Anyone NOT like Carl from "Arthur" AT ALL as a kid?

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I love watching Arthur on Youtube, but when I first saw the episode about Asperger's I knew that I was not like Carl one bit as a child, even as young as 2.

As a child I was very much like DW when I was around family. In fact she describes me to a T as a child.

At school I was an awfully lot like George. I was the quiet kid who struggled in lessons (except I wasn't dyslexic). But I was very creative like George. And sometimes I was accepted by my peers, and other times I was ignored.

Was anyone else here not like Carl as a child? He reminds me of a more severe autistic.

Never really watched Arthur, but I just checked out an episode synopsis involving this Carl character on the wikia and to me, he seems kinda like a portrayal of the stereotype more than anything else. That said, Asperger's Syndrome kinda is a stereotype itself - for specific traits within the Autism Spectrum.

I might check out the actual episode at some point to see if I can make a more definitive judgement.

Honestly, though, someone with autism saying they're not like Carl is like a British (especially Scottish) person saying they're not like Leo Fitz from Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. It's one person amongst a certain demographic. Just like there are common behaviours in autistics, British people use common slang. It doesn't mean all autistics are alike, just as all British people aren't alike.

One could very well be more like a character outside of the defining shared demographic, it's normal.

Well it's not about nationality, I'm just interested in which character from Arthur Aspies here are more like, being so Arthur has rather realistic personalities within the characters, involving different neurologies. (Those who have watched Arthur, of course).

I'm just using nationality as an example of a demographic. I could have also used sexuality or favourite type of music or ethnicity or anything. All I was saying was that the autism spectrum works the same way. Just trying to point out that it's normal to not be like a character even though you share a demographic with them. I suppose it doesn't answer your question, but I see it as relevant to the whole subject of comparing oneself to another autistic.