User blog comment:WillTheArthurandBusterFan5050/Should TLH Include a Character with Autism?/@comment-24669562-20171110222826

Anyone else?

I just want to keep the discussion going. And hopefully soon I'll come up with a character design.

And even if the character isn't used, he'll still be my O.C.

I can believe Lisa having autism. Autistic people are smart, well I should say "we autistic people" are smart and in our way, or something like that. I mean non-autistic people are smart too, it's just that we autistic people tend to pick up on some details often (seemingly) missed by others, in general.

Plus, let's remember, there's a difference between being autistic and being stupid, they DON'T mean the same thing! People with autism are smart, but admittedly we do have our learning challenges, or we find some things easier to learn about than others. And we do tend to make lots and lots and lots of mistakes. I speak from personal experience and from some other autistic people I've seen, real and fictional. And we're more useful than, well, some of us want to think or admit.

Anyway, if Lisa has it, that would be fine, she is an unusual genius and really smart for her age!