This is a list of fictional characters that have been explicitly described within the work in which they appear, or otherwise by the author, as being autistic. It is not intended to include speculation. Autistic people involved in the work may be mentioned in footnotes.

Comics

Year Character Series/Franchise Author/Publisher Country 1986 Johnny Do Psi-Force Marvel Comics 1996 Claudette St. Croix Generation X 2000 Hikaru Azuma With the Light: Raising an Autistic Child Keiko Tobe 2001 Reed Richards Fantastic Four Marvel Comics Bereta, Jesse. "The Untold Truth of Marvel's Reed Richards." Looper. June 19, 2023. https://www.looper.com/1311236/untold-truth-marvel-reed-richards/2003 Black Manta Aquaman DC Comics Ellie Waters Silver Surfer Marvel Comics 2007 Zone Special Forces Kyle Baker 2014 Stephanie "Stephie" Bondu Assigned Male Sophie Labelle 2015 Mark Shiffron Postal Top Cow Productions Huck Huck Mark Millar / Huck is a reinvention of Superman but as a functioning autistic man, based on Millar's rejected script for a Superman film and his dislike of Man of Steel. 2016 Brun Khoury Questionable Content Jeph Jacques Emma Jade Street Protection Services Black Mask Studios 2018 Norma Khan Deadendia: The Watcher's Test Nobrow DeadEndia, Confirmed by Hamish Steele. 2019 Scarlet Saltee Archie Archie Comics Poison Ivy (as written by Tee Franklin) Harley Quinn DC Comics 2022 Frankie Frankie's World Aoife Dooley Mia / Elle-QSpeak Up!Rebecca Burgess / HarperCollins

