The Netflix hit is bittersweet.
Rather than being based in canon, you instead see yourself via characters who are coded as autistic, ADHD, dyspraxic, or otherwise neurodivergent. Most of the time, it's easy to spot for those of us with the same experiences, but is rarely confirmed by producers and writers., seeing the reactions to her on social media and beyond.
But much like in many other popular shows, any idea of her being autistic is not something made official. And whilst being able to see yourself in a character can make you feel like you belong or like you aren't alone, that lack of confirmation can be more damaging than many would imagine. Whether Wednesday is truly intended to be autistic or not, social media celebrates and embraces those traits in her that are usually seen as deficits or oddities when found in autistic individuals in real life. TikTok has been flooded with videos mimicking her lack of blinking and her bluntness, as well as imitations of her dancing that many of us see as a product of sensory-seeking behaviours.
But instead, while loving this character and wanting to be more like her, much of the same society shuns those of us who show up similarly in real life. This is some of the potential damage of autistic and neurodivergent coding: there is no need for anyone to look inwardly at whether they are displaying these double standards, because they don't even know this is a possibility.
This means there is a significant dichotomy between Wednesday and neurodivergent individuals. In anyone else, much of her behaviour would not be palatable, meaning we see an issue of acceptability when it comes to characters like this.In reality, many of these traits are the stem of why many autistic people face bullying, stigma and disproportionately end up in the justice or psychiatric systems. Many struggle to find employment because they don't uphold the social norms others do.
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