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I don't look like her. I just came across as very impulsive and uninhibited like Phoebe, especially compared to the straight-laced NT bourgeoise mothers at my daughter's school. I always spoke my mind and wore my heart on my sleeve. Friends was still on the air so teachers compared me all the time - in a fun way.

From what i remember of the show, which is not much, she acts childish. Like a little girl. Children speak their mind, cause they don't have restraint of adults, or understand social etiquette. The unwritten rules of social interaction.

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Million dollar question. What do you look like, then. . I say that - in a fun way.

Acting exuberant / cracking jokes and breaking the rules as a young mother didn't mean I was childish. Although I suppose with autism I did have a younger social-emotional age than the other women. That was only one side of my personality though - it's not like I acted that way all the time and I was very successful in my career. I only thought of it because of the drawing on Big Little Lies which reminded me of my daughter's picture.

I wore a Bat Girl costume and cape to her school one day. (I should add it was Halloween. )

The Super Girl suit reminds me of it.

I'd argue she sees the point more than the other characters.

She has much more intuition and a bigger social conscience.

Sounds kinda like a Aspie to me ……..

I wore multiple batman costumes as a child. Black ones. Grey ones.

I guess, she is the purest then, she speaks in blunt terms,and cuts through the confusion.

Yeah Jakki, She might be.


"An enemy deserves no mercy! "

I don't think of her as autistic because she's very social and doesn't seem to have sensory issues or shutdowns.

She's a trauma survivor and she deals in very transparent / no BS terms despite being an idealist and seeing many layers in every issue.

I don't want to micro-analyse a comic character too much but those are my thoughts anyway.

Carry on - nothing to see here

I mean she doesn't suffer social burnout like most autistic people. If I see one friend for a quiet visit I'll need to be home alone doing nothing, with the lights off, in the dark, in my pyjamas for about a week to recover. I can't do large group unstructured conversation like she does. She even does eye contact. I've never seen stimming. I'd likely melt down and have to run from the room with that many voices and that much confusion all around me, but she sees her friends on a daily basis and never seems to shut down. I don't see restricted or repetitive behaviours either. The only thing about her is that she's unrestrained in her speech / emotions, and she has something kind of like meltdowns. The meltdowns are just from frustration and not from sensory overwhelm. I'd classify her as a self-counselled CPTSD survivor who wants to share her story but also recover by spending time with stable friends. They know her history and respect it without asking too many questions, or making it depressing.

"Here's where it makes the most sense. You need it so you don't forget. Forget that there are places in the world that aren't made out of stone."