Film

YearCharacterActorFilmCountry 1969 Amanda Lorena Kirk Change of Habit 1984 Mario Xavier Petermann Mario 1986 Eric Gibb Jay Underwood The Boy Who Could Fly 1988 Raymond "Ray" Babbitt Dustin Hoffman Rain Man 1990 Shane Costello John and Joseph Vizzi Backstreet Dreams 1993 Randall Eberlin Jamie Harrold Family Pictures Sally Matthews Asha Menina House of Cards 1994 Michael Barth Bradley Pierce Cries from the Heart David Goodson Michael A. Goorjian and Steve Ivany David's Mother Henry Gary Farmer Henry & Verlin VerlinKeegan MacIntosh Tim Warden Ben Faulkner Silent Fall Gregory White Keegan MacIntosh The Innocent 1995 Rosetta Basilio Megan Follows Under the Piano 1997 Chuy Alexander Goodwin Mimic 1998 Simon Lynch Miko Hughes Mercury Rising Meaghan Robinson Laura Harling Nightworld: Lost Souls Tracy Sinclair Kulani Hassen Down in the Delta / 1999 Molly McKay Elisabeth Shue Molly 2000 Cody O'Connor Holliston Coleman Bless the Child 2002 Chloé Adèle Haenel Les Diables 2003 Dewa Dicky Lebrianto Biola Tak Berdawai Nicky Shields Jamie Martin Hear the Silence 2004 Vernon Jackson Lucas Black Killer Diller Jovana Jovana Mitic Midwinter Night's Dream Karl Blake Pittman Somersault Steven Morgan Zac Efron Miracle Run Philip Morgan Thomas Lewis 2005 Cho-won Cho Seung-woo Marathon Rama Krishna Jiiva Raam Donald Morton Josh Hartnett Mozart and the Whale Isabelle Sorenson Radha Mitchell 2006 Bea Poppy Rogers Breaking and Entering / Linda Freeman Sigourney Weaver Snow Cake / Kyle Graham Andrew Byrne After Thomas 2007 Ben Ben X / Daniel Connelly Harry Connick Jr. P.S. I Love You Anna Woodruff Nikki Haddad Imagination Sarah Woodruff Jessi Haddad 2008 Charlie Mollison Luke Ford The Black Balloon Poppy Lizzy Clark Dustbin Baby Noah Connelly Michael Worth God's Ears Sarah Skye Bennett Dark Floors Zen Yanin Vismitananda Chocolate Nelson Hodge Alvin Keith If You Could Say It in Words 2009 Charles Gabriel Gaudreault Suzie Chris James Lance City Rats Yoon Do‑joon Won-bin Mother Max Horowitz Philip Seymour Hoffman Mary and Max Adam Raki Hugh Dancy Adam 2010 Dafu Wen Zhang Ocean Heaven Rizwan Khan Shahrukh Khan My Name Is Khan /// Mandy Ashley Rickards Fly Away Tom Taylor Charlie Tahan Burning Bright Alan Wheddon Braeden Reed and Luke Benward Dear John Simon Bill Skarsgård Simple Simon 2011 Alfred Jones Ewan McGregor Salmon Fishing in the Yemen Dana Minor Devon Graye Exodus Fall Yoav Pomerantz Michael Hanegbi Dr. Pomerantz Tomer Roshko Michael Moshonov Mabul Oskar Schell Thomas Horn Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Mickey Tussler Luke Schroder A Mile in His Shoes 2012 Jhilmil Chatterjee Priyanka Chopra Barfi! Walter Hill Dexter Darden Joyful Noise Luke Lou Taylor Pucci The Story of Luke Zack Seth Green Nick Young Booboo Stewart White Frog 2013 Duncan Chris Marquette The Odd Way Home Haridas Prithviraj Das Haridas Rafer Grayson Russell Season of Miracles Ricky Jesus Sanchez-Velez Stand Clear of the Closing Doors Ataru Masahiro Nakai Ataru: The First Love & the Last Kill Alessandro Carolina Madoka Maki Horikita 2014 Nathan Asa Butterfield X+Y Riley Morris Riley Polanski Alien Abduction 2015 Adam Ty Simpkins Meadowland EtienneLucas ReiberFack ju Göhte 2 Glory Adams Taylor Richardson Jack of the Red Hearts Jane Louisa Krause Jane Wants a Boyfriend 2016 Christian Wolff Ben Affleck The Accountant Michael Taylor David Mazouz The Darkness Park Young-hoon Lee David Split 2017Mária Alexandra Borbély On Body and Soul Billy Cranston RJ Cyler Power Rangers Lilly Blackburn Lilly Jandreau The Rider 2018 Wendy Welcott Dakota Fanning Please Stand By Rory McKenna Jacob Tremblay The Predator 2019 Nitya Sai Pallavi Athiran Chris Simon Hodges / Jack Dory Kiljan Tyr Moroney Calm with Horses 2020 Renee Madison Bandy Loop Myna Dhanika Hegde Varnapatala Oliver Azhy Robertson Come Play Bart Bromley Tye Sheridan The Night Clerk 2021 Music Gamble Maddie Ziegler Music Christina Jordanne Jones Mildly Different 2022 Tereza Martha Issová Buko Lola Vanessa Burghardt Cha Cha Real Smooth TysonMajor DodsonTyson's Run 2023 Ezra William A. Fitzgerald Ezra Kingston Chung Yeung Wai-lun Over My Dead Body 2024 Kali John Tyrron Ramos Love Child Ludovica De Angelis Rita Abela Flaminia 2025Michael LockeMatthew TuckCleaner Don Aidan Delbis Bugonia //

Literature

YearCharacter(s)BookAuthor(s)CountryNotes 1964 Manfred Steiner Martian Time-Slip Philip K. Dick 1996Seth Garin The Regulators Stephen King (under the pen name Richard Bachman) Simon Lynch Simple Simon Ryne Douglas Pearson Adapted into the film Mercury Rising (1998). 2000 Marty Zellerbach The Hades Factor Robert Ludlum and Gayle Lynds Patrick Truth or Dare Celia Rees 2002Darryl McAllister A Wizard Alone Diane Duane Shepherd O'Conner By the Light of the Moon Dean Koontz 2003 Christopher John Francis Boone The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mark Haddon Although the blurb on the back of the book says that Christopher is on the spectrum, it is not explicitly stated in the story and was later denied by the author. The book was adapted into a stage play of the same name. Terry Gross interviewing Mark Haddon (26 June 2003). Children's book writer and illustrator Mark Haddon (interview) (audio). NPR. Event occurs at 2:25 minutes in. Retrieved 30 November 2018. Lou Arrendale and his co-workers Speed of Dark Elizabeth Moon 2004 Ben Niets was alles wat hij zei (Nothing Was All He Said) Nic Balthazar Adapted into the film Ben X (2007). Natalie Flanagan Al Capone Does My Shirts Gennifer Choldenko Also appears in the subsequent novels in the series. 2005 Victor Hoppe The Angel Maker Stefan Brijs Morgan Wiberg The Stone Cutter Camilla Läckberg 2006 David Rules Cynthia Lord Alan Wheddon Dear John Nicholas Sparks Adapted into the 2010 film of the same name. Richard Tyree Sparks, Nicholas (2006). p. 115. Taylor Do-si-Do with Autism Sarah Stup 2007 Blackwolf Soon I Will Be Invincible Austin Grossman Adam Eye Contact Cammie McGovern Amelia 2008 Jessica Fontaine The Language of Others Clare Morrall Gillian Grayson Mass Effect: Ascension Drew Karpyshyn Mickey Tussler The Legend of Mickey Tussler Frank Nappi Adapted into the television film A Mile in His Shoes (2011). Peter Michael "Little Pete" Ellison Gone Michael Grant Character appears in all six "Season One" books, published between 2008 and 2013. 2009 Marcelo Sandoval Marcelo in the Real World Francisco X. Stork Geert De Autist en de Postduif Rodaan Al Galidi Aliénor Malèze The Winter Journey Amélie Nothomb Ryan Scott Into the Silence Sarah Pinborough Based on the TV series Torchwood. Malcolm Decter WWW Trilogy Robert J. Sawyer Character appears in all three books, published between 2009 and 2011. 2010 Jacob Hunt House Rules Jodi Picoult Max Parkman Saving Max Antoinette van Heugten Caitlin Smith Mockingbird Kathryn Erskine Dwight Tharp The Strange Case of Origami Yoda Tom Angleberger Harvey Cunningham Renarin Kholin The Stormlight Archive Brandon Sanderson Character appears in all books, published 2010 to present. 2011 Trueman Bradley Trueman Bradley - Aspie Detective Alexei Maxim Russell James Donovan Halliday Ready Player One Ernest Cline Steris HarmsMistborn: The Allow of LawBrandon Sanderson 2012 Anthony Donatelli Love Anthony Lisa Genova Ivan Tarasov Triggers Robert J. SawyerSammyAmber HouseKelly Moore, Tucker Reed and Larkin ReedColin FischerColin FischerAshley Edward Miller and Zack Stentz2013 Don Tillman The Rosie Project Graeme Simsion Oscar The Real Boy Anne Ursu Harriet Manners Geek Girl Holly Smale 2014 Rose Howard Rain Reign Ann M. Martin Kurt Bacon Isla and the Happily Ever After Stephanie Perkins Lin YuLong "Jade Dragon" Michael Vey: Hunt for Jade Dragon Richard Paul Evans Astra Ordott The Gaia Chronicles Naomi Foyle / 2015 Paul Stephens Paul and His Beast Sarah Stup Tim 2016 Tiberius "Ty" Blackthorn The Dark Artifices Cassandra Clare 2017 Aster Grey An Unkindness of Ghosts Rivers SolomonJack Kagen There's More Than One Way Home Donna LevinAlso appears in the sequel, He Could Be Another Bill Gates. 2018 Luke Jennings The Fox Frederick Forsyth Stella Lane The Kiss Quotient Helen Hoang 2019 Edison "Eddie" Matthews The Things We Cannot Say Kelly Rimmer Shane Hollander Heated Rivalry Rachel Reid Also appears in the subsequent novels in the series; adapted into the 2025 TV series of the same name. Avery Lou The Boy Who Steals Houses C.G. Drews Khai Diep The Bride Test Helen Hoang 2020 Elle The Leap Cycle Patience Agbabi Big BenKeedie Darrow A Kind of Spark Elle McNicoll Adapted into the 2023 TV series of the same name. Addie DarrowElinor FraserErin Please Don't Hug Me Kay Kerr Unnamed protagonist A Room Called Earth Madeleine Ryan Hudson Tillman The Rosie Result Graeme Simsion 2021Jesse Broadview Me and Sam-Sam Handle the Apocalypse Susan Vaught Ester Harding Daughter Of The Deep Rick Riordan Anna Sun The Heart Principle Helen Hoang Eve Brown Act Your Age, Eve Brown Talia Hibbert Jacob Wayne Zoe Kelly Social Queue Kay Kerr 2022 Nick Hell Followed with Us Andrew Joseph White 2023 Cassandra Dankworth The Cassandra Complex Holly Smale Phoebe Finding Phoebe Gavin Extence AliceThe Secret Service of Tea and TreasonIndia HoltonDaniel BixbyAriana Ruiz The Luis Ortega Survival Club Sonora Reyes Rose Camp Damascus Chuck TingleSunday All the Little Bird-Hearts Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow 2025Julianna "Jules" CangelosiPasta GirlsTaylor Tracy2026WalterUpward BoundWoody BrownEmma

Television