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* ''Literature/NoOneNeededToKnow'' is about a girl with an autistic older brother.

* ''Literature/NoOneNeededToKnow'' is about a girl with an Autistic older brother.

* ''Series/{{TheAWord}}'' centres around young Joe Hughes who is diagnosed as being on the Autism Spectrum not long after his 5th birthday at the beginning of the series, after much suspicion from family and friends and excuse-making on the part of his parents, especially his mother.

* ''Literature/OrigamiYoda'' is a children's book series featuring an origami puppet of [[Franchise/StarWars Yoda]] made by an eccentric boy named Dwight Tharp to give his classmates advice. Author Tom Angleberger, himself autistic, has confirmed that Dwight has undiagnosed Asperger's.

* ''WesternAnimation/ElTigreTheAdventuresOfMannyRivera'': Manny was retroactively [[https://twitter.com/mexopolis/status/1510278691271585797 confirmed]] to be autistic by co-creator Creator/JorgeGutierrez, who was diagnosed with autism himself long after the show ended.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'': Creator/MaxwellAtoms (who has Asperger's) revealed that Billy, Mandy, and Grim are autistic.

* ''Literature/{{ByAnyOtherName|2013}}'' is about a girl and her autistic sister in WitnessProtection.

* ''Literature/ByAnyOtherName'' is about a girl and her autistic sister in WitnessProtection.

-->'''Rick:''' Is this game popular with autistic people?
-->'''Morty:''' Why would you say something like that?
-->'''Rick:''' 'Cause I'm starting to love it.

Note that characters DiagnosedByTheAudience or coded autistic characters[[labelnote:Explanation]]characters who aren't explicitly autistic but bear enough parallels to be highly relatable to autistic audiences[[/labelnote]] are not to be included in this list, nor media that only deals with autism as an [[VerySpecialEpisode "issue of the week"]] situation; for the former, you may be looking for DiagnosedByTheAudience.

Note that characters DiagnosedByTheAudience or coded autistic characters[[labelnote:Explanation]]characters who aren't explicitly autistic but bear enough parallels to be highly relatable to autistic audiences[[/labelnote]] are not to be included in this list, nor media that only deals with autism as an [[VerySpecialEpisode "issue of the week"]] situation.

* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'': One of the two main characters, Morty's grandfather Rick, mentions possibly being autistic while playing ''Minecraft''.

* Marcy Wu from ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' shows signs of having both autism and ADHD. She's obsessed with anime, video games, and tabletop games, extremely clumsy, has excessive knowledge and a desire to learn more, has a short attention span, and has a tendency to "get caught in the zone" (hyperfocus). She even says she has trouble looking people in the eye sometimes. [[spoiler:She also has moments of being InnocentlyInsensitive, which is common amongst the autistic community.]] When originally asked about it in a Reddit AMA, series creator Matt Braly stated that [[https://drive.google.com/file/u/1/d/1h04GAjYd10FRomX6aG6RBCzaB7ywo-9m/view?usp=drivesdk Marcy wasn’t created with her having autism in mind, but also that there’s still "a lot to learn about her, even on our end"]], implying that [[AscendedFanon her being neurodivergent could eventually become canon later on if it suits the show's story]]. On June 15, 2022, the ''Amphibia'' crew confirmed via Twitter [[https://twitter.com/scisetstarlight/status/1536939409496342528 that Marcy does indeed have autism,]] making her the first canonically autistic character in any Disney Television Animation series, and also the second canonically neurodivergent Disney TVA character, following Luz Noceda (who has ADHD) from ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse''.

* Marcy Wu from ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' shows signs of having both autism and ADHD. She's obsessed with anime, video games, and tabletop games, extremely clumsy, has excessive knowledge and a desire to learn more, has a short attention span, and has a tendency to "get caught in the zone" (hyperfocus). She even says she has trouble looking people in the eye sometimes. [[spoiler:She also has moments of being InnocentlyInsensitive, which is common amongst the autistic community.]] When originally asked about it in a Reddit AMA, series creator Matt Braly stated that [[https://drive.google.com/file/u/1/d/1h04GAjYd10FRomX6aG6RBCzaB7ywo-9m/view?usp=drivesdk Marcy wasn’t created with her having autism in mind, but also that there’s still "a lot to learn about her, even on our end"]], implying that [[AscendedFanon her being neurodivergent could eventually become canon later on if it suits the show's story]]. On June 15, 2022, the ''Amphibia'' crew confirmed via Twitter [[https://twitter.com/scisetstarlight/status/1536939409496342528 that Marcy does indeed have autism,]] making her the first canonically autistic character in any Disney Television Animation series, and also the second canonically neurodivergent Disney TVA character (following Luz Noceda who has ADHD from ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'')

* ''Series/{{Clan}}'': Belgian BlackComedy series about five sisters, including autistic Birgit "Bibi" Goethals, who plot to murder the unpleasant husband of one of the sisters.

* ''Toys/MonsterHigh'': One episode has Twyla Boogeyman come out to her friends as autistic.