Is there autism specific abuse?
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Abuse targeting individuals with autism spectrum disorder.
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Movie • 2019 Report
Yes
42
No
287
38
EmHathaway
Although it may have not been targeting Autism, it does have a young person with some sort of handicap. The character is posed in a creepy light that may trigger people who have been made to feel like an outcast in the past.
Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
2
No
197
22
Rory_John14
The bullying of Weird Barbie for being "weird" could be seen as representing ableism towards neurodiverse women, but there's nothing explicitly linked to autism, and Weird Barbie is apologized to in the end.
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
3
No
175
8
Anonymous
main character can be read as autistic and many in the nd community see oj and em as an iconic autism and adhd duo (they are), but autism isn’t mentioned in the movie at all. character does get some rude comments for not speaking loud enough at the beginning of the movie and for being uncomfortable and awkward talking to people, which can definitely trigger autistic/other nd people who have experiences like that.
TV Show • 2016 Report
Yes
14
No
161
15
SiRenfield
You could somewhat argue that characters like Will are bullied for autism-related traits despite not being canonically on the spectrum but other than that not really
TV Show • 2021 Report
Yes
0
No
156
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
1
No
155
10
crabby
no one in the film is shown to have autism.
TV Show • 2021 Report
Yes
8
No
148
23
TheCassandraComplex
It’s difficult to unravel Powder/Jinx’s psychology, there are solid arguments to be made for a range of neurological conditions, some innate (like autism) and some acquired from trauma. Suffice it to say, she is almost definitely neurodivergent and she is, at times, shamed and mistreated for traits and/or behaviors that are often associated with autism.
Video Game Report
Yes
12
No
133
3
SweetBie
None of the SMP characters have been stated to have autism or are abused because of it.
Video Game • 2009 Report
Yes
12
No
130
53
ProfessorProcyon
Not in the game itself, but you might encounter players who say nasty things about autistic people if playing on multiplayer/online.
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
3
No
129
5
TheCassandraComplex
No explicitly autistic characters, although there is one character —a patient in the main character’s emergency psychiatric facility— who could be. It’s unclear what his primary diagnosis actually is but he exhibits repetitive behavior. He’s mostly not mistreated but at one point the main character has a hallucination that he is becoming agressive and calls for him to be restrained by orderlies. That scene might be triggering for some of us. Also, later, she hallucinates repeatedly stabbing him.
TV Show • 2023 Report
Yes
0
No
122
TV Show • 2022 Report
Yes
1
No
110
TV Show • 1984 Report
Yes
1
No
109
TV Show • 2005 Report
Yes
20
No
107
9
MildlyCondiment
in the episode "yellow fever" someone who is heavily implied to be autistic is killed violently
Movie • 1996 Report
Yes
0
No
106
Movie • 2000 Report
Yes
3
No
102
Video Game • 2017 Report
Yes
0
No
102
TV Show • 2022 Report
Yes
10
No
98
43
mistersandman
No, but as an autistic person it is worth mentioning that the episode “The Best Revenge Is Dressing Well” may be uncomfortable to watch as a character who struggles with passive aggression is ridiculed and mocked by a party.
Video Game Report
Yes
1
No
98
TV Show • 2010 Report
Yes
7
No
97
8
Meggsy27
no, but there is an autistic coded character Eugene, introduced in season 4, who has a very unique dialect and is often laughed at for the way he speaks.
Video Game • 2020 Report
Yes
4
No
97
3
CassetteMeower
When playing online with other players it definitely is possible to encounter people who are mean, but in the base game this doesn’t happen.
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
1
No
95
TV Show • 2019 Report
Yes
43
No
94
22
elliesium
In childhood, Jules is admitted to a psychiatric hospital. (Ep 4. Only ends 8 mins in). The conditions she's kept in can remind Autistics of trauma in ABA therapy, psych wards, and other forced therapies. I'm Autistic and it was an intensely triggering sequence. SPOILERS: The plot info in the sequence so you can skip: Her mom was the one that admitted her. Jules SHs. It's said she got better and could leave the ward after a bit. Her mom got worse. Her dad quit his job to be closer to home, Jules loves her dad. Jules started to transition at 13 (shown with help of dad, no mom), and began having sex with older, cis, white men at 16 in secret. At 8:07, the psych sequence ends.
Video Game • 2020 Report
Yes
3
No
94
11
CormorantColors
A character who is considered by some to be autistic-coded/implied to be autistic is very obviously least favorite child and mistreated by his parents, but he is not canonically autistic and there is no explicit mistreatment due to autism.
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
0
No
92
Movie • 2004 Report
Yes
0
No
89
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
2
No
89
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
0
No
87
Podcast Report
Yes
0
No
85
8
nerdwithadog
So the answer is technically no but the main character (Jon) is someone a lot of people find to be autistic coded so be careful.
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
1
No
84
23
clarkekent
It *could* be argued that The Riddler shows demonized autistic traits and he was abused, but I wouldn’t say it’s autism-specific abuse, no.