User blog comment:WillTheArthurandBusterFan5050/Should TLH Include a Character with Autism?/@comment-4618045-20171106012605/@comment-1650307-20171106021216

Autism is a tricky thing to nail in media, especially for kids. As someone with autism, I often feel like a lot of people associate "autism" with "being a jerk" or just being a rude, smart kid. I personally feel like those portrayals miss the point and only really see a little bit of thing. Yes, some autistic kids can lose their temper, but there is so much more going on that it really would take a smart and compotent writer to get it down pat.

I always felt that Rain Man is and will always be the best portrayal of autism ever on screen. The writers/actors clearly researched it a lot and knew how to do it well, so well in fact that every time I watch it, I forget the actor has it in the first place.

So yeah, I am for it too, but I feel like they need to really do a lot of research before they make anything confirmed or canon on the show.