List of autistic fictional characters
Appearance
Fictional characters described by the authors as being on the autistic spectrum:
Literature
- Lou Arrendale and his associates from The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon [1].
- Christopher John Francis Boone in the book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon [2]
- Dr. Kio Masada from C. S. Friedman's This Alien Shore is an autistic savant with a talent for computer science. The book also mentions his deceased wife, a musically gifted autistic savant, and includes Masada's musings on the nature of their relationship. Within the text, members of their culture refer to them as iru, but Friedman has confirmed that this term is meant to be analogous to autism.
- Darryl McAllister from A Wizard Alone, part of Diane Duane's Young Wizards series. His autism gives him an unusual perspective of the world that in turn gives him unique abilities as a wizard.
Film
- Raymond Babbitt from the film Rain Man [3] played by Dustin Hoffman [4]
- Simon Lynch from the film Mercury Rising [5].
- Cody from the film Bless the Child [6].
- Ellen Ripley from the film Alien: Resurrection, described as "emotionally autistic" after her resurrection.
- Linda Freeman from the film Snow Cake [7] played by Sigourney Weaver [8]
Television
- Lily Montgomery (Jackson Montgomery's daughter) on the television show All My Children [9].
Comics
- Legion (Marvel Comics) [10]
- The DC Comics supervillian Black Manta: According to Aquaman (4th series) #6, the boy who would become Black Manta was an autistic youth.
See also
- List of autistic people
- People speculated to have been autistic
- Autistic savant
- Autism
- Asperger's Syndrome