Persona 5 Autism Character?

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If anyone has played Persona 5, I suspect Futaba has autism. Any thoughts?

Futaba does appear to demonstrate various behavioral and personality traits closely associated with Autism. I was thinking her behavior is more trauma-based instead. This trauma, was likely the result of being confronted by scary adults in dark suits, a suicide note delivery, and later Futaba had to grapple with a claim that Futaba drove her own mother Wakaba, to suicide. It would be important to note that the traumatic event occurred during childhood development and carried on into adolescence, where she continued to regress.

True. I almost thought Yusuke was as well, but then I realized he was just socially awkward and says “art” every five seconds

He even does that "framing" rectangular hand gesture all the time as well. Likely, to assist him in visualizing a scene. I tired it myself a few times to see from that perspective.

Futaba (Sojiro?) may be autistic but that also clashes with the fact that her traits may be a result of her mother's death. Isolationism is an autistic trait, but shutting yourself out due to bereavement doesn't seem too far fetched either.

Her obsession with technology seems like a hint but, again, doesn't necessarily point to autism. It could just be an interest (she's the "hermit", so rather than having a propensity toward technology she may simply have had too much time to spare and thus learned these skills due to that).

Social skills will be weak when you don't leave a room for years (she's about 16 - 18 but still basically acts like a child emotionally, hiding behind other people when strangers arrive for example). This could be autism, or it could be isolation.

Basically, she seems autistic but may not be that way because of autism. It's really hard to say; most media doesn't explicitly state when somebody is autistic but appears to be (Sheldon Cooper, Fraser, Michael Scott, Dwight Shrewt, etc.) so it's difficult on this premise alone.

Though I'd say if it seems that way, it's very possible.

She might be autistic or she might be an example of a hikikomori. It's kind of hard to tell.

Look at her in scenes. In most of them she doesn't maintain eye contact. She stares blankly at walls. A hint?