Characters and stories about Autism

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What fictional characters do you relate to? The characters don't have to be labeled within the book/movie/tv show, of course. Have they said or done something that really inspired you or that you could relate to?

I know there is a section on books, but what are your favorite books about Asperger's/Autism? How did they help you?

I'm looking for characters in books that I can relate to, but movies and even music suggestions are welcome as well.

I just finished reading Elizabeth Moon's "Speed Of Dark."
Set in the near future, about a group of talented autists working in the field of pattern recognition.
They are bullied by their employer into being 'guinea pigs' in an autism cure programme.
I think the author did a good job of showing what autism is like from the inside. The way the autists relate both within their group and with the world of the NTs are shown and issues of cure are brought up.
It's an enjoyable book; i found it easy to relate with the narrator since i worked in the same field.

Kazuo Ishiguru's "Remains of the Day" is a beautiful book. Also a good film with exceptional performance from Anthony Hopkins.

And of course there is Kafka.

edit: "The Remains of The Day" is written from an elderly gentlemans perspective.
You may find "Never Let Me Go" more relevant. Not about autism, but a young woman with a ' genetic situation'; i won't spoil it by elaborating. Also by Ishiguru.

In the Young Wizard series one of the main characters in the 5th book and beyond was a cool little autie kid, sadly the ending sucked a bit!

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I thought the end (of Speed of Dark) was really sad, like he died (i guess he did); it seemed a bit out of character for him to take the cure.

I think you will enjoy "Never Let Me Go."
It has a bit of everything: sci-fi, horror, sex, romance. And he is such a good writer.

The Outcast series is a good one. Well, the Prequels. But erm, I haven't finished it yet...

Anyway, Kipo I purposely made an Aspie, with Aspie problems, and Aspie solutions.

Gelsomina from Fellini's La Strada!!

I don't relate to any characters, as I only read fantasy books.

Kamina Ayato from RahXephon. He's pretty quiet and withdrawn like me, painting and drawing in his own little world.

No characters are as horrible as I am...

People hate me. Oooh, I could be a member of the Murderer's Guild.

I kinda relate to Daria Morgendorfer....only I'm a guy . My best friend is kinda like Jane too oddly enough, not the best socially, but better than me.

Myshkin in Dostoevsky's the Idiot reminds me of me in some ways. He doesn't have the capacity to say anything other than what he's actually thinking in social situations and everyone mocks him for it, but his perspective is more complex than the people around him.

I read mainly nonfiction, so I don't identify with any fictional characters.