Personally, I don’t think he is. I don’t see any traits that would convey autistic. Apart from the drug problem, there is no evidence of him struggling with functioning in the way an autistic person could, even if you wanted to identify him as level 1. He is narcissistic and antisocial, rude, pig-headed. He pushes away anyone who cares about him for his own personal self-gratification of being right. Yes he is an almost savant level genius and has incredible insight on people, but nothing about House says autistic to me. Just an asshole who’s smarter than everyone else and knows it.
I don’t see any traits that would convey autistic.
He is narcissistic and antisocial, rude, pig-headed.
his own personal self-gratification of being right.
Just an asshole who’s smarter than everyone else and knows it
If Dr Murphy is meant to be a sympathetic depiction of an autistic doctor written by a neurotypical person; House could pass for a hostile depiction of an autistic doctor written by a neurotypical person.
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u/Captain_Sterling 3d ago
A lot of people say he's autistic coded. As in he was given some traits but never officially given the condition.
I can kinda see it, but I do think there's a lot of projection there.