Such a huge amount of TV, and especially Movies, are geared towards a neurotypical audience.

As an autistic kid growing up, the only actor I ever cared about was Brent Spiner (Data, from Star Trek). I never watched the original series as a kid, but after watching it as an adult, Data was obviously carrying on a role started by Spock, another all-time great. Maybe they both count as rare role models for ASD folks?

My favorite movie is this non-movie called Gizmo! (1977). (It’s free on youtube among other places.) It’s mostly a collection of old black and white footage of weird inventions. It definitely has neurotypical folks in mind as part of the audience, giving them lots of weird things to laugh at, but I could watch or scroll through info about random unique contraptions for days.

  •  Rin   ( @DreamyRin@beehaw.org ) 
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    31 year ago

    Read or Die, which is an anime movie that later got a tv series. I used to fall asleep watching it as a teenager every night, to the point I broke the DVD. I haven’t seen it in years, but I plan on getting another copy soon. weird choice for a comfort movie, but it just stuck after I saw it on tv here.