Why portraying Autistic people as superhuman is condescending (and incorrect)

The portrayal of neurodivergent people on TV, film and books as written by neurotypicals may be a tidily packaged morsel we can consume guilt-free, but it’s inaccurate and doesn’t help Autistic people. We’ve got to do better.

Dustin Hoffman in Rainman. The Autistic young antihero in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. Sheldon Cooper in that awful show, The Big Bang Theory.