The book comes with a pretty heavy content warning, but the main character of The Spirit Bares its Teeth gave me major autistic vibes, maybe just neurodivergent in general, but to me it read as autism. I think the book is very good, and that character has stuck with me for many reasons.

A few others that come to mind are in kids shows, and I realize this could just be because they are very young characters, but idk my radar pings a little.

Bingo, one of the main character of Bluey, has a few episodes that focus particularly on social and communication skills. Again, I want to be careful to not conflate being a little kid and seeming autistic, but Bingo really just gives me the right vibes. I think that’s on purpose on the part of the writers, because she ends up challenging her parents parenting skills and their response is to become better parents rather than think something is wrong with their kid. Even as an almost 30 y/o the show has been reparenting me in a really wonderful way.

Finally, and it’s another kids show character I might be projecting onto a bit, is Hilda in her eponymously named show. This I think is maybe more just general neurodivergence, but she just really reminds me of myself as a kid and recontextualizes some of the stuff I struggled with. She also seems to give me a sense of the childhood I feel I missed out on having not grown up socialized and identifying as my true self.