Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ella Maisy Purvis and Laura Fraser in Patience - Channel 4 Autistic detectives are hardly a novelty on television. Just last year ...

Hollywood doesn't always get it right – especially when it comes to portraying autism. For every nuanced, heartfelt depiction, there's a tone-deaf performance or a script that confuses stereotypes for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Actor Tal Anderson doesn't necessarily seek out TV roles playing autistic characters. She just wants to find acting work. But the ...

When we, as TV and movie lovers, buy into a fictional portrayal of the real world, it means a lot when we can identify in some way with the characters we’re seeing on screen. That means representing ...

The Good Doctor has never shied away from complex subjects during its run. The show's premise is that autistic doctor Shaun Murphy (Freddie Highmore) struggles to gain acceptance from his peers. Yet, ...

The Good Doctor centered around autism in a way no other series had. Love it or hate it, there's no denying it made a strong impact. For the past seven years, viewers have gotten to know Shaun as he ...

If you’re following Netflix’s Love on the Spectrum, you were likely charmed by Abbey and David’s kiss on an African Safari hilltop or beamed as Tanner and a timid Kate shared a broken umbrella in the ...

Stereotypes of autistic men in films and TV programmes may contribute to delayed diagnosis of autistic women and non-binary people, a new University of Stirling study has found. Research conducted by ...

A common belief about autistic people is that they are less interested in relationships and social contact than non-autistic people. But, as psychologists Vikram Jaswal and Nameera Akhtar have argued, ...