List of fictional characters on the autistic spectrum

Fictional characters identified by the authors as having conditions on the autism spectrum. This article includes only fictional characters explicitly described in the work or otherwise by the author as being autistic or having Asperger's. It is not intended to include speculation.

Literature

* Lou Arrendale and his associates from "The Speed of Dark" by Elizabeth Moon. [cite web|url= [http://www.powells.com/biblio?isbn=0345447549] |title=powells.com bibliography|accessdate=2008-09-29]

* Christopher John Francis Boone in the book "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time" by Mark Haddon. [cite web|url= [http://www.powells.com/review/2003_06_20.html] |title=powells.com review|accessdate=2008-09-29]

*John Cosway in Barbara Vine's "The Minotaur". Diagnosed by the family physician as having 'childhood schizophrenia', the Swedish assistant employed to supervise John, makes a diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome in hindsight; her dealings with John having occurred in the 60s.

* Seth Garin in Stephen King's The Regulators is an 8-year-old boy with autism and mental powers that can be used for good or evil.

* 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.

* Manfred Steiner in Philip K Dick's "Martian Time-Slip". Outwardly a severely autistic child, Manfred in fact operates on a different time-scale to the rest of humanity.

* Arnie O'Connor from Dean Koontz's Frankenstein. Main character Carson O'Connor's autistic brother, unnaturally cognizant of the events of the books and the object of fellow autistic, albeit synthetic, character Randall Six's obsession to understand the secret of happiness.

Film

Key or central characters:
*Raymond Babbitt (played by Dustin Hoffman) from the film "Rain Man" [cite web|url= [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095953/] [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095953/plotsummary] |title=IMDB Plot Summary|accessdate=2008-09-29] .

*Jamie Benjamin (played by Sammy Snyders) from the film "The Pit". [cite web|url= [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086113/] |title=IMDB Title|accessdate=2008-09-29]

*Daniel Connelly (played by Harry Connick, Jr.) from the film "P.S. I Love You". [cite web|url= [http://www.charleston.net/news/2007/dec/28/harry_connick_jr_sings_not_peep_p_s_i_lo26018/] |title=charleston.net review|accessdate=2008-09-29]

*Linda Freeman (played by Sigourney Weaver) from the film "Snow Cake" [cite web|url= [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448124/] |title=IMDB Title|accessdate=2008-09-29]

*Eric Gibb (played by Jay Underwood) from the film "The Boy Who Could Fly" [cite web|url= [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090768/] |title=IMDB Title|accessdate=2008-09-29]

*Kazan (played by Andrew Miller) from the film "Cube". Kazan is autistic. [cite web|url= [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0123755/] [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0587884/] |title=IMDB Name|accessdate=2008-09-29]

*Simon Lynch (played by Miko Hughes) from the film "Mercury Rising". [cite web|url= [http://www.wpcmath.com/films/mercuryrising/mercuryrising2.html] |title=Profile on wpcmath.com|accessdate=2008-09-29]

*Donald Morton (Josh Hartnett) and Isabelle Sorenson (Radha Mitchell) in the film "Mozart and the Whale". [cite web|url= [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0392465/] |title=IMDB Title|accessdate=2008-09-29]

*Cody O'Connor (played by Holliston Coleman) from the film "Bless the Child" [cite web|url= [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0163983/plotsummary] .|title=IMDB Plot Summary|accessdate=2008-09-29]

*Zen (played by Yanin Vismistananda) from the film "Chocolate".

*Ben (played by Greg Timmermans) from the film "Ben X".

Television

* Tommy Westphall (played by Chad Allen) is a recurring character on "St. Elsewhere". Tommy is the teenage son of chief of medicine Donald Westphall. A scene in the series' final episode implies the entire series had taken place in Tommy's mind (and by extension other series connected to St. Elsewhere through cross-overs, shared characters, shared places or shared events also occur in Tommy's mind, forming the "Tommy Westphall Universe").

* Brady Hauser, Mark Hauser's brother, is an autistic savant who is enlisted by his brother to steal corporate security information in the "24" episode "".

* Laurence Burrell was an autistic teenager appearing as a one off character on "A Touch of Frost" [cite web|url= [http://epguides.com/TouchofFrost/guide.shtml] |title=Profile on epguides.com|accessdate=2008-09-29]

* Dr. Bob Melnikov (played by Ukrainian actor [Dmitry Chepovetsky) on "ReGenesis" has Asperger's and discusses it in episodes 1, 11 [cite web|url= [http://www.tv.com/regenesis/the-promise/episode/373504/summary.html] |title=Summary on tv.com|accessdate=2008-09-29] , and 17.

* On "", the episode "" [cite web|url= [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0629563/] |title=IMDB Profile|accessdate=2008-09-29] features a corrupt insurance fraud expert named Wally Stevens (played by Mark Linn-Baker) who has Asperger's syndrome and is eventually betrayed by his own tics and behaviors.

* In the "House" episode "Lines in the Sand" [cite web|url= [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0836216] |title=IMDB Profile|accessdate=2008-09-29] , which focuses on an autistic child named Adam, the team suspects that House may have low-level Asperger's syndrome in order to explain his unwavering protests at having the carpet in his office changed. Dr. Wilson, however, asserts that House "wishes" he had Asperger's syndrome so that he would have an excuse for his rudeness and dislike of people.

* On "The Closer" in the first season episode "You Are Here", the son of the murder victim has Asperger's syndrome. Much of the focus of the episode involves the impact of his condition on his family and their lives together.

* On "Boston Legal", recurring character Jerry Espenson is diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome during a second-season plot arc that exposes the trait during his trial for assaulting Shirley Schmidt. The revelation is made during the episode "" and is referenced in later episodes.

*On a Season 4 episode of Quincy, M.E., Quincy helps an autistic child named Timmy Carson (played by [cite web|url= [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0390873/] |title=IMDB Name|accessdate=2008-09-29] David Hollander] ) get into a specialist program and convinces Timmy's parents not to institutionalize the child. [A Test for the Living, Episode 40, Season 4. First Aired: Thursday October 19, 1978 [http://www.tv.com/quincy-m.e./a-test-for-the-living/episode/11402/summary.html?tag=ep_list;ep_title;2] ]

*The "ER" season 13 episode "Heart of the Matter" featured a young female patient with Asperger's syndrome. [Heart of the Matter, Season 13. Aired Nov. 2, 2006.]

*In "Scrubs", Dr. Perry Cox diagnosed his friend Ron's son Nathan with autism in the episode "My Roommates".

*On "The Shield", Vic Mackey's son Matthew and daughter Megan both have been diagnosed with autism.

*The "Without a Trace" episode Volcano featured an autistic boy who disappeared in New York City.

*On a Season 4 episode of "Cold Case", "Saving Sammy", investigation into the three-year-old murder of an autistic teen's parents is reopened.

*In Series 3 of UK Drama series, Waterloo Road, new pupil Karla Bentham has Asperger's syndrome.

*On Australian soap opera "Home and Away", Mikey Dunn, an autistic teenage boy (played by Trent Atkinson appeared recurrently between 2002 and 2003.

Comics

*Legion (Marvel Comics) [cite web|url= [http://www.marvel.com/universe/Professor_X] |title=Profile on marvel.com|accessdate=2008-09-29]
* The boy who would become the DC Comics supervillain Black Manta was autistic. ["Aquaman" vol. 6, #8]
* Jonny Do in "Psi-Force" was an autistic individual with pyrokinetic abilities. ["Psi-Force" #26]
* The Japanese manga "With the Light" is about a mother raising her autistic son.

References

See also

* List of people on the autistic spectrum
* People speculated to have been autistic