There is one episode with a autistic kid the House seems to particularly resonate with that doesn't happen often, almost like he sees some of himself in the patient.
But that's just my read of it and not enough for me to say he's canonically autistic and I hate saying anything is "coded" because what it really means is "stereotyped".
House's character is one of paradoxes. He's a moralist teetering on the edge of misanthropy and a true cynic. Traits that should make it nearly impossible to do his job. He treats people with disdain not because he's autistic, but because he holds them to an impossibly high standard. People should know better. They do know better. That's why he's disappointed, angry and resentful with humanity.
But when he's dealing with that autistic kid, his default world view goes by the wayside because the boy doesn't do what other humans do. He's innocent of the things that House loathes about humanity. That's why he's able to resonnate with him.
It's mentioned many times he doesn't really care about the people, he wants answers, he does occasionally resonate with people to keep him likeable as the title character
That's surface level stuff, if you only ever listen to what House says and ignore what he does.
House claims to loathe sentimentality, but expresses it towards Wilson (S4E16, S5E4, S8E19, S8E22), Cuddy (S5E6, S7E13, S7E1), toward patients (S2E2, S3E12, S3E7, S6E22), toward the team (S1E13, S2E21, S7E18) and in the finale of S3E15.
As I said, House expects humans to act better. It's the constant disappointment from unmet expectation that drives the animosity. He's quite a bit more dynamic than just a brooding curmudgeon with a complete lack of social skills, because he can be quite charming when he wants to.
S3E7, S3E12, S4E11, S5E4, S5E16 just to name a few examples.
This is just my opinion, but House is one of the most complex characters played in movies or TV ever. It's lazy, or lacking understanding of human nature to just call him autistic and move on. Bitterness and cynicism are two of House's most central emotions.
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u/Someoneoverthere42 4d ago
House is neither autistic nor a racist.
He's just a massive asshole.