These days, the entertainment industry seems to be more diverse than ever and, by proxy, working to include better examples of cultural representation in movies, literature, but especially on television. This also includes those who are on the autistic spectrum, which many TV characters, from today or yesteryear alike, serve as an admirable reflection of.
It should be noted that some of the most often discussed characters in reference to autism in various works of fiction are merely implied to be on the spectrum. These names have included Boo Radley in Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird, both Jim Parsons’ Sheldon Cooper and Mayim Bialik as Amy Farrah-Fowler on CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory, and even Ryan Gosling’s nameless hero, otherwise referred to as “Driver” in director Nicolas Winding Refn’s 2011 Neo-noir thriller Drive.
For this list, however, we want to focus specifically on characters, and, in particularly, those who come from television, whose diagnosis is confirmed and also important to their role on the series they originate from.
Source:https://www.cinemablend.com/television/2551829/great-tv-characters-who-are-on-the-spectrum