Wednesday Addams and Autistic Representation in Media

If you haven’t watched Wednesday on Netflix yet, what are you even doing with your life? Kidding (mostly).

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My sister and I binged this eight part series in two consecutive nights. Is it a little “typical teenager coming of age’’? Yes. However, it’s rare the autistic community gets to see themselves represented in media — and in such a popular piece of media at that.

Growing up undiagnosed there weren’t many people or characters I could truly relate to. Temperance Brennan from the TV show Bones, was the only one I truly connected to. I appreciated her bluntness, her analytical mind, and the fact that the other characters loved her anyway. I related wholeheartedly to Bones and still do.

Wednesday Addams in this Netflix adaptation is now the second character on this list. It’s not often I can see so much of myself reflected back to me.

Wednesday is blunt. She has a dark sense of humor. She cares more than she is able to express. She’s intelligent and analytical. She’s even a writer like I am. I admire her quick wit, how she sees the world in black and white, and how even with such a dark and morbid outlook on life she still tries to do the right thing and fights for what she believes in. She never once apologizes…