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here’s a list of some famous autistic people:

dan aykroyd

satoshi tajiri (creator of pokemon)

dan harmon (creator of the show community)

adam young (owl city)

vincent d’onofrio

susan boyle

daryl hannah

temple grandin

hikari ōe (composer)

courtney love

stanley kubrick

and here are some famous historical people from before autism was studied, who are theorized to be autistic/have been posthumously diagnosed as autistic through their writings and the writings of others about them:

albert einstein

mozart

isaac newton

charles darwin

emily dickinson

nikola tesla

abraham lincoln

tom wiggins (most famous piano player of the 1800s and a blind former slave)

and here’s a list of some canonical autistic characters (autism is mentioned in the story and/or the writer or actor has confirmed that the character is autistic) that aren’t harmful or inaccurate portrayals:

abed nadir (community) — said repeatedly on the show and by the show’s creator dan harmon, who is also autistic

spencer reid (criminal minds) — said repeatedly in interviews by the actor and hinted at on the show later on

temperance brennan (bones) — said in interviews by the actress and the character was written to be autistic

rich purnell (the martian) — said by the author of the book

sonya cross (the bridge) — said repeatedly in interviews by the actress, and the show’s producers hired an autism expert (an autistic person) to help create this character

rebecca blithely (strange empire) — said repeatedly in interviews by the show’s creator; written to be autistic but takes place before autism was studied/named

alternate universe!astrid (fringe) — said in interviews by the actress

lisbeth salander (the millenium trilogy) — mentioned in the book

special mention: mike warren (graceland) — said on the show that he was diagnosed with ADHD as a child (autism is often misdiagnosed as ADHD and the two are very often comorbid), and he’s referred to as a “savant”

special mention: wilson fisk (daredevil) and robert goren (law and order criminal intent) — both played by autistic actor vincent d’onofrio and have autistic traits

plus here’s a list of autistic characters, but i have no idea if they’re good/accurate portrayals or not 

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