Touch [FOX]
"Jacob 'Jake' Bohm", portrayed by
David Mazouz
Parenthood [NBC Universal]
"Max Braverman", portrayed by
Max Burkholder
Television (Guest Stars w/ Diagnoses):
House [FOX-canceled]
“Adam”, portrayed by
Braeden Lamasters
Episode: Lines in the Sand (3x04)
Law and Order: Criminal Intent [NBC Universal]
“Wally Stevens”, portrayed by
Mark Linn-Bake
Grey’s Anatomy [ABC]
“Virginia Dixon”, portrayed by
Mary McDonnell
Episodes: These Ties That Bind (5x08), All by Myself (5x10), Beat Your Heart Out (5x14)
Television: (Characters with Suspected, but Unidentified, Diagnoses):
Bones [FOX]
"Dr. Temperance Brennan", portrayed by Emily Deschanel
Criminal Minds [CBS]
"Dr. Spencer Reid", portrayed by Matthew Gray GublerFilm:
Rain Man [1988]
"Raymond 'Ray' Brabbitt", portrayed by
Dustin Hoffman
PS. I Love You
[2007]
"Daniel
Connelly", portrayed by
Harry Connick, Jr.
"Oskar Schell", portrayed by Thomas Horn
This is just my working list of fictional shows and movies. Feel free to post other suggestions in the comments!
thank you for posting this! i used some of the characters on your list in a paper on autism and pop culture. there's also dr. sheldon cooper on the big bang theory (unconfirmed diagnosis), the 2009 movie "adam," the 2005 movie "mozart and the whale," and the 2006 movie "snow cake."
ReplyDeleteThanks for the suggestions. I'll look into these characters!
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