I just found really great autism rep and I feel so seen and I’m really happy about it :D
Look I don’t even think the Fantastic Beasts movies as a whole were the best. I liked the first one, but I wish they stayed with the smaller story. But that doesn’t even matter because basically Newt Scamander is such a great autistic character. I needed so much more of him in the second and third movies. He has so many autistic traits shown, but they’re portrayed in a very human way, and it works with his character, unlike a lot of things where it feels like they just made a stupid checklist. Also his special interest in magical creatures is shown so beautifully with such care and it’s literally the title of the movie!! Watching the first movie, it was so great to have an unconventional and well written main character who was autistic. I’m just really happy right now because it is so hard to find good autistic representation, so when you do it’s really meaningful. Also found an Eddie Redmayne interview where he confirmed that he played Newt as such. He did an incredible job!
If anyone has a show or book or movie or anything else with good autism rep, please let me know in replies! Or if you have any characters who you read as autistic or you think are autistic coded. But yeah just wanted to post this because I really felt the need to tell people lol 
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Hunter from The Owl House is pretty autistic-coded I think
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I LOVE Newt Scamander, he’s literally my little baby 
I agree tho, the representation was very well shown and I noticed it before anyone really said anything and when I saw others agreeing it make my thoughts flow more on the subject
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i had no idea newt scamandar was autistic
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Yeah I didn’t know before watching, and the second he came on I was like- “WAIT”
And it means a lot that Eddie Redmayne confirmed it because often you just get very heavy coding but no one involved ever talks about it
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Hi, I’m new in those spaces, I’m French, I’m 37, hds and audhd.
I personally very much relate to the character of Robin in Stranger Things. It is not explicitly said in the series but I share many traits with her. Her character probably portrayed audhd in a way we’ve never been before. She isn’t that shy girl, or genius, or magical.
She is socially awkward yes, but not exaggeratedly, self aware but not self centered, very active, good with puzzles patterns, codes, She has sensory issues with clothing, she can be very focused and paying attention to details, she talks about her walking like 6 month after almost the other kids and she says she is a weird runner, her mouth speaks faster than her brain, can’t stop speaking when stressed, she say she is bluntly honest and knows it can be a problem, and that she doesn’t get social clues. But she is also very friendly, capable of bonding and form strong friendships, she is not actively seeking for loneliness but seems to enjoy her own alone time, also she is part of the lgbt+ community.
She portrayed so many things that reminded me of my own struggles but not in a tragic way or mockery. It’s done with just the right amount of weirdness, fun and and seriousness, strength and weakness, the perfect balanced in portraying what life be like for people with this kind of audhd.
If you like horror tv shows it is a very weel written character, you might want to have a look.
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Hi! I don’t plan on watching Stranger Things at the moment just because it gets very graphic. But one of my best friends is obsessed with Stranger Things and I watched a few episodes with her and pretty soon after watching Robin my brain immediately went “I think she’s audhd.” She seems like such good and relatable representation from what I’ve watched, and I wouldn’t be surprised if she was written that way intentionally!
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