There’s a lot of great advice about writing autistic characters on the internet, and the aim of this post is to link to all of it. If you’ve got something that should be included in this post, please include a link a reblog.



Note to People Thinking of Writing Autistic Characters by Ada Hoffman

How to Write Genuine Autistic Characters by Bard

Writing Autistic Characters: Behaviourizing vs. Humanizing Approaches by Elizabeth Bartmess. The blog this was written for is gold.

On Writing Autistic Characters by ChaoticIdealism

How to Write an Autistic Character by Draggle Ella

Writing characters, not symptoms: A gamer with autism discusses what our hobby gets wrong by Joe Parlock

L. C. Mawson has many great posts about writing autistic characters that discuss words you should know, empathy, and why you shouldn’t write an insufferable genius.

Advice from Loud Enough to Hear

How To Write Autistic Characters ( With Examples From Ruby’s World ) by Neil Kapit

So you want to write an autistic character part 1: Integration dysfunction and what to do about it by Senga

Writing Autistic Characters by Real Social Skills

5 Step Guide On Writing A Character With X Disorder or X Disease by ReferenceForWriters with an autistim-specific appendix by YouNeedACat

Tips for Writing Autistic Characters from SilverSarcasm

Great advice from TAL9000

Writing Aspergers from WriteWorld

Writing reference: things to keep in mind when writing autistic characters by Yehudisha





If you want an example of what not to do, check out this post I wrote about The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.

