Disney cartoons were a point of perseveration with me for a long time, almost a decade.
My mother says that Belle from Beauty and the Beast reminded her of me so much that she used that character to describe me to people. In fact, when we were at the theater during the opening scene where she's walking through the town reading while everyone's singing about how odd she is, my mom leaned over and said, "Sweetie, look! It's you!" I whispered back, "Yeah, but people don't sing or talk about how odd I am." To which my mom replied, "They don't sing, but they do talk!" Before that, I had no idea. Half the time, I still don't, and most times, I really don't care. As long as they don't interrupt my reading. Well, at least for something stupid. I mean, if someone gets hurt and needs me to call for help, I hope they interrupt me. But if it's for the purpose of striking up an impromptu conversation regarding meteorology, I'm not interested.
But, I digress. I've always thought of Belle as having AS. Her father seems to have it, too. Then again, a lot of Disney characters seem to display some "quirky" traits that hint at AS and various other conditions. I think that it wasn't the intentions of the writers, however, people with AS have been around for as long as people have been around. When they weren't identified as having AS, they were identified as being unusual, quirky, eccentric, odd, etc. Some adapted enough to fit in on a superficial level and went on to become experts in their field. So, it makes sense that whenever a script calls for someone different, writers would stop and think, "Hmmm...who have I known in the past who struck me as different? Well, there was this girl in high school who was very pretty, couldn't tell when boys liked her, didn't seem to care and always had her nose stuck in a book....ka-ching! That'll do." Even two decades ago, the girl wouldn't have been identified as having AS. She would have just been "unusual." Anyway, that's just my take.
I do think it would be nice to have a Disney princess who was specifically identified as having AS. Maybe someday, who knows?