather's fortune

Walter Hill(Played by Dexter Darden)Joyful Noise[x] Vi Rose has a son, Walter, who has Asperger syndrome

Luke & Zack(Played by Lou Taylor Pucci and Seth Green) The Story of Luke[x] a young man with autism who embarks on a quest for a job and a girlfriend.

Duncan(Played by Chris Marquette) The Odd Way Home[x] a high-functioning autistic twenty-something.  Through a picaresque road-trip to Duncan's only-living relative, the two develop a friendship and an understanding of what family really is.

Haridas(Played by Prithviraj Das) Haridas[x] However he is forced to leave the force for a while to take care of his autistic son, Haridas

Rafer(Played by Grayson Russell) Season of Miracles[x] an underdog Little League team through their 1974 season with newcomer and autistic baseball savant, Rafer

Riley Morris(Riley Polanski) Alien Abduction[x] an autistic 11-year-old boy who records his ordeal as an alien abductee.

Adam(Played by Ty Simpkins) Meadowland[x] Sarah, who is a teacher, deals with her grief by obsessing over one of her students, Adam, who has Asperger's

Jane(Played by Louisa Krause)Jane Wants a Boyfriend[x] Jane is a young woman with autism spectrum disorder living with her parents in Queens, New York.

Mária(Played by Alexandra Borbély )On body and Soul[x] Mária is immediately unpopular at work for her autistic behaviour and uncompromising grading of the abattoir's meat quality. Though Endre tries to befriend her, she quickly becomes uncomfortable with the interaction and rudely comments on his lame left arm. However, she repeats the conversation to herself that night, analyzing where she made her mistakes.

Billy Cranston(Played by RJ Cyler)Power Rangers[x] an autistic and intelligent loner. Billy is the classic nerd who has become a bully magnet.

Wendy(Played by Dakota Fanning)Please Stand By [x] a brilliant and autistic young woman with a fixation on Star Trek—lives a routine life in an Oakland, California group home where she is monitored by her primary caregiver, Scottie

TV Shows

 Adam Kelvey(Played by Braeden Lemasters)House [x] The patient was diagnosed with autism and since that time his parents have left their job in order to care for him. He is very low-functioning, unable to speak or communicate and is usually unresponsive to external stimuli.

Mayuko Amemiya (Played by Rie Tomosaka)Kimi ga oshiete kureta     koto [x] A young autistic woman, Mayuko, who has difficulty understanding and processing human emotions, meets with a young former psychiatrist, Shinichi, who is still getting over the unexpected death of his longtime girlfriend. Shinichi begins to help her with her skills of human interaction, but as he gets to know Mayuko better, he finds that she may be helping him to remember the feelings of love that he has forgotten in his grief.

Gary Bell(Played by Ryan Cartwright)Alphas[x] Gary has been diagnosed with high-functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder (more commonly known as ASD). He has idiosyncratic and compulsive tendencies, echolalia, and has difficulty empathizing with others.

Karla Bentham(Played by Jessica Baglow)Waterloo Road[x] She’s a child who was badly let down by the system which failed to diagnose her Asperger’s syndrome, writing her off as a truculent troublemaker.

Kevin Blake(Played by Meschach Peters and Trevor Jackson)Eureka[x] Kevin was diagnosed with autism.

Rebecca Blithely (Played by Melissa Farman)Strange Empire[x] an autistic woman who was previously institutionalized and who now works as a doctor.

Max Braverman(Played by Max Burkholder)Parenthood[x] Max Braverman has Asperger’s syndrome.

Sonya Cross(Played by Diane Kruger) The Bridge (2013 TV series)[x] Detective Sonya Cross, is a member of the El Paso police department who has Asperger syndrome.

Connor DeLaurier (Played by A.J. Saudin) Degrassi: The Next Generation[x] Connor DeLaurier is a tenner at Degrassi, who has Aspergers Syndrome

Virginia Dixon (Played by Mary McDonnell)Grey’s Anatomy[x] she is autistic, having Asperger's syndrome, an autism spectrum disorder formerly considered separate from autism. Bailey characterizes this as "significant impairment during social situations," explaining her bluntness and lack of sarcasm comprehension. Another characteristic of autism is specific and repetitive behaviors and interests.

Jerry Espenson(Played by Christian Clemenson) Boston Legal[x] Jerry has Asperger's Syndrome, and possibly also Tourette's Syndrome, which interferes with his ability to interact socially with other people, but also makes him a masterful interpreter of the law and its language.

The parallel universe version of Astrid Farnsworth (Played By Jasika Nicole)Fringe[x] Her odd social behavior and unusually high proficiency with mathematics in general (and probability in particular) indicate that she has Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism, which she believes could be the cause of the tension between her and her father.

Micaela Gómez(Played by Monica Spear) La mujer perfecta (The Perfect Woman)[x] Micaela has a form of autism called Asperger syndrome, and as a result, people around her do not understand her and confuse her as a crazy person.

Gil Grissmon(Played by William Petersen) CSI: Crime Scene Investigation[x] In addition to being a genius and somewhat of a polymath beyond his career training, he exhibits Asperger-like traits. In "Caged", it is hinted that (in fact) he has Asperger's syndrom.

Shahir Hamza (Played by Husein Madhavji)Saving Hope[x] Chief of Neurosurgery,who is highly skilled but socially awkward due to his Asperger syndrome.

Fiona 'Mittens' Helbron(Played by Betty Gilpin)Elementary[x] Fiona Helbron is the lead computer programmer for Pentillion Edge. She dates Sherlock Holmes, is autistic or "nueroatypical" and likes cats.

Gabrielle Jacobs(Played by Virginie Le Brun) Shortland Street[x] She seemed different and soon the staff realized that she had Asperger syndrome. Straight away Gabrielle proved to be an excellent surgeon but seemed to lack social ability. Her social disabiltiy annoyed some of the senior nurses including Tania Jeffries. A man came to Gabrielle requesting suregory, but she could not do it seeing as they once had an affair. But eventually she went through with the surgeory and saved his life. Gabrielle had a short relationship to Kip Denton. He was not aware of her Aspergers and did not understand her absurd behaviour. He was tired from her all sex, no talk attitude and once he found out she had Aspergers, he let her go much to Gabrielles confusion.

Jonah Jeremiah "JJ" Jones (Played by Ollie Barbieri) Skins[x] He has autism, for which his psychiatrist is no help, instead prescribing him dozens of prescription drugs. Thus, few people take him seriously in spite of his intelligence, and this often leads him to fits of rage or getting 'locked on'; this is especially true if the people are Freddie or Cook, as he says "they're pretty much the only friends that I've got."

Isidore Latham (Played by Ato Essandoh) Chicago Med[x] Dr Isidore Latham is a Orthodox Jew. His family history and background is almost unknow. We do know he has Aspergers which impairs his social abilities and empathy towards others.

Lily Montgomery(Played by Leven Rambin)All My Children[x] Lily is the autistic child of Laurel Banning and Denny Benton. Laurel had embezzled thousands of dollars from the Mason Foundation (which was a charity headed by Natalie Dillon to pay for the expensive care & schooling of her daughter).

Bob Melnikov (Played by Dmitry Chepovetsky) ReGenesis[x] Canadian. Biochemist at NorBAC, and a former student of David Sandström. He is deemed a genius, with an IQ score of 162 (Season 1, Episode 5) and has attained two PhD's (Season 1, episode 11). He has been diagnosed with Asperger syndrome.

Abed Nadir (Played by Danny Pudi)Community[x] It is hinted that Abed has Asperger's syndrome, reflected in his inability to pick up on social or emotional cues

Spencer Reid(Played by Matthew Gray Gubler)Criminal Minds[x] Reid is 36 years old with three PhDs and one cannot usually achieve that without some form of autism.".

Park Shi-on (Played by Joo Won) Good Doctor (2013 South Korean TV series)[x] A young man named Park Shi-On (Joo Won) has savant syndrome and a developmental disability. His mental age is that of a 10-year-old, but he becomes a paediatric surgeon.

Isadora Smackle(Played by Cecilia Balagot)Girl Meets World[x] that Isadora was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome at age 5. This makes it hard for her to understand emotions, and she is currently struggling to overcome it.

Wally Stevens(Played by Mark Linn-Baker) Law & Order: Criminal Intent[x] A high-functioning autistic, he spent years completely unaware that he had Asperger syndrome, but found that he had incredible difficulty relating to other people, a difficulty which cost him his relationship with his wife and children.

Shawn Murphy(Played by Freddie Highmore)The Good Doctor[x] he must learn the ropes of hospital work, while facing unique challenges and embracing his strengths due to his diagnoses of autism and savant syndrome.

Annie Wheaton(Played by Kimberly J. Brown) Rose Red[x] an autistic teenager with telekinetic powers

Tommy Westphall(Played by Chad Allen) St. Elsewhere[x] Westphall, who is autistic, played an increased role in St. Elsewhere's final episode, "The Last One", where one interpretation of the finale is that the entire St. Elsewhere storyline exists only within Westphall's imagination.

Minato Shindo (Played by Kento Yamazaki) Good Doctor (2018 Japanese TV series)[x] Minato Shindo (Kento Yamazaki) is autistic with savant syndrome. He has an amazing memory and keen spatial skills, but he finds it difficult to communicate with others.

Sam Gardner(Played by Keir Gilchrist)Atypical [x] an eighteen year old boy on the Autism Spectrum. He is obsessed with the South Pole, Antarctica and its Penguins.

Animated Tv Shows

Carl Gould(Arthur)[x] Carl has Asperger's syndrome, a form of Autism spectrum disorder which makes him have problems with social interaction when being around people.

Julia(Sesame Street )[x] Julia is a four-year-old girl on the children's television program Sesame Street who is autistic. She is a yellow Anything Muppet with a red bob cut hairstyle and green eyes (blue for green screen uses) who wears a dark dress shirt over light pink t-shirt and green pants with white flowers on them and black shoes. She premiered on the show on April 10, 2017, though she was introduced in “digital form” in 2015. Her debut marks a new phase of Sesame Workshop’s autism awareness initiative, “Sesame Street and Autism: See Amazing in All Children”, which provides resources “designed to serve autistic children and their families”.The role of Julia is performed by puppeteer Stacey Gordon, whose son is autistic.

Video Games

Charlie Kane's unnamed son(Twisted Metal Black) [x] Autism (mechanical savant), Oppositional Defiant Disorder

Cassandra (Rage of The Dragons)[x] While they were staying with Elias, he noticed that she had a form of high-functioning autism, and he helped her control her energy in order to harness it better. She fights using close-ranged defensive attacks with an angelic motif.

Jade (The Indigo Child)[x] Jade is an autistic orphan whose parents are unknown and has presumably abandoned her as a young child as she ended up in the St. Thomas Orphanage